比较XML忽略子元素的顺序

时间:2009-11-19 22:31:14

标签: xml compare

是否有人知道将比较两个XML文档的工具。嘲笑那个......还有更多。我需要一些东西来确保文件1中的每个节点也在文件2中,而不管顺序如何。我认为XML Spy会使用忽略子节点顺序选项,但事实并非如此。以下内容将被视为相同:

<Node>
    <Child name="Alpha"/>
    <Child name="Beta"/>
    <Child name="Charlie"/>
</Node>

<Node>
    <Child name="Beta"/>
    <Child name="Charlie"/>
    <Child name="Alpha"/>
</Node>

13 个答案:

答案 0 :(得分:7)

我为此编写了一个名为xmldiffs的简单python工具:

  

比较两个XML文件,忽略元素和属性顺序。

     

用法:xmldiffs [OPTION] FILE1 FILE2

     

任何额外的选项都会传递给diff命令。

获取https://github.com/joh/xmldiffs

答案 1 :(得分:3)

您可能想要谷歌“XML diff tool”,这将为您提供足够的结果。 其中一个是OxygenXml,我经常使用的工具。您也可以尝试微软XML Diff and Patch Tool

祝你好运。

答案 2 :(得分:2)

我会使用XMLUnit,因为它可以满足不同顺序的元素。

答案 3 :(得分:1)

今晚我有类似的需求,无法找到符合我要求的东西。

我的解决方法是对我想要的两个XML文件进行排序,按字母顺序按元素名称排序。一旦它们处于一致的顺序,我就可以使用常规的视觉差异工具来区分两个已排序的文件。

如果这种方法听起来对其他人有用,我已经分享了我写的python脚本,以便在http://dalelane.co.uk/blog/?p=3225进行排序

答案 4 :(得分:1)

使用Beyond Compare,您可以在File Formats - 设置XML Sort转换中使用。使用此选项,XML子项将在diff之前进行排序。

Beyond Compare的试用/便携版本为available

答案 5 :(得分:0)

作为一种(非常)快速而肮脏的方法,我在紧要关头做到了这一点:

  1. 打开Excel
  2. 将文件1粘贴到A列,每行一行。将范围命名为“FILE1”
  3. 将文件2粘贴到B列,每行一行。将范围命名为“FILE2”
  4. 在C1中,输入公式:

    =IF(ISERROR(VLOOKUP(B1,FILE1,1,FALSE)),"DIFF","")
    
  5. 在D1中,输入论坛:

    =IF(ISERROR(VLOOKUP(A1,FILE2,1,FALSE)),"DIFF","")
    
  6. 将列C和D填入文件底部。
  7. 这将突出显示在一个文件中而不是另一个文件中的任何行。它并不是一件容易的事,但有时你只需要处理你所拥有的东西。

答案 6 :(得分:0)

我最近在这里给出了类似的答案(Open source command line tool for Linux to diff XML files ignoring element order),但我会提供更多细节...

如果你编写一个程序来将两棵树放在一起,你可以自定义用于识别树之间“匹配”的逻辑,以及处理不匹配的节点。这是xslt 2.0中的一个例子(对不起,这么久):

<xsl:stylesheet version="2.0"
                xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
                xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"

                xmlns:set="http://exslt.org/sets"

                xmlns:primary="primary"
                xmlns:control="control"

                xmlns:util="util"

                exclude-result-prefixes="xsl xs set primary control">

    <!-- xml diff tool

         import this stylesheet from another and call the "compare" template with two args:

             primary: the root of the primary tree to submit to comparison
             control: the root of the control tree to compare against

         the two trees will be walked together. the primary tree will be walked in document order, matching elements
         and attributes from the control tree along the way, building a tree of common content, with appendages
         containing primary and control only content. that tree will then be used to generate the diff.

         the process of matching involves finding, for an element or attribute in the primary tree, the
         equivalent element or attribute in the control tree, *at the same level*, and *regardless of ordering*.

             matching logic is encoded as templates with mode="find-match", providing a hook to wire in specific
             matching logic for particular elements or attributes. for example, an element may "match" based on an
             @id attribute value, irrespective of element ordering; encode this in a mode="find-match" template.

             the treatment of diffs is encoded as templates with mode="primary-only" and "control-only", providing
             hooks for alternate behavior upon encountering differences.

          -->

    <xsl:output method="text"/>

    <xsl:strip-space elements="*"/>

    <xsl:param name="full" select="false()"/><!-- whether to render the full doc, as opposed to just diffs -->

    <xsl:template match="/">
        <xsl:call-template name="compare">
            <xsl:with-param name="primary" select="*/*[1]"/><!-- first child of root element, for example -->
            <xsl:with-param name="control" select="*/*[2]"/><!-- second child of root element, for example -->
        </xsl:call-template>
    </xsl:template>

    <!-- OVERRIDES: templates that can be overridden to provide targeted matching logic and diff treatment -->

    <!-- default find-match template for elements
         (by default, for "complex" elements, name has to match, for "simple" elements, name and value do)
         for context node (from "primary"), choose from among $candidates (from "control") which one matches
         (override with more specific match patterns to effect alternate behavior for targeted elements)
         -->
    <xsl:template match="*" mode="find-match" as="element()?">
        <xsl:param name="candidates" as="element()*"/>
        <xsl:choose>
            <xsl:when test="text() and count(node()) = 1"><!-- simple content -->
                <xsl:sequence select="$candidates[node-name(.) = node-name(current())][text() and count(node()) = 1][. = current()][1]"/>
            </xsl:when>
            <xsl:when test="not(node())"><!-- empty -->
                <xsl:sequence select="$candidates[node-name(.) = node-name(current())][not(node())][1]"/>
            </xsl:when>
            <xsl:otherwise><!-- presumably complex content -->
                <xsl:sequence select="$candidates[node-name(.) = node-name(current())][1]"/>
            </xsl:otherwise>
        </xsl:choose>
    </xsl:template>

    <!-- default find-match template for attributes
         (by default, name and value have to match)
         for context attr (from "primary"), choose from among $candidates (from "control") which one matches
         (override with more specific match patterns to effect alternate behavior for targeted attributes)
         -->
    <xsl:template match="@*" mode="find-match" as="attribute()?">
        <xsl:param name="candidates" as="attribute()*"/>
        <xsl:sequence select="$candidates[. = current()][node-name(.) = node-name(current())][1]"/>
    </xsl:template>

    <!-- default primary-only template (override with more specific match patterns to effect alternate behavior) -->
    <xsl:template match="@* | *" mode="primary-only">
        <xsl:apply-templates select="." mode="illegal-primary-only"/>
    </xsl:template>

    <!-- write out a primary-only diff -->
    <xsl:template match="@* | *" mode="illegal-primary-only">
        <primary:only>
            <xsl:copy-of select="."/>
        </primary:only>
    </xsl:template>

    <!-- default control-only template (override with more specific match patterns to effect alternate behavior) -->
    <xsl:template match="@* | *" mode="control-only">
        <xsl:apply-templates select="." mode="illegal-control-only"/>
    </xsl:template>

    <!-- write out a control-only diff -->
    <xsl:template match="@* | *" mode="illegal-control-only">
        <control:only>
            <xsl:copy-of select="."/>
        </control:only>
    </xsl:template>

    <!-- end OVERRIDES -->

    <!-- MACHINERY: for walking the primary and control trees together, finding matches and recursing -->

    <!-- compare "primary" and "control" trees (this is the root of comparison, so CALL THIS ONE !) -->
    <xsl:template name="compare">
        <xsl:param name="primary"/>
        <xsl:param name="control"/>

        <!-- write the xml diff into a variable -->
        <xsl:variable name="diff">
            <xsl:call-template name="match-children">
                <xsl:with-param name="primary" select="$primary"/>
                <xsl:with-param name="control" select="$control"/>
            </xsl:call-template>
        </xsl:variable>

        <!-- "print" the xml diff as textual output -->
        <xsl:apply-templates select="$diff" mode="print">
            <xsl:with-param name="render" select="$full"/>
        </xsl:apply-templates>

    </xsl:template>

    <!-- assume primary (context) element and control element match, so render the "common" element and recurse -->
    <xsl:template match="*" mode="common">
        <xsl:param name="control"/>

        <xsl:copy>
            <xsl:call-template name="match-attributes">
                <xsl:with-param name="primary" select="@*"/>
                <xsl:with-param name="control" select="$control/@*"/>
            </xsl:call-template>

            <xsl:choose>
                <xsl:when test="text() and count(node()) = 1">
                    <xsl:value-of select="."/>
                </xsl:when>
                <xsl:otherwise>
                    <xsl:call-template name="match-children">
                        <xsl:with-param name="primary" select="*"/>
                        <xsl:with-param name="control" select="$control/*"/>
                    </xsl:call-template>
                </xsl:otherwise>
            </xsl:choose>
        </xsl:copy>

    </xsl:template>

    <!-- find matches between collections of attributes in primary vs control -->
    <xsl:template name="match-attributes">
        <xsl:param name="primary" as="attribute()*"/>
        <xsl:param name="control" as="attribute()*"/>
        <xsl:param name="primaryCollecting" as="attribute()*"/>

        <xsl:choose>
            <xsl:when test="$primary and $control">
                <xsl:variable name="this" select="$primary[1]"/>
                <xsl:variable name="match" as="attribute()?">
                    <xsl:apply-templates select="$this" mode="find-match">
                        <xsl:with-param name="candidates" select="$control"/>
                    </xsl:apply-templates>
                </xsl:variable>

                <xsl:choose>
                    <xsl:when test="$match">
                        <xsl:copy-of select="$this"/>
                        <xsl:call-template name="match-attributes">
                            <xsl:with-param name="primary" select="subsequence($primary, 2)"/>
                            <xsl:with-param name="control" select="remove($control, 1 + count(set:leading($control, $match)))"/>
                            <xsl:with-param name="primaryCollecting" select="$primaryCollecting"/>
                        </xsl:call-template>
                    </xsl:when>
                    <xsl:otherwise>
                        <xsl:call-template name="match-attributes">
                            <xsl:with-param name="primary" select="subsequence($primary, 2)"/>
                            <xsl:with-param name="control" select="$control"/>
                            <xsl:with-param name="primaryCollecting" select="$primaryCollecting | $this"/>
                        </xsl:call-template>
                    </xsl:otherwise>
                </xsl:choose>

            </xsl:when>
            <xsl:otherwise>
                <xsl:if test="$primaryCollecting | $primary">
                    <xsl:apply-templates select="$primaryCollecting | $primary" mode="primary-only"/>
                </xsl:if>
                <xsl:if test="$control">
                    <xsl:apply-templates select="$control" mode="control-only"/>
                </xsl:if>
            </xsl:otherwise>
        </xsl:choose>

    </xsl:template>

    <!-- find matches between collections of elements in primary vs control -->
    <xsl:template name="match-children">
        <xsl:param name="primary" as="node()*"/>
        <xsl:param name="control" as="element()*"/>

        <xsl:variable name="this" select="$primary[1]" as="node()?"/>

        <xsl:choose>
            <xsl:when test="$primary and $control">
                <xsl:variable name="match" as="element()?">
                    <xsl:apply-templates select="$this" mode="find-match">
                        <xsl:with-param name="candidates" select="$control"/>
                    </xsl:apply-templates>
                </xsl:variable>

                <xsl:choose>
                    <xsl:when test="$match">
                        <xsl:apply-templates select="$this" mode="common">
                            <xsl:with-param name="control" select="$match"/>
                        </xsl:apply-templates>
                    </xsl:when>
                    <xsl:otherwise>
                        <xsl:apply-templates select="$this" mode="primary-only"/>
                    </xsl:otherwise>
                </xsl:choose>
                <xsl:call-template name="match-children">
                    <xsl:with-param name="primary" select="subsequence($primary, 2)"/>
                    <xsl:with-param name="control" select="if (not($match)) then $control else remove($control, 1 + count(set:leading($control, $match)))"/>
                </xsl:call-template>
            </xsl:when>
            <xsl:when test="$primary">
                <xsl:apply-templates select="$primary" mode="primary-only"/>
            </xsl:when>
            <xsl:when test="$control">
                <xsl:apply-templates select="$control" mode="control-only"/>
            </xsl:when>
        </xsl:choose>

    </xsl:template>

    <!-- end MACHINERY -->

    <!-- PRINTERS: print templates for writing out the diff -->

    <xsl:template match="*" mode="print">
        <xsl:param name="depth" select="-1"/>
        <xsl:param name="render" select="false()"/>
        <xsl:param name="lineLeader" select="' '"/>
        <xsl:param name="rest" as="element()*"/>

        <xsl:if test="$render or descendant::primary:* or descendant::control:*">

            <xsl:call-template name="whitespace">
                <xsl:with-param name="indent" select="$depth"/>
                <xsl:with-param name="leadChar" select="$lineLeader"/>
            </xsl:call-template>
            <xsl:text>&lt;</xsl:text>
            <xsl:value-of select="name(.)"/>

            <xsl:apply-templates select="@* | primary:*[@*] | control:*[@*]" mode="print">
                <xsl:with-param name="depth" select="$depth"/>
                <xsl:with-param name="render" select="$render"/>
                <xsl:with-param name="lineLeader" select="$lineLeader"/>
            </xsl:apply-templates>

            <xsl:choose>
                <xsl:when test="text() and count(node()) = 1"><!-- field element (just textual content) -->
                    <xsl:text>&gt;</xsl:text>
                    <xsl:value-of select="."/>
                    <xsl:text>&lt;/</xsl:text>
                    <xsl:value-of select="name(.)"/>
                    <xsl:text>&gt;</xsl:text>
                </xsl:when>
                <xsl:when test="count(node()) = 0"><!-- empty (self-closing) element -->
                    <xsl:text>/&gt;</xsl:text>
                </xsl:when>
                <xsl:otherwise><!-- complex content -->
                    <xsl:text>&gt;&#10;</xsl:text>
                    <xsl:apply-templates select="*[not(self::primary:* and @*) and not(self::control:* and @*)]" mode="print">
                        <xsl:with-param name="depth" select="$depth + 1"/>
                        <xsl:with-param name="render" select="$render"/>
                        <xsl:with-param name="lineLeader" select="$lineLeader"/>
                    </xsl:apply-templates>
                    <xsl:call-template name="whitespace">
                        <xsl:with-param name="indent" select="$depth"/>
                        <xsl:with-param name="leadChar" select="$lineLeader"/>
                    </xsl:call-template>
                    <xsl:text>&lt;/</xsl:text>
                    <xsl:value-of select="name(.)"/>
                    <xsl:text>&gt;</xsl:text>
                </xsl:otherwise>
            </xsl:choose>

            <xsl:text>&#10;</xsl:text>

        </xsl:if>

        <!-- write the rest of the elements, if any -->
        <xsl:apply-templates select="$rest" mode="print">
            <xsl:with-param name="depth" select="$depth"/>
            <xsl:with-param name="render" select="$render"/>
            <xsl:with-param name="lineLeader" select="$lineLeader"/>
            <xsl:with-param name="rest" select="()"/><!-- avoid implicit param pass to recursive call! -->
        </xsl:apply-templates>

    </xsl:template>

    <xsl:template match="@*" mode="print">
        <xsl:param name="depth" select="0"/>
        <xsl:param name="render" select="false()"/>
        <xsl:param name="lineLeader" select="' '"/>
        <xsl:param name="rest" as="attribute()*"/>

        <xsl:if test="$render">

            <xsl:text>&#10;</xsl:text>
            <xsl:call-template name="whitespace">
                <xsl:with-param name="indent" select="$depth + 3"/>
                <xsl:with-param name="leadChar" select="$lineLeader"/>
            </xsl:call-template>
            <xsl:value-of select="name(.)"/>
            <xsl:text>="</xsl:text>
            <xsl:value-of select="."/>
            <xsl:text>"</xsl:text>
        </xsl:if>

        <xsl:apply-templates select="$rest" mode="print">
            <xsl:with-param name="depth" select="$depth"/>
            <xsl:with-param name="render" select="$render"/>
            <xsl:with-param name="lineLeader" select="$lineLeader"/>
            <xsl:with-param name="rest" select="()"/><!-- avoid implicit param pass to recursive call! -->
        </xsl:apply-templates>

    </xsl:template>

    <xsl:template match="primary:* | control:*" mode="print">
        <xsl:param name="depth"/>

        <xsl:variable name="diffType" select="util:diff-type(.)"/>
        <xsl:variable name="primary" select="self::primary:*"/>
        <xsl:variable name="lineLeader" select="if ($primary) then '+' else '-'"/>

        <!-- only if this is the first in a sequence of control::* elements, since the rest are handled along with the first... -->
        <xsl:if test="util:diff-type(preceding-sibling::*[1]) != $diffType">
            <xsl:if test="@*">
                <xsl:text>&#10;</xsl:text>
            </xsl:if>
            <xsl:call-template name="diffspace">
                <xsl:with-param name="indent" select="if (@*) then $depth + 3 else $depth"/>
                <xsl:with-param name="primary" select="$primary"/>
            </xsl:call-template>
            <b><i>&lt;!-- ... --&gt;</i></b><!-- something to identify diff sections in output -->
            <xsl:if test="node()">
                <xsl:text>&#10;</xsl:text>
            </xsl:if>
            <xsl:variable name="rest" select="set:leading(following-sibling::*, following-sibling::*[util:diff-type(.) != $diffType])"/>
            <xsl:apply-templates select="@* | node()" mode="print">
                <xsl:with-param name="depth" select="$depth"/>
                <xsl:with-param name="render" select="true()"/>
                <xsl:with-param name="lineLeader" select="$lineLeader"/>
                <xsl:with-param name="rest" select="$rest/@* | $rest/*"/>
            </xsl:apply-templates>
        </xsl:if>
    </xsl:template>

    <xsl:template name="whitespace">
        <xsl:param name="indent" select="0" as="xs:integer"/>
        <xsl:param name="leadChar" select="' '"/>
        <xsl:choose>
            <xsl:when test="$indent > 0">
                <xsl:value-of select="$leadChar"/>
                <xsl:text> </xsl:text>
                <xsl:for-each select="0 to $indent - 1">
                    <xsl:text>  </xsl:text>
                </xsl:for-each>
            </xsl:when>
            <xsl:otherwise>
                <xsl:for-each select="0 to $indent">
                    <xsl:text>  </xsl:text>
                </xsl:for-each>
            </xsl:otherwise>
        </xsl:choose>
    </xsl:template>

    <xsl:template name="diffspace">
        <xsl:param name="indent" select="0" as="xs:integer"/>
        <xsl:param name="primary" select="false()"/>
        <xsl:for-each select="0 to $indent">
            <xsl:choose>
                <xsl:when test="$primary">
                    <xsl:text>++</xsl:text>
                </xsl:when>
                <xsl:otherwise>
                    <xsl:text>--</xsl:text>
                </xsl:otherwise>
            </xsl:choose>
        </xsl:for-each>
    </xsl:template>

    <!-- just an "enum" for deciding whether to group adjacent diffs -->
    <xsl:function name="util:diff-type" as="xs:integer">
        <xsl:param name="construct"/>
        <xsl:sequence select="if ($construct/self::primary:*[@*]) then 1 else
                              if ($construct/self::control:*[@*]) then 2 else
                              if ($construct/self::primary:*) then 3 else
                              if ($construct/self::control:*) then 4 else
                              if ($construct) then 5 else 0"/>
    </xsl:function>

    <!-- end PRINTERS -->

</xsl:stylesheet>

根据您的输入考虑此示例输入:

<test>
    <Node>
        <Child name="Alpha"/>
        <Child name="Beta"/>
        <Child name="Charlie"/>
    </Node>
    <Node>
        <Child name="Beta"/>
        <Child name="Charlie"/>
        <Child name="Alpha"/>
    </Node>
</test>

使用样式表,以下是应用于示例时的输出:

<Node>
  <Child
++++++++<!-- ... -->
+       name="Alpha"
--------<!-- ... -->
-       name="Beta">
  </Child>
  <Child
++++++++<!-- ... -->
+       name="Beta"
--------<!-- ... -->
-       name="Charlie">
  </Child>
  <Child
++++++++<!-- ... -->
+       name="Charlie"
--------<!-- ... -->
-       name="Alpha">
  </Child>
</Node>

但是,如果您添加此自定义模板:

<xsl:template match="Child" mode="find-match" as="element()?">
    <xsl:param name="candidates" as="element()*"/>
    <xsl:sequence select="$candidates[@name = current()/@name][1]"/>
</xsl:template>

表示根据Child属性匹配@name元素,然后没有输出(意味着没有差异)。

答案 7 :(得分:0)

这是使用SWI-Prolog

的差异解决方案
:- use_module(library(xpath)).
load_trees(XmlRoot1, XmlRoot2) :-
    load_xml('./xml_source_1.xml', XmlRoot1, _),
    load_xml('./xml_source_2.xml', XmlRoot2, _).

find_differences(Reference, Root1, Root2) :-
    xpath(Root1, //'Child'(@name=Name), Node),
    not(xpath(Root2, //'Child'(@name=Name), Node)),
    writeln([Reference, Name, Node]).

diff :-
    load_trees(Root1, Root2),
    (find_differences('1', Root1, Root2) ; find_differences('2', Root2, Root1)).

Prolog将统一Name变量以匹配文件1和文件2中的节点。 Node变量的统一执行“diff”检测。

以下是一些示例输出:

% file 1 and file 2 have no differences 
?- diff.
false.

% "Alpha" was updated  in file 2
?- diff.
[1,Alpha,element(Child,[name=Alpha],[])]
[2,Alpha,element(Child,[name=Alpha,age=7],[])]
false.

答案 8 :(得分:0)

使用C#,您可以执行此操作,然后将其与任何diff工具进行比较。

public void Run()
{
    LoadSortAndSave(@".. first file ..");
    LoadSortAndSave(@".. second file ..");
}

public void LoadSortAndSave(String path)
{
    var xdoc = XDocument.Load(path);
    SortXml(xdoc.Root);
    File.WriteAllText(path + ".sorted", xdoc.ToString());
}

private void SortXml(XContainer parent)
{
    var elements = parent.Elements()
        .OrderBy(e => e.Name.LocalName)
        .ToArray();

    Array.ForEach(elements, e => e.Remove());

    foreach (var element in elements)
    {
        parent.Add(element);
        SortXml(element);
    }
}

答案 9 :(得分:0)

编写一个简单的Java程序来这样做。将两个要比较的XML存储在HashMap中,键为元素的XPath(包括元素的文本值),值作为该元素的出现次数。然后比较两个HashMap的键集和值。

/ **      *创建具有文本值且没有嵌套节点的元素映射。
     *这里的映射键是元素的XPATH与元素的文本值串联在一起,元素的值是该元素的出现次数。
     *      * @param xmlContent      * @返回      * @throws ParserConfigurationException      * @抛出SAXException      * @抛出IOException      * /

<TextInput underlineColorAndroid ='transparent' style={{ paddingLeft: 15, }} placeholder="Email" />

完整程序在这里https://comparetwoxmlsignoringstanzaordering.blogspot.com/2018/12/java-program-to-compare-two-xmls.html

答案 10 :(得分:0)

最简单的方法是使用像tortoise git这样的版本控制工具。

  1. 创建一个github账号
  2. 在您的 git 帐户中创建一个 git 存储库
  3. 签出该存储库
  4. 添加要比较的文件的另一面
  5. 将内容推送到服务器
  6. 用剩下的一面改变来源
  7. 将您的内容与任何源文件进行比较

答案 11 :(得分:0)

您可以使用 Idea Intellij 中的“pom sorter”插件并使用 Intellij 自己的“比较文件”工具。

pom 排序器插件的市场链接:https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/7084-pom-sorter

答案 12 :(得分:-1)

/**
     * @author sdiallo
     * @since 2017-01-16
     * <p>
     * Compare the content of two XML file
     * </p>
     * <ul>
     * <li>Ignore the white space</li>
     * <li>Ignore the attribute order</li>
     * <li>Ignore the comment</li>
     * <li>Ignore Sequence child nodes are not the same</li>
     * <ul>
     * 
     * @param String XML
     *            first Content to be compared
     * @param String XML
     *            second Content to be compared
     * @return List the differences computed between the two files
     *         <ul>
     *         <li>null means the files are equal</li>         
     *         <li>elsewhere the files are different</li>
     *         <ul>
     * */
    public static List buildDiffXMLs(String xmlExpected, String xmlGenerated) {
        List<?> differencesList = null;

    XMLUnit.setIgnoreAttributeOrder(true);
    XMLUnit.setIgnoreComments(true);
    XMLUnit.setIgnoreWhitespace(true);

    try {
        DetailedDiff diff = new DetailedDiff(XMLUnit.compareXML(
                xmlExpected, xmlGenerated));

        // Two documents are considered to be "similar" if they contain the
        // same elements and attributes regardless of order.
        if ( !diff.identical() && !diff.similar()) {
            differencesList = diff.getAllDifferences();
        }// end if

    } catch (SAXException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    } catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

    return differencesList;
}// buildDiffXMLs