XMLUnit is an excellent library for comparing XML when you want to go beyond mere string comparison and, for instance, disregard whitespace or other aspects of the XML fragments that are compared. In my current area of interest, systems integration, the fact that two XML fragments convey the same information is not always enough. In… Read More »
I had a specific problem I set out to solve, but the technique described in this article can be used to customize the behaviour of JAXP document builder factories that are used by code you cannot change by setting other features and properties on such document builder factories. Problem I first saw the problem with… Read More »
Today I stumbled upon a Java system property that, when set to one, cause JAXP to output information about which factory implementations is used to instantiate different kinds of factories and where the information is found that these decisions are based upon. The system property is set like this: In Eclipse, you add the above… Read More »