Hi Monks,

I have many xml files that I am attempting to compare with either XML::SemanticDiff or XML::SemanticCompare.

Is there a way to get the XML ordered in a consistent way before I start this comparison, without calling out to a separate tool. They both get confused by slight ordering changes

For example, I have elements that are 

<sequence name="b" ..
<sequence name="a" ..
<sequence name="c" ..

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I would like them ordered by the 'name' attribute before the comparison starts.

I have looked at XML::LibXML::PrettyPrint but can't make it do what I want.

I can see SemanticDiff copes with missing attributes, but not sure how it would cope with a missing '<sequence name="b" ' element all together without thinking it was a difference in attribute value, rather than entirely missing.

Thanks

In reply to Consistent xml formatting by Haloric

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