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Subject: Re: what is the bettter/performant way to compare org.w3c.dom.DocumentFragment
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:32:29 -0500
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On 01/17/2012 10:03 AM, Mausam wrote:
> I have a java class, whose contains a DocumentFragment.
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> In the equals method of my class, I am converting the DocumentFragment to a String and comparing an equals on the String.
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> I know this is not the best way, because "attributes" e.g can change order in Element of DocumentFragment, or e.g documents differ only in the sequence of unordered elements.
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> So in such cases this equality will fail.
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> Please suggest a better approach.
A my class is equal to another my class if and only if ...