ElementQualifier

All Known Implementing Classes:

ElementNameAndAttributeQualifier, ElementNameAndTextQualifier, ElementNameQualifier, MultiLevelElementNameAndTextQualifier, RecursiveElementNameAndTextQualifier
```
public interface ElementQualifier
```
Interface used by the DifferenceEngine class to determine which elements can be compared within a NodeList of child nodes.

See Also:

DifferenceEngine.compareNodeList(java.util.List, java.util.List, int, DifferenceListener, ElementQualifier), Diff.overrideElementQualifier(ElementQualifier)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`qualifyForComparison(org.w3c.dom.Element control, org.w3c.dom.Element test)`	Determine whether two elements are comparable

- Method Detail
  - qualifyForComparison
```
boolean qualifyForComparison(org.w3c.dom.Element control,
                             org.w3c.dom.Element test)
```
    Determine whether two elements are comparable
    
    Parameters:
    
    control - an Element from the control XML NodeList
    
    test - an Element from the test XML NodeList
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the elements are comparable, false otherwise