public static void compareXml(final String original, final String marshalled, final boolean ignoreNamespace) throws Exception { final String xmlOriginal; final String xmlMarshalled; if (ignoreNamespace) { xmlOriginal = XMLUtils.removeNamespace(original); xmlMarshalled = XMLUtils.removeNamespace(marshalled); } else { xmlOriginal = original; xmlMarshalled = marshalled; } assertEquals(normalizeXML(xmlOriginal), normalizeXML(xmlMarshalled)); }