Can't compare nested elements from json

[4yck]

Hi,

I use package 1.4.1 comparing two json files to find differencies ignoring some dynamic data fields (e.g Id)

Having the following json files, I want to ignore only Data.Id and Note fields

JSON_1: { "Data": [ { "Id": 7353, "Name": null, "Type": null, "Note": "Transfer test", "DocumentType": null } ], "Id": 356, "IsSuccess": true, "ErrorReason": "None", "ErrorCode": "None" }

JSON_2: { "Data": [ { "Id": 6563, "Name": null, "Type": null, "Note": "Transfer test attachment", "DocumentType": null } ], "Id": 245, "IsSuccess": true, "ErrorReason": "None", "ErrorCode": "None" }

I use code from Example 3:

var ignoredValues = new List { "Data.Id", "Note" }; CompareJsonFiles(ignoredValues);

private void CompareJsonFiles(List ignoredFields = null) { var jsonExpected = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(File.ReadAllText(pathToJSON_1)); var jsonActual = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(File.ReadAllText(pathToJSON_2));

var comparer = new Comparer();

if (ignoredFields != null)
    foreach (var field in ignoredFields)
        comparer.AddComparerOverride(field, DoNotCompareValueComparer.Instance);

comparer.Compare(jsonExpected, jsonActual, out IEnumerable<Difference> differences);

}

I expect having diff only for Id but in the result have difference for Id and Data.Id. If I specify CompareJsonFiles("Id", "Note"), it will ignore all Id, nested and non-nested ones. Could you please help me with ignoring nested elements as in this case? Seems that indexing by dot (Data.Id) doesn't work

[ValeraT1982]

@4yck, you are right. Comparer doesn't support memberName with dots.

As a workaround, you can compare objects then filter differences by MemberPath

Does that work for you?

[4yck]

I guess it will be ok for me, thank you @ValeraT1982 !