Javascript Node compare

bman

Hi,

I can't seem to find a Javascript method to compare two DOM nodes to check if they're equal. This surprises me as I would have suspected this would be a commonly needed function.

i.e. these two nodes would be equal

<rootNode>
  <childOne type='some type'>
    value1
  </childOne>
  <childTwo type='another type' type='yet another'/>
</rootNode>

<rootNode>
  <childTwo type='yet another' type='another type'/>
  <childOne type='some type'>
    value1
  </childOne>
</rootNode>

i.e. order of children, attributes, etc. doesn't matter.

Anyone know if there's a standard cross browser function to do this?

Any help appreciated.

Eoin

Can you not use the xpath to find the node by name rather than by index?

bman

I'm not sure I understand your reply. I'm not trying to find the node by name or index, simply check if two nodes are equal, regardless of attribute or element order.

MOH

Not a method, but there's some code to do it here