Beyond Compare

Beyond Compare Report

Compare .NET objects offers the ability to output the results as text files and then launch the third party difference tool Beyond Compare. 

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Example

[Test]
public void BeyondCompareReportTest()
{
 if (File.Exists("beyondExpected.txt"))
  File.Delete("beyondExpected.txt");

 if (File.Exists("beyondActual.txt"))
  File.Delete("beyondActual.txt");

 Movie beyondExpected = new Movie();
 beyondExpected.Name = "Oblivion";
 beyondExpected.PaymentForTomCruise = 2000000M;

 Movie beyondActual = new Movie();
 beyondActual.Name = "Edge of Tomorrow";
 beyondActual.PaymentForTomCruise = 3000000M;

 CompareLogic compareLogic = new CompareLogic();
 compareLogic.Config.MaxDifferences = Int32.MaxValue;
 ComparisonResult result = compareLogic.Compare(beyondExpected, beyondActual);

 BeyondCompareReport beyondCompare = new BeyondCompareReport();
 beyondCompare.OutputFiles(result.Differences, "beyondExpected.txt", "beyondActual.txt");

 Assert.IsTrue(File.Exists("beyondExpected.txt"));
 Assert.IsTrue(File.Exists("beyondActual.txt"));

 beyondCompare.LaunchApplication("beyondExpected.txt", "beyondActual.txt");
}