def deep_compare(left, right, excluded_keys = []):
# convert left and right to dicts if possible, skip if they can't be converted
try:
left = left.__dict__
right = right.__dict__
except:
pass
# both sides must be of the same type
if type(left) != type(right):
return False
# compare the two objects or dicts key by key
if type(left) == dict:
for key in left:
# make sure that we did not exclude this key
if key not in excluded_keys:
# check if the key is present in the right dict, if not, we are not equals
if key not in right:
return False
else:
# compare the values if the key is present in both sides
if not deep_compare(left[key], right[key], excluded_keys):
return False
# check if any keys are present in right, but not in left
for key in right:
if key not in left and key not in excluded_keys:
return False
return True
# check for each item in lists
if type(left) == list:
# right and left must have the same length
if len(left) != len(right):
return False
# compare each item in the list
for index in range(len(left)):
if not deep_compare(left[index], right[index], excluded_keys):
return False
# do a standard comparison
return left == right
def deep_compare(left, right):
try:
if not left.__dict__:
return left == right
for key in left.__dict__:
if key not in right.__dict__:
return false
else:
return deep_compare(left[key], right[key])
except (AttributeError, TypeError):
return left == right
import logging
log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
...
def deep_compare(self,left, right, level=0):
if type(left) != type(right):
log.info("Exit 1 - Different types")
return False
elif type(left) is dict:
# Dict comparison
for key in left:
if key not in right:
log.info("Exit 2 - missing {} in right".format(key))
return False
else:
if not deep_compare(left[str(key)], right[str(key)], level +1 ):
log.info("Exit 3 - different children")
return False
return True
elif type(left) is list:
# List comparison
for key in left:
if key not in right:
log.info("Exit 4 - missing {} in right".format(key))
return False
else:
if not deep_compare(left[left.index(key)], right[right.index(key)], level +1 ):
log.info("Exit 5 - different children")
return False
return True
else:
# Other comparison
return left == right
return False