The XMLUnit library can be used to compare two XML files in Java. Similar to JUnit, XMLUnit can also be used to test XML files for comparison by extending the XMLTestcase class. It is a rich library and provides a detailed comparison of XML files. Btw, comparing XML is completely different than comparing String in Java or comparing objects using equals(), as two XML which contains different comments and whitespace can be equals, which is not true for String or character comparison. Also while comparing XML files, it's very important to know exactly which content or part is different and XMLUnit not only shows the content which is different but also the XPath of elements which is getting compared.