I found a solution:
import mx.utils.ObjectUtil;
Assert.assertTrue(ObjectUtil.compare(xml1, xml2) == 0);
That does the trick.
Regards,
Davis
On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 8:20 PM, Paul Andrews <p...@ipauland.com> wrote:
> Davis Ford wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi Paul,
> >
> > I don't believe this is correct for ActionScript3. Strict equality is
> > the "===" operator which compares object instances. "==" should test
> > for equality.
> I tried (in Flash)..
>
> var objA:Object = {a:1};
> var objB:Object = {a:1};
> trace(objA==objB); // false
> var xmlA:XML = <x>xxx</x>;
> var xmlB:XML = <x>xxx</x>;
> trace(xmlA==xmlB); // true
> trace(xmlA===xmlB); // false
>
> and indeed you are right. I didn't know that XML was treated differently
> from vanilla object in comparisons.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Paul
> >
> > If you change the test to this...
> >
> > [Test]
> > public function testXmlEquality():void {
> > var xml1:XML =
> > <a>
> > <b></b>
> > <c></c>
> > </a>;
> > var xml2:XML =
> > <a>
> > <b></b>
> > <c></c>
> > </a>;
> > xml1.normalize();
> > xml2.normalize();
> > Assert.assertTrue(xml1 == xml2);
> > }
> >
> > it passes. XML/e4x is supposed to support this out of the box, and it
> > does -- to a degree. Although, semantically and syntactically, xml1
> > and xml2 from the 1st test are equivalent, e4x is not thinking so, and
> > I think that is broken. Searching for a workaround has popped up very
> > little, which is why I was hoping someone on the list might have a
> > good answer for why this is, and how I can test XML equivalence
> > without caring about element ordering.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Davis
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 7:03 PM, Paul Andrews <p...@ipauland.com
> > <mailto:p...@ipauland.com>> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Davis Ford wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Why does this test fail? Is there any way to test for equality that
> > > ignores the ordering of elements -- which shouldn't technically
> > matter?
> > >
> > > [Test]
> > > public function testXmlEquality():void {
> > > var xml1:XML =
> > > <a>
> > > <b></b>
> > > <c></c>
> > > </a>;
> > > var xml2:XML =
> > > <a>
> > > <c></c>
> > > <b></b>
> > > </a>;
> > > Assert.assertTrue(xml1 == xml2);
> > > }
> > xml1 and xml2 are references to objects. Because they are different
> > objects they are not equal - the references are different.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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