How to compare XML files in C#?
Microsoft's XML Diff and Patch API should work nicely:
public void GenerateDiffGram(string originalFile, string finalFile,
XmlWriter diffGramWriter)
{
XmlDiff xmldiff = new XmlDiff(XmlDiffOptions.IgnoreChildOrder |
XmlDiffOptions.IgnoreNamespaces |
XmlDiffOptions.IgnorePrefixes);
bool bIdentical = xmldiff.Compare(originalFile, finalFile, false, diffGramWriter);
diffGramWriter.Close();
}
If you need to, you can also use the Patch tool to compare the files and merge them:
public void PatchUp(string originalFile, string diffGramFile, string outputFile)
{
XmlDocument sourceDoc = new XmlDocument(new NameTable());
sourceDoc.Load(originalFile);
using (var reader = XmlReader.Create(diffGramFile))
{
XmlPatch xmlPatch = new XmlPatch();
xmlPatch.Patch(sourceDoc, reader);
using (var writer = XmlWriter.Create(outputFile))
{
sourceDoc.Save(writer);
writer.Close();
}
reader.Close();
}
}
If you want just to compare XML's and you don't need to get what is difference, you can use XNode.DeepEquals Method:
var xmlTree1 = new XElement("Root",
new XAttribute("Att1", 1),
new XAttribute("Att2", 2),
new XElement("Child1", 1),
new XElement("Child2", "some content")
);
var xmlTree2 = new XElement("Root",
new XAttribute("Att1", 1),
new XAttribute("Att2", 2),
new XElement("Child1", 1),
new XElement("Child2", "some content")
);
Console.WriteLine(XNode.DeepEquals(xmlTree1, xmlTree2));
Personally, I would go with LINQ to XML. You can find a good tutorial at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb387061.aspx