Method assertXMLEqual

django/test/testcases.py:1063–1084

Assert that two XML snippets are semantically the same. Whitespace in most cases is ignored and attribute ordering is not significant. The arguments must be valid XML.

(self, xml1, xml2, msg=None)

        self.assertNotEqual(data, expected_data, msg=msg)

    def assertXMLEqual(self, xml1, xml2, msg=None):
        """
        Assert that two XML snippets are semantically the same.
        Whitespace in most cases is ignored and attribute ordering is not
        significant. The arguments must be valid XML.
        """
        try:
            result = compare_xml(xml1, xml2)
        except Exception as e:
            standardMsg = "First or second argument is not valid XML\n%s" % e
            self.fail(self._formatMessage(msg, standardMsg))
        else:
            if not result:
                standardMsg = "%s != %s" % (
                    safe_repr(xml1, True),
                    safe_repr(xml2, True),
                )
                diff = "\n" + "\n".join(
                    difflib.ndiff(xml1.splitlines(), xml2.splitlines())
                )
                standardMsg = self._truncateMessage(standardMsg, diff)
                self.fail(self._formatMessage(msg, standardMsg))

    def assertXMLNotEqual(self, xml1, xml2, msg=None):
        """