XmlDiff.Compare Method (String, String, Boolean, XmlWriter)

Performs a comparison of XML documents or fragments and outputs an XDL Diffgram describing the differences.

[Visual Basic]
Overloads Public Function Compare( _
  ByVal sourceFile As String, _
  ByVal changedFile As String, _
  ByVal bFragments As Boolean, _
  ByVal diffgramWriter As XmlWriter _
) As Boolean
[C#]
public Boolean Compare(
  String sourceFile,
  String changedFile,
  Boolean bFragments,
  XmlWriter diffgramWriter
);

Parameters

sourceFile

A file name or URL containing the original source XML document or fragment to be used in the comparison.

changedFile

A file name or URL containing the changed XML document or fragment to be used in the comparison.

bFragments

A flag indicating whether the sourceFile and changedFile are well-formed XML documents (false) or whether they are fragments (true).

diffgramWriter

The XmlWriter to which you want to output the XDL Diffgram.

Example

[Visual Basic]
Imports System
Imports System.Xml
Imports Microsoft.XmlDiffPatch

Namespace TestCompare

   Class Class1

      Shared Sub Main()
        Dim diffgramWriter = New XmlTextWriter("diffgram.xml", New System.Text.UnicodeEncoding())
        Dim xmlDiff As New XmlDiff()
        Dim bSame As Boolean = xmlDiff.Compare("Source.xml", "Changed.xml", False, diffgramWriter)
        diffgramWriter.Flush()
        diffgramWriter.Close()
      End Sub   End Class
End Namespace 
[C#]
using System;
using System.Xml;
using Microsoft.XmlDiffPatch;

namespace TestCompare
{
  class Class1
    {
        static void Main()
            {
                XmlWriter diffgramWriter = new XmlTextWriter("diffgram.xml", new System.Text.UnicodeEncoding());
                XmlDiff xmlDiff = new XmlDiff();
                bool bSame = xmlDiff.Compare("Source.xml", "Changed.xml", false, diffgramWriter);
                diffgramWriter.Flush();
                diffgramWriter.Close();
            }
    }
}

For information on running the code samples, see Running XmlDiff and XmlPatch Class Code Samples.

Requirements

Platforms: Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows .NET Server

See Also

XmlDiff Class | XmlDiff Members | Microsoft.XmlDiffPatch

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