Kumar --
Did you ever figure out why this is happening? I have the explanation
but don't want to post it if you've already figured it out.
Gary
Kumar Shailendra wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I am trying to take the difference between two xmls files using xalan2.0
> extension function. Then print the difference as an xml file. I am
> passing the second file as parameter to the stylesheet.
> The problem I am facing is the xalan difference function is not giving
> correct result. For testing purpose I passed as parameter the same file
> as the input file to the stylesheet i.e. I compared "FileA" with "FileA"
> but still none of the nodes were matching between two instances of the
> same document source.
> I tried Beyers Difference example from Dpawson's site but it also
> returns the same result.
> There seems to be some mistake in the way I am comparing the two files.
> Since I am new to xml, I am handicapped with my limited understanding to
> decypher the problem.
> I would, therefore, be grateful if some one can help me in overcoming
> this problem.
>
> The XML file I am trying to compare looks like the following
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
> - <MSCIData>
> - <row>
> <col Index="1" Value="850000000005152" />
> <col Index="2" Value="00020772338(\){;MF5A" />
> <col Index="3" Value="Atticus Capital Management, Inc." />
> <col Index="4" Value="590 Madison Avenue32nd Floor" />
> <col Index="5" Value="" />
> <col Index="6" Value="New York" />
> <col Index="7" Value="NY" />
> <col Index="8" Value="10022" />
> <col Index="9" Value="BRAZIL" />
> <col Index="10" Value="001 212 829 8100" />
> <col Index="11" Value="001 212 343 9489" />
> <col Index="12" Value="Y" />
> <col Index="13" Value="" />
> <col Index="14" Value="" />
> <col Index="15" Value="2001-05-04" />
> </row>
> - <row>
> <col Index="1" Value="850000000005151" />
> <col Index="2" Value="00020772338(\){;MF5A" />
> <col Index="3" Value="Atticus Capital Management, Inc." />
> <col Index="4" Value="590 Madison Avenue32nd Floor" />
> <col Index="5" Value="" />
> <col Index="6" Value="New York" />
> <col Index="7" Value="NY" />
> <col Index="8" Value="10022" />
> <col Index="9" Value="BRAZIL" />
> <col Index="10" Value="001 212 829 8100" />
> <col Index="11" Value="001 212 343 9489" />
> <col Index="12" Value="Y" />
> <col Index="13" Value="" />
> <col Index="14" Value="" />
> <col Index="15" Value="2001-05-04" />
> </row>
> </MSCIData>
>
> The stylesheet I am using to do the comparison is as follows ( I have
> hard coded the second file in document function for testing purpose)
>
> <?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8' ?>
> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
> xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";
> xmlns:xalan="http://xml.apache.org/xalan";
> extension-element-prefixes="xalan"
> exclude-result-prefixes="xalan">
> <xsl:output method="xml"/>
> <xsl:param name="comparison-file"/>
> <xsl:variable name="file1" select="//*"/>
> <xsl:variable name="file2"
> select="document('file:///ms/user/s/shailend/playingzone/xml-java/compare1.xml',/)/*"
> />
> <xsl:template match="/">
> <xsl:variable name="ns1" select ="$file1/*" />
> <xsl:variable name="ns2" select="$file2/*" />
>
> Values in : nodeset1
> <xsl:for-each select="$ns1">
> "<xsl:copy-of select="."/>"
> </xsl:for-each>
> ===========================================
>
> Values in : nodeset2
> <xsl:for-each select="$ns2">
> "<xsl:copy-of select="."/>"
> </xsl:for-each>
> ===========================================
> difference:in $ns1, notin $ns2
> <xsl:for-each select="xalan:difference($ns1,$ns2)">
> "<xsl:copy-of select="."/>"
> </xsl:for-each>
>
> ===========================================
> *******Xalan Intersection
> <xsl:for-each select="xalan:intersection($ns1,$ns2)">
> "<xsl:copy-of select="."/>"
> </xsl:for-each>
>
> </xsl:template>
> </xsl:stylesheet>
>
> Thanks,
> Shail
