Changes
March 20, 2001
- Fixed some comparison bugs (comparison by position, etc.)
- Added support for customized identifying attributes:
first, if a DTD is used and it contains ID typed attributes, then those
are used. Otherwise, the comparison of nodes falls back to attributes
specified in the config\xmldiff.ini file (currently set to be "id" and "name").
Edit the file and enter your desired identifying attributes.
March 13, 2001
The tool can now be used in a standalone mode. It does not expose any beans,
but one can see a report of what the changes are between two XML files.
To run it, execute the xmldiff2.bat from the bin directory and pass the two
input
files on the command line. The output of the comparison is then displayed on the
standard output.
The output is an XML file, that looks very similar to what you see in the
graphical
interface. For example, running it as
xmldiff2.bat d:\xmldiff\example\java.xml d:\xmldiff\example\java2.xml
outputs:
<project name=JavaExample>
<documentation>
</documentation>
<package name=com.ibm.play>
<documentation>
</documentation>
<class name=Person access=public
type=class>
<documentation>
</documentation>
<import name=java.util.*/>
<import name=java.util.fun/>
--- REMOVED
<member name=firsttname
type=String/>
<member name=age type=int/>
<member name=lastname1
type=String/> --- CHANGED
<method name=getAge return=int
access=public>
<body>
</body>
</method>
<method name=setLastName
return=void access=public>
<parameters name=personLastName
type=String/>
<body> --- CHANGED
</body>
</method>
<method name=getOlder
access=private return=void>
<body>
</body>
</method>
<file name=Person.java/>
</class>
<class name=Employee access=public
type=class>
<documentation>
</documentation>
<parent parentref=Person/>
<member name=empNumber type=int/>
<member name=lastname
type=String/>
<method name=getAge return=int
access=public>
<documentation>
</documentation>
<parameters name=personLastName
type=String/>
<body>
</body>
</method>
<file name=Employee.java/>
</class>
</package>
</project>