net.sf.xmlmatcher
Interface Matcher

All Known Implementing Classes:

AttributesMatcher, JsProcessor, MatcherChain, MatcherImpl, StrategyBasedMatcher, TagNamesMatcher

public interface Matcher

Field Summary

static java.lang.String

XML_NAMESPACE_URI Matcher own namespace used by Matcher-specific elements and attributes

Method Summary

void	addListener(MatcherListener listener)
Matcher	getTopLevelMatcher() Matchers may be organized into tree using MatcherChain class.
void	match(org.w3c.dom.Element template, org.w3c.dom.Element actual) Compare two XML trees specified by given elements.
void	removeListener(MatcherListener listener)
void	setTopLevelMatcher(Matcher matcher)

Field Detail

XML_NAMESPACE_URI

static final java.lang.String XML_NAMESPACE_URI

Matcher own namespace used by Matcher-specific elements and attributes

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

match

void match(org.w3c.dom.Element template,
           org.w3c.dom.Element actual)
           throws MatcherException

Compare two XML trees specified by given elements. Verifies that template and actual elements have the same tag name and namespace, then invokes most appropriate comparator based on template element.

Parameters:

template - Template Element

actual - Actual Element (instance)

Throws:

MatcherException

getTopLevelMatcher

Matcher getTopLevelMatcher()

Matchers may be organized into tree using MatcherChain class. When this happens each matcher in the tree stores reference to top-level matcher (usually instance of MatcherChain).

setTopLevelMatcher

void setTopLevelMatcher(Matcher matcher)

See Also:

getTopLevelMatcher()

addListener

void addListener(MatcherListener listener)

removeListener

void removeListener(MatcherListener listener)