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package org.xmlunit.diff;

import java.util.Map;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;

/**
 * Strategy that matches control and tests nodes for comparison.
 */
public interface NodeMatcher {

    /**
     * Matches control and test nodes against each other, returns the
     * matching pairs.
     *
     * <p>Nodes passed in as attributes but not returned as member of
     * any pair will cause {@link ComparisonType#CHILD_LOOKUP}
     * differences}.</p>
     */
    Iterable<Map.Entry<Node, Node>> match(Iterable<Node> controlNodes,
                                          Iterable<Node> testNodes);
}