package xml import ( "bytes" "encoding/xml" "io" "strings" ) type xmlAttrSlice []xml.Attr func (x xmlAttrSlice) Len() int { return len(x) } func (x xmlAttrSlice) Less(i, j int) bool { spaceI, spaceJ := x[i].Name.Space, x[j].Name.Space localI, localJ := x[i].Name.Local, x[j].Name.Local valueI, valueJ := x[i].Value, x[j].Value spaceCmp := strings.Compare(spaceI, spaceJ) localCmp := strings.Compare(localI, localJ) valueCmp := strings.Compare(valueI, valueJ) if spaceCmp == -1 || (spaceCmp == 0 && (localCmp == -1 || (localCmp == 0 && valueCmp == -1))) { return true } return false } func (x xmlAttrSlice) Swap(i, j int) { x[i], x[j] = x[j], x[i] } // SortXML sorts the reader's XML elements func SortXML(r io.Reader, ignoreIndentation bool) (string, error) { var buf bytes.Buffer d := xml.NewDecoder(r) root, err := XMLToStruct(d, nil, ignoreIndentation) if err != nil { return buf.String(), err } e := xml.NewEncoder(&buf) err = StructToXML(e, root, true) return buf.String(), err }