Java API which can idenetify the difference between two XML files

Question

I have xyz.xml file in a path.

<xml>
  <emp>
    <name>rahul</name>
  <emp>
</xml>

I have a GUI from which I update the name rahul->rahul tripathi and click on save button and update the XML file.

Now updated XML file will be like --

<xml>
  <emp>
    <name>rahul tripathi</name>
  <emp>
</xml>

Now from GUI, I want to show the difference between previous and updated data which is stored in XML.

I found out a link, but regarding this there is no library.

If _all_ the other formatting remains the same, then any old diff tool might be enough for what you need (q.v. [this tool](https://www.diffchecker.com/)). — Tim Biegeleisen, Nov 03 '15 at 05:30

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:14

1

Go through XmlUnit, with little bit of tweaking, could be the good solution.

Please explore this as well.

Also this and this.

Complete example here.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:14

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answered Nov 03 '15 at 05:36

Ankur Singhal

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 03 '15 at 05:37

0

I used XmlUnit - http://www.xmlunit.org/ for this and it works great. Can ignore many more things than just whitespace.

answered Nov 03 '15 at 05:37

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