Comparing XmlDocument for equality (content wise)

c# xml xmldocument equality

Blankman · May 27, 2010 · Viewed 12.2k times · Source

If I want to compare the contents of a XMlDocument, is it just like this?

XmlDocument doc1 = GetDoc1();
XmlDocument doc2 = GetDoc2();

if(doc1 == doc2)
{

}

I am not checking if they are both the same object reference, but if the CONTENTS of the xml are the same.

Answer

Try the DeepEquals method on the XLinq API.

XDocument doc1 = GetDoc1(); 
XDocument doc2 = GetDoc2(); 
 
if(XNode.DeepEquals(doc1, doc2)) 
{ 
 
}