RE: [xsl] Comparing two large stylesheets

["Michael Kay" <michael.h.kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> 
> I am looking for way of comparing two large stylesheets.  In 
> this instance
> they are both very similar, but the templates are in a 
> different order and a
> few of the element names they match are slightly different.  

I would first sort them:

<xsl:template match="xsl:stylesheet">
<xsl:copy>
  <xsl:copy-of select="@*"/>
  <xsl:for-each select="*">
    <xsl:sort select="name()"/>
    <xsl:sort select="@name"/>
    <xsl:sort select="@match"/>
    <xsl:copy-of select="."/>
  </xsl:for-each>
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

and then apply a standard XML differencing tool to the result.

Michael Kay
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