package XML::SemanticDiff; use strict; use vars qw/$VERSION/; $VERSION = '0.93'; use XML::Parser; use Digest::MD5; sub new { my ($proto, %args) = @_; my $class = ref($proto) || $proto; my $self = \%args; require XML::SemanticDiff::BasicHandler unless defined $args{diffhandler}; bless ($self, $class); return $self; } sub read_xml { my $self = shift; my $p = XML::Parser->new( Style => 'Stream', Pkg => 'PathFinder', 'Non-Expat-Options' => $self, Namespaces => 1); my $doc = $_[0] !~ /\n/g && -f $_[0] ? $p->parsefile($_[0]) : $p->parse($_[0]); return $doc; } # Okay, it's pretty basic... # # We flatten each doc tree to a Perl hash where the keys are "fully qualified" # XPath expressions (/root[1]/element[3]) that represent the unique location # of each XML element, then compare the two hashes. # # Just loop over all the elements of the first hash- if the same key exists # in the second, you compare the text and attributes and delete it. Any # keys not found in the second hash are declared 'missing', and any keys leftover # in the second hash after looping through the elements in the first are 'rogues'. sub compare { my $self = shift; my ($from_xml, $to_xml) = @_; my $from_doc = ref($from_xml) eq 'HASH' ? $from_xml : $self->read_xml($from_xml); my $to_doc = $self->read_xml($to_xml); my @warnings = (); my $handler = $self->{diffhandler} || XML::SemanticDiff::BasicHandler->new(%$self); # fire the init handler push (@warnings, $handler->init($self)) if $handler->can('init'); # loop the elements foreach my $element (sort keys (%$from_doc)) { # element existence check if (defined $to_doc->{$element}) { # element value test unless ($from_doc->{$element}->{TextChecksum} eq $to_doc->{$element}->{TextChecksum}) { push (@warnings, $handler->element_value($element, $to_doc->{$element}, $from_doc->{$element})) if $handler->can('element_value'); } # namespace test unless ($from_doc->{$element}->{NamespaceURI} eq $to_doc->{$element}->{NamespaceURI}) { push (@warnings, $handler->namespace_uri($element, $to_doc->{$element}, $from_doc->{$element})) if $handler->can('namespace_uri'); } # attribute tests foreach my $attr (keys(%{$from_doc->{$element}->{Attributes}})) { # attr existence check if (defined ($to_doc->{$element}->{Attributes}->{$attr})) { # attr value test if ($to_doc->{$element}->{Attributes}->{$attr} ne $from_doc->{$element}->{Attributes}->{$attr}){ push (@warnings, $handler->attribute_value($attr, $element, $to_doc->{$element}, $from_doc->{$element})) if $handler->can('attribute_value'); } delete $to_doc->{$element}->{Attributes}->{$attr}; } else { push (@warnings, $handler->missing_attribute($attr, $element, $to_doc->{$element}, $from_doc->{$element})) if $handler->can('missing_attribute'); } } # rogue attrs foreach my $leftover (keys(%{$to_doc->{$element}->{Attributes}})) { push (@warnings, $handler->rogue_attribute($leftover, $element, $to_doc->{$element}, $from_doc->{$element})) if $handler->can('rogue_attribute'); } delete $to_doc->{$element}; } else { push (@warnings, $handler->missing_element($element, $from_doc->{$element})) if $handler->can('missing_element'); } } # rogue elements foreach my $leftover ( keys (%$to_doc) ) { push (@warnings, $handler->rogue_element($leftover, $to_doc->{$leftover})) if $handler->can('rogue_element'); } push (@warnings, $handler->final($self)) if $handler->can('final'); return @warnings; } 1; package PathFinder; use strict; my $descendents = {}; my $position_index = {}; my $char_accumulator = {}; my $doc = {}; my $opts = {}; sub StartTag { my ($expat, $element) = @_; my %attrs = %_; my @context = $expat->context; my $context_length = scalar (@context); my $parent = $context[$context_length -1]; push (@{$descendents->{$parent}}, $element) if $parent; $position_index->{"$element"}++; my $test_context; if (@context){ $test_context = '/' . join ('/', map { $_ . '[' . $position_index->{$_} . ']' } @context); } $test_context .= '/' . $element . '[' . $position_index->{$element} . ']'; $doc->{"$test_context"}->{NamespaceURI} = $expat->namespace($element) || ""; $doc->{"$test_context"}->{Attributes} = \%attrs || {}; $doc->{"$test_context"}->{TagStart} = $expat->current_line if $opts->{keeplinenums}; } sub EndTag { my ($expat, $element) = @_; my @context = $expat->context; my $test_context; if (@context){ $test_context = '/' . join ('/', map { $_ . '[' . $position_index->{$_} . ']' } @context); } $test_context .= '/' . $element . '[' . $position_index->{$element} . ']'; my $text = delete $char_accumulator->{$element} || ""; my $ctx = Digest::MD5->new; $ctx->add("$text"); $doc->{"$test_context"}->{TextChecksum} = $ctx->b64digest; if ($opts->{keepdata}) { $doc->{"$test_context"}->{CData} = $text; } if (defined ( $descendents->{$element})) { my $seen = {}; foreach my $child (@{$descendents->{$element}}) { next if $seen->{$child}; # reset the relative counter $position_index->{$child} = 0; $seen->{$child}++; } } $doc->{"$test_context"}->{TagEnd} = $expat->current_line if $opts->{keeplinenums}; } sub Text { my $expat = shift; my $element = $expat->current_element; my $char = $_; $char =~ s/^\s*//; $char =~ s/\s*$//; $char =~ s/\s+/ /g; $char_accumulator->{$element} .= $char if $char; } sub StartDocument { my $expat = shift; $doc = {}; $descendents = {}; $position_index = {}; $char_accumulator = {}; $opts = $expat->{'Non-Expat-Options'} } sub EndDocument { return $doc; } sub PI { my ($expat, $target, $data) = @_; my $attrs = {}; $position_index->{$target}++; foreach my $pair (split /\s+/, $data) { $attrs->{$1} = $2 if $pair =~ /^(.+?)=["'](.+?)["']$/; } my $slug = '?' . $target . '[' . $position_index->{$target} . ']'; $doc->{$slug}->{Attributes} = $attrs || {}; $doc->{$slug}->{TextChecksum} = "1"; $doc->{$slug}->{NamespaceURI} = ""; $doc->{$slug}->{TagStart} = $expat->current_line if $opts->{keeplinenums}; $doc->{$slug}->{TagEnd} = $expat->current_line if $opts->{keeplinenums}; } 1; __END__ =head1 NAME XML::SemanticDiff - Perl extension for comparing XML documents. =head1 SYNOPSIS use XML::SemanticDiff; my $diff = XML::SemanticDiff->new(); foreach my $change ($diff->compare($file, $file2)) { print "$change->{message} in context $change->{context}\n"; } # or, if you want line numbers: my $diff = XML::SemanticDiff->new(keeplinenums => 1); foreach my $change ($diff->compare($file, $file2)) { print "$change->{message} (between lines $change->{startline} and $change->{endline})\n"; } =head1 DESCRIPTION XML::SematicDiff provides a way to compare the contents and structure of two XML documents. By default, it returns a list of hashrefs where each hashref describes a single difference between the two docs. =head1 METHODS =head2 $obj->new([%options]) Ye olde object constructor. The new() method recognizes the following options: =over 4 =item * keeplinenums When this option is enabled XML::SemanticDiff will add the 'startline' and 'endline' properties (containing the line numbers for the reported element's start tag and end tag) to each warning. For attribute events these numbers reflect the start and end tags of the element which contains that attribute. =item * keepdata When this option is enabled XML::SemanticDiff will add the 'old_value' and 'new_value' properties to each warning. These properties contain, surprisingly, the old and new values for the element or attribute being reported. In the case of missing elements or attributes (those in the first document, not in the second) only the 'old_value' property will be defined. Similarly, in the case of rogue elements or attributes (those in the second document but not in the first) only the 'new_value' property will be defined. Note that using this option will greatly increase the amount of memory used by your application. =item * diffhandler Taking a blessed object as it's sole argument, this option provides a way to hook the basic semantic diff engine into your own custom handler class. Please see the section on 'CUSTOM HANDLERS' below. =back =head1 CUSTOM HANDLERS Internally, XML::SemanticDiff uses an event-based model somewhat reminiscent of SAX where the various 'semantic diff events' are handed off to a separate handler class to cope with the details. For most general cases where the user only cares about reporting the differences between two docs, the default handler, XML::SemanticDiff::BasicHandler, will probably suffice. However, it is often desirable to add side-effects to the diff process (updating datastores, widget callbacks, etc.) and a custom handler allows you to be creative with what to do about differences between two XML documents and how those differences are reported back to the application through the compare() method. =head1 HANDLER METHODS The following is a list of handler methods that can be used for your custom diff-handler class. =head2 init($self, $diff_obj) The C method is called immediately before the the two document HASHes are compared. The blessed XML::SemanticDiff object is passed as the sole argument, so any values that you wish to pass from your application to your custom handler can safely be added to the call to XML::SemanticDiff's constructor method. =head2 rogue_element($self, $element_name, $todoc_element_properties) The C method handles those cases where a given element exists in the to-file but not in the from-file. =head2 missing_element($self, $element_name, $fromdoc_element_properties) The C method handles those cases where a given element exists in the from-file but not in the to-file. =head2 element_value($self, $element, $to_element_properties, $fromdoc_element_properties) The C method handles those cases where the text data differs between two elements that have the same name, namespace URI, and are at the same location in the document tree. Note that all whitespace is normalized and the text from mixed-content elements (those containing both text and child elements mixed together) is aggregated down to a single value. =head2 namespace_uri($self, $element, $todoc_element_properties, $fromdoc_element_properties) The C method handles case where the XML namespace URI differs between a given element in the two documents. Note that the namespace URI is checked, not the element prefixes since and are all considered equivalent as long as they are bound to the same namespace URI. =head2 rogue_attribute($self, $attr_name, $element, $todoc_element_properties) The C method handles those cases where an attribute exists in a given element the to-file but not in the from-file. =head2 missing_attribute($self, $attr_name, $element, $todoc_element_properties, $fromdoc_element_properties) The C method handles those cases where an attribute exists in a given element exists in the from-file but not in the to-file. =head2 attribute_value($self, $attr_name, $element, $todoc_element_properties, $fromdoc_element_properties) The C method handles those cases where the value of an attribute varies between the same element in both documents. =head2 final($self, $diff_obj) The C method is called immediately after the two document HASHes are compared. Like the C handler, it is passed a copy of the XML::SemanticDiff object as it's sole argument. Note that if a given method is not implemented in your custom handler class, XML::SemanticDiff will not complain; but it means that all of those events will be silently ignored. Consider yourself warned. =head1 AUTHOR Kip Hampton, khampton@totalcinema.com =head1 COPYRIGHT Copyright (c) 2000 Kip Hampton. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. =head1 SEE ALSO perl(1). =cut