Compare Word Documents and Highlight Differences using Java

CompareDOCX_Java.md

Learn how to Compare Word Documents and Highlight Differences using Java

The following topics are covered here:

1. Compare Two Word Documents using Java
2. Word Documents Comparison with Compare Options using Java
3. Compare Bookmarks in Word Documents

CompareDOCX_Java_CompareBookmarks.java

// initialize comparer
Comparer comparer = new Comparer("C:\\Files\\source.docx");

// add target file
comparer.add("C:\\Files\\target.docx");

// define compare options
CompareOptions compareOptions = new CompareOptions();
compareOptions.setCompareBookmarks(true);

// compare and save compare results
comparer.compare("C:\\Files\\result.docx", compareOptions);

CompareDOCX_Java_CompareWordFiles.java

// initialize comparer
Comparer comparer = new Comparer("C:\\Files\\source.docx");

// add target file
comparer.add("C:\\Files\\target.docx");

// compare and save compare results
comparer.compare("C:\\Files\\result.docx");

CompareDOCX_Java_GetChanges.java

// initialize comparer
Comparer comparer = new Comparer("C:\\Files\\source.docx");

// add target file
comparer.add("C:\\Files\\target.docx");

// compare
final Path resultPath = comparer.compare();

// get changes
ChangeInfo[] changes = comparer.getChanges();
System.out.println("Count of changes: " + changes.length);

for (ChangeInfo change : changes) {
    System.out.printf("Change Type: %d, Text: %s%n", change.getType(), change.getText());
}