Document Comparison

This adapter compares a repository file with an input file and outputs a status value as process result.

Properties

Operation

Defines the operation executed by the function adapter

Possible values: Compare: Compare files with each other

Parameters

Adapter	Main adapter class (do not change!) Possible values: de.softproject.integration.adapter.comparison.X4ComparisonAdapter: Main class (default)
comparisonMethod	Comparison method Possible values: `BYTE`: Compare files byte by byte (default) `ZIP`: Compare ZIP files by their content `XML`: Compare XML files by their content `TEXT`: Compare text files by their content `EMPTY`: Compare input files with empty arrays of bytes
expectedResult	Path to the file to be compared with the adapter input; Relates to the comparison methods `BYTE`, `ZIP`, `XML` and `TEXT` Possible values: Repository path, e. g. `X4Experience/BPM/1-Examples/InvoiceReceipt/BPM/Data/Invoice.xml` (mandatory field)
ignoreWhitespace	Determines whether whitespaces will be considered while comparing file contents; Relates to the comparison methods `XML` and `TEXT` Possible values: `true`: Ignore whitespaces `false`: Consider whitespaces (default)
normalizeWhitespace	Determines whether whitespaces in `TEXT` or `XML` document will be normalized; Relates to the comparison methods `XML` and `TEXT` Possible values: `true`: Normalize whitespaces (default) `false`: Do not normalize whitespaces
ignoreComments	Determines whether comments within the XML document are considered while comparing file contents; Relates to the comparison method `XML` Possible values: `true`: Ignore comments `false`: Consider comments (default)
compareSimilar	Determines whether the order of tags within the XML document is considered while comparing file contents, e. g. if the XML document's content is the same but in another order; Relates to the comparison method `XML` Possible values: `true`: Ignore order `false`: Consider order (default)
ignoreCDataAndTextDiff	Determines whether the content within the `CDATA` element will be interpreted as plain text content; Relates to the comparison method `XML` Possible values: `true`: Interpret the content of `CDATA` as plain text (default) `false`: Do not interpret the content of `CDATA` as plain text

Input

The adapter expects as input any file, which is compared with a specified Repository file.

Output

The adapter outputs one of the following status values as process result:

`1`	The compared documents are identical
`0`	The compared documents are different
`-1`	The documents could not be compared with each other, since the input was either empty, not well formed or false.