Compare two XML strings ignoring element order

Question

Suppose I have two xml strings

  a
  b



  b         


        

Answer 1

For me, I also needed to add the method : checkForSimilar() on the DiffBuilder. Without it, the assert was in error saying that the sequence of the nodes was not the same (the position in the child list was not the same)

My code was :

 Diff diff = Diffbuilder.compare(Input.fromFile(control))
   .withTest(Input.fromFile(test))
   .withNodeMatcher(new DefaultNodeMatcher(ElementSelectors.byNameAndText))
   .checkForSimilar()
   .build()