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Does XMLUnit have an assert to ignore whitespace

I want to compare two xml strings in a test, but the test keeps failing due to whitespace.

@Test
public void testForEquality() throws Exception {
 String myControlXML = "<msg><uuid>0x00435A8C</uuid></msg>";
 String myTestXML = "<msg><uuid>0x00435A8C</uuid>      </msg>";
 assertXMLEqual(myControlXML, myTestXML);
 Diff diff = new Diff(myControlXML, myTestXML);
 assertTrue(diff.similar());
}
Solution

  • Yes, XMLUnit can ignore whitespaces. See API documentation for details. You can enable it by setting:

    XMLUnit.setIgnoreWhitespace(true)