Groovy : XML Comparison: Dynamic XML Attributes are not ignored whie comparison.

vpachpute1,

The data provided is not well-formed. Fixed a bit to make it well-formed.

Here is the script:

//assign xml string data for the below two statements, not assigned here to reduce the size of the script

def expected = 
def actual = 

//Don't have to modify beyond this point

//If required, add more ignore nodes or attributes(node: attribute format) in the below appropriately
def ignoreNodes = ['purchase-date', 'expiry-date']
def ignoreAttributes = ['subscription':'id']

//Closure to update the xml with a fixed value REPLACED in place of dynamic value, so that comparison is done successfully
def updateIgnoreElements = { data, fixedVal = 'REPLACED' ->
    def parsedData = new XmlSlurper().parseText(data)
    ignoreAttributes.each { k,v -> parsedData.'**'.findAll { it.name() == k}.collect{it.@"$v" = fixedVal} }
    ignoreNodes.each { element ->  parsedData.'**'.findAll { it.name() == element}.collect{it.replaceBody fixedVal} }
    groovy.xml.XmlUtil.serialize(parsedData) 
}

assert updateIgnoreElements(expected) == updateIgnoreElements(actual), 'Both are not matching'

You can quickly try online demo and the same is available at github