1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/platform/testFramework/src/com/intellij/testFramework/PlatformTestUtil.java b/platform/testFramework/src/com/intellij/testFramework/PlatformTestUtil.java
index 307fb65e5ef1..ee6e519cb583 100644
--- a/platform/testFramework/src/com/intellij/testFramework/PlatformTestUtil.java
+++ b/platform/testFramework/src/com/intellij/testFramework/PlatformTestUtil.java
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ import com.intellij.util.io.ZipUtil;
 import com.intellij.util.ui.UIUtil;
 import junit.framework.AssertionFailedError;
 import org.jdom.Element;
+import org.jdom.JDOMException;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NonNls;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
@@ -752,6 +753,18 @@ public class PlatformTestUtil {
     }
   }
 
+  public static void assertElementEquals(final String expected, final Element actual) {
+    try {
+      assertElementsEqual(JDOMUtil.loadDocument(expected).getRootElement(), actual);
+    }
+    catch (IOException e) {
+      throw new AssertionError(e);
+    }
+    catch (JDOMException e) {
+      throw new AssertionError(e);
+    }
+  }
+
   public static String printElement(final Element element) throws IOException {
     final StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
     JDOMUtil.writeElement(element, writer, "\n");