erp5diff 0.8.1.9

XUpdate Generator for ERP5

Introduction

This is a XUpdate Generator to compare any XML document.

See <http://xmldb-org.sourceforge.net/xupdate/> for information on XUpdate.

Testing

To run tests:

python -m unittest discover src

or, using zc.buildout with zope.testrunner:

buildout
./bin/test

Usage

Once you have installed erp5diff, you can use “erp5diff” in a shell:

erp5diff old.xml new.xml

Or in a python console:

from ERP5Diff import ERP5Diff
erp5diff = ERP5Diff()
old_xml = """
<ul>
  <li>1</li>
  <li>2</li>
  <li>3</li>
  <li>4</li>
  <li>5</li>
  <li>6</li>
  <li>7</li>
  <li>8</li>
  <li>9</li>
</ul>
"""
new_xml = """
<ul>
  <li>5</li>
  <li>6</li>
  <li>1</li>
  <li>2</li>
  <li>3</li>
  <li>4</li>
  <li>7</li>
  <li>8</li>
  <li>9</li>
</ul>
"""
erp5diff.compare(old_xml, new_xml)
erp5diff.output()
<xupdate:modifications xmlns:xupdate="http://www.xmldb.org/xupdate" version="1.0">
  <xupdate:remove select="/ul/li[5]"/>
  <xupdate:remove select="/ul/li[6]"/>
  <xupdate:append child="first()">
    <xupdate:element name="li">5</xupdate:element>
    <xupdate:element name="li">6</xupdate:element>
  </xupdate:append>
</xupdate:modifications>

• 2003-12-04, Yoshinori OKUJI <[e-mail]>

• 2009-09-15, Tatuya Kamada <[e-mail]>

• 2009-2011, Nicolas Delaby <[e-mail]>

0.8.1.8 (2022/09/14)

• Support python3

0.8.1.7 (2015/04/23)

• Fix a regression that was introduced in 0.8.1.6.

0.8.1.6 (2015/04/23)

• Disable _removeStrictEqualsSubNodeList that can make a wrong result

0.8.1.5 (2011/08/08)

• Fix rst syntax

• Improve Handling of mixed content

0.8.1.4 (2011/08/05)

• Tail text nodes was not detected (…<node/>blablabla…)

• fix import issue of main() function

0.8.1.3 (2011/01/25)

• add long_description, improve README

• add missing namespace declaration of egg

0.8.1.2 (2011/01/25)

• [fix] installation of egg

0.8.1.1 (2011/01/25)

• [Fix] position starts to 1 [Nicolas Delaby]

version 0.8.1 Nicolas Delaby

Bug Fix

• Some nodes stay orphans if they are replaced by another one and followed by a modification (test 30)

• Exclude comments or processing instruction as sibling node

version 0.8 Nicolas Delaby

Features

• Include ‘gid’ in attributes allowed to build an xpath expression with a unique identifier.

• Use better algorithm to compare two xml nodes (faster).

Bug Fix

• In node comparaison discard text nodes with only withe-spaces.

• Fix relative calculation of position for xupdate:insert-before nodes

• Add namespace declaration on xupdate nodes which are using prefix in builded xpath expression.

version 0.7 Nicolas Delaby

Bug fix

• Nodes whose position change were discarded.

• Declare namespaces used in xpath expression on xupdate output.

version 0.6 Nicolas Delaby

Bug Fix

• Fix generated xpath expression, the root element was missing.

version 0.5 Nicolas Delaby

Features

• Add support of namespaces

• Support xupdate:insert-after

version 0.4 Nicolas Delaby

Features

• Change output of xupdate:append by adding Implied attribute child

version 0.3 Nicolas Delaby

Bug Fix

• Append position in xpath expression when value of id attribute is not unique regarding is sibling

version 0.2 Nicolas Delaby

Bug Fix

• Position in xpath starts from 1

version 0.1 Tatuya Kamada

Features

• ERP5diff implemented with ElemenTree (lxml)

version 0 Yoshinori Okuji

• initial ERP5diff with DOM API (minidom)