Comments on: Why use diffxml? http://www.adrianmouat.com/bit-bucket/2009/05/why-use-diffxml/ Software development thoughts and rants Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:28:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mkf http://www.adrianmouat.com/bit-bucket/2009/05/why-use-diffxml/comment-page-1/#comment-6793 mkf Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:16:10 +0000 http://www.adrianmouat.com/bit-bucket/?p=15#comment-6793 sadsadsa sadsadsa

]]> By: James Robertson http://www.adrianmouat.com/bit-bucket/2009/05/why-use-diffxml/comment-page-1/#comment-3949 James Robertson Sun, 27 Feb 2011 20:38:43 +0000 http://www.adrianmouat.com/bit-bucket/?p=15#comment-3949 Hi, if anyone is interested in a Windows application which performs two and three way comparison and merging of XML files, Project: Merge is such a tool I recently released. I originally wrote it to specifically solve the problem of resolving conflicts in Visual Studio project files. More information and a trial version can be found at http://www.projectmerge.com Cheers, James Hi,

if anyone is interested in a Windows application which performs two and three way comparison and merging of XML files, Project: Merge is such a tool I recently released. I originally wrote it to specifically solve the problem of resolving conflicts in Visual Studio project files.

More information and a trial version can be found at http://www.projectmerge.com

Cheers,
James

]]> By: Adrian Mouat http://www.adrianmouat.com/bit-bucket/2009/05/why-use-diffxml/comment-page-1/#comment-2177 Adrian Mouat Mon, 25 Oct 2010 20:53:06 +0000 http://www.adrianmouat.com/bit-bucket/?p=15#comment-2177 Hi Allan, No, there is no favouring of ID attributes, but it is a good suggestion. Hi Allan,

No, there is no favouring of ID attributes, but it is a good suggestion.

]]> By: Allan Clark http://www.adrianmouat.com/bit-bucket/2009/05/why-use-diffxml/comment-page-1/#comment-2029 Allan Clark Tue, 12 Oct 2010 17:46:31 +0000 http://www.adrianmouat.com/bit-bucket/?p=15#comment-2029 Can diffxml favour id="" attributes in the source? If it generated xpath involving unique IDs recognized in the initial XML, and patchxml used that, you'd be able to use IDs in your source to improve the accuracy of patching rather than (@Mark) rewriting the diff/patch as an XSLT Can diffxml favour id=”" attributes in the source? If it generated xpath involving unique IDs recognized in the initial XML, and patchxml used that, you’d be able to use IDs in your source to improve the accuracy of patching rather than (@Mark) rewriting the diff/patch as an XSLT

]]> By: Allan Clark http://www.adrianmouat.com/bit-bucket/2009/05/why-use-diffxml/comment-page-1/#comment-2028 Allan Clark Tue, 12 Oct 2010 16:00:58 +0000 http://www.adrianmouat.com/bit-bucket/?p=15#comment-2028 @Mark: you might get better results using XSLT to transform your existing doc to a "custom" version. @Mark: you might get better results using XSLT to transform your existing doc to a “custom” version.

]]> By: Adrian Mouat http://www.adrianmouat.com/bit-bucket/2009/05/why-use-diffxml/comment-page-1/#comment-1014 Adrian Mouat Sat, 08 May 2010 20:55:01 +0000 http://www.adrianmouat.com/bit-bucket/?p=15#comment-1014 Hi Mark, Sorry for the slow reply, for some reason WP marked you as spam. You are right about context matching. I want to get the basics working properly first though! Hi Mark,

Sorry for the slow reply, for some reason WP marked you as spam.

You are right about context matching. I want to get the basics working properly first though!

]]> By: Mark http://www.adrianmouat.com/bit-bucket/2009/05/why-use-diffxml/comment-page-1/#comment-870 Mark Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:45:14 +0000 http://www.adrianmouat.com/bit-bucket/?p=15#comment-870 Interesting, but one big problem, no context checking. A standard diff tool checks to make sure the change is really what the patch is, it doesn't just say "change line three" it says "change the line that comes after these three lines, and before these three lines". That way if the original file has changed in some non-relevant way ( a few lines added or removed else where), the patch should still work, and if the patch is on top of something else that's also changed, you can detect the conflict. For instance, I've got a project which has xml docs that we then need to update in "customize" releases. However, as the base project moves along, the original xml doc changes. I could generate a diff (between the orginal and customized version of the xml doc) with your tool, but the instant I added/removed elements from the root doc, the patch would start modify/deleting the wrong elements. Interesting, but one big problem, no context checking. A standard diff tool checks to make sure the change is really what the patch is, it doesn’t just say “change line three” it says “change the line that comes after these three lines, and before these three lines”. That way if the original file has changed in some non-relevant way ( a few lines added or removed else where), the patch should still work, and if the patch is on top of something else that’s also changed, you can detect the conflict.

For instance, I’ve got a project which has xml docs that we then need to update in “customize” releases. However, as the base project moves along, the original xml doc changes. I could generate a diff (between the orginal and customized version of the xml doc) with your tool, but the instant I added/removed elements from the root doc, the patch would start modify/deleting the wrong elements.

]]> By: Senthil http://www.adrianmouat.com/bit-bucket/2009/05/why-use-diffxml/comment-page-1/#comment-82 Senthil Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:04:02 +0000 http://www.adrianmouat.com/bit-bucket/?p=15#comment-82 Please, we absolutely need a GUI interface for this. Awesome tool! Please, we absolutely need a GUI interface for this. Awesome tool!

]]> By: Adrian Mouat http://www.adrianmouat.com/bit-bucket/2009/05/why-use-diffxml/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Adrian Mouat Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:48:33 +0000 http://www.adrianmouat.com/bit-bucket/?p=15#comment-14 I'm not 100% sure what you mean, but I think the answer is yes. They are command line utilities, so it's dead simple to create a wrapper script or something. You could also directly axis the Java classes, but that's a little more work (and remember that they are GPL licensed). I’m not 100% sure what you mean, but I think the answer is yes.

They are command line utilities, so it’s dead simple to create a wrapper script or something. You could also directly axis the Java classes, but that’s a little more work (and remember that they are GPL licensed).

]]> By: Brian spencer http://www.adrianmouat.com/bit-bucket/2009/05/why-use-diffxml/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Brian spencer Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:27:34 +0000 http://www.adrianmouat.com/bit-bucket/?p=15#comment-13 I have just seen this utility and following a company project based on this. Its undoubtly an easy resolution but can we automate the process or comparing two xml files thru this tool? I have been asked this question and looking for an answer. So that we can include diffxml in our projects. Thanks I have just seen this utility and following a company project based on this. Its undoubtly an easy resolution but can we automate the process or comparing two xml files thru this tool? I have been asked this question and looking for an answer. So that we can include diffxml in our projects.

Thanks

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