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Understanding XML Sort

Many services return lists of results that are in a different order each time that the service is invoked. Such random ordering of elements can make it challenging to define validations in test cases. The XML Sort tool is designed to address this challenge. For example, it could be used to take the book items returned by the Parasoft Book Store service, reorder them by price, and sort the authors list lexicographically under each book item. The XML Sort tool can be chained to the output of other XML tools, such as the SOAP Response of the SOAP Client. After After you add the tool and define the desired sorting, it will output the XML content sorted according to the specified configuration. The sorted content can then be validated with XML Assertor, Diff, or other validation tools.

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