Xml Fixture

XmlFixture compares an XML document to the expected values in the table.

There is one row for each element. The first non-empty cell is the element name. The next cell is the concatentation of all child text nodes of the element, if any. The remaining cells are attribute name and value pairs for all attributes of the element, if any. If no text, the attribute cells follow immediately after the element name. The element tree structure is indicated by leading empty cells.

when test is⇓

xml fixture under test
root
	child1	some text
	child2	text1text2	item1	value1	item2	value2
		leaf	name	value
	child3

then result is

xml fixture under test
root
	child1	some text
	child2	text1text2	item1	value1	item2	value2
		leaf	name	value
	child3

Missing and surplus elements are reported.

when test is⇓

xml fixture under test
root
	child1	some text
	child1a
	child2	text1text2	item1	value1	item2	value2
		leaf	name	value

then result is

xml fixture under test
root
	child1	some text
missing	child1a
	child2	text1text2	item1	value1	item2	value2
		leaf	name	value
surplus	child3

Out of order elements are reported.

when test is⇓

xml fixture under test
root
	child1	some text
	child2	text1text2	item1	value1	item2	value2
	child3
		leaf	name	value

then result is

xml fixture under test
root
	child1	some text
	child2	text1text2	item1	value1	item2	value2
out of order	child3
out of order		leaf	name	value