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+# !/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#   Copyright (C) 2022 University of Dundee. All rights reserved.
+
+#   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+#   (at your option) any later version.
+#   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+#   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+#   with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+#   51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+
+# This script exports the OME.xml from all Images in a Dataset.
+# The OME.xml from Images with the same Name is compared and
+# any differences are shown in the printed log.
+
+from xml.etree import ElementTree
+
+import omero.scripts as scripts
+from omero.gateway import BlitzGateway
+from omero.rtypes import rlong, rstring
+
+elements_by_id = {}
+
+def get_image_ome_xml(conn, image_id):
+
+    exporter = conn.createExporter()
+    exporter.addImage(image_id)
+    size = exporter.generateXml()
+    xml = exporter.read(0, size)
+    exporter.close()
+    return xml
+
+
+def compare_xml(xml1, xml2):
+    tree1 = ElementTree.ElementTree(ElementTree.fromstring(xml1))
+    tree2 = ElementTree.ElementTree(ElementTree.fromstring(xml2))
+
+    mismatch = False
+    for child1, child2 in zip(tree1.iter(), tree2.iter()):
+        if nodes_mismatch(child1, child2):
+            mismatch = True
+
+    return mismatch
+
+
+def nodes_mismatch(node1, node2):
+    # Ignore IDs which will be unique
+    node1.attrib.pop("ID", None)
+    node2.attrib.pop("ID", None)
+
+    print("Checking element", node1)
+    if node1.tag != node2.tag:
+        print("Node names mismatch:", node1.tag, node2.tag)
+        return False
+
+    print("TAGS", node1.tag, node2.tag)
+    # if node comes in List, compare identical nodes
+    if node1.tag.endswith("Plane"):
+        for node in [node1, node2]:
+            theZ = node.attrib.get("TheZ")
+            theC = node.attrib.get("TheC")
+            theT = node.attrib.get("TheT")
+            plane_id = f"Plane:{theZ}:{theC}:{theT}"
+            print("plane_id", plane_id)
+            if plane_id in elements_by_id:
+                nodeA = elements_by_id[plane_id]
+                nodeB = node
+                print("Comparing planes", plane_id)
+                if nodeA.attrib != nodeB.attrib:
+                    print("-------- ** difference... ** --------------")
+                    print("nodeA", nodeA.attrib)
+                    print("nodeB", nodeB.attrib)
+                    print("...----------------------")
+                    return True
+            else:
+                elements_by_id[plane_id] = node
+        return False
+
+    # Directly compare nodes
+    if node1.attrib != node2.attrib:
+        print("-------- ** difference... ** --------------")
+        print("node1", node1.attrib)
+        print("node2", node2.attrib)
+        print("...----------------------")
+        return True
+    return False
+
+
+
+
+def process_data(conn, script_params):
+    """Main entry point. Get images, process them and return result."""
+
+    dtype = script_params['Data_Type']
+    ids = script_params['IDs']
+
+    comparison_count = 0
+    mismatch_count = 0
+
+    if dtype == "Dataset":
+
+        for dataset in conn.getObjects("Dataset", ids):
+            xml_by_image_name = {}
+            for image in dataset.listChildren():
+                # reset elements registry
+                elements_by_id = {}
+                xml = get_image_ome_xml(conn, image.id)
+                name = image.name
+                print("Image...", image.id, image.name)
+                if name in xml_by_image_name:
+                    print("\n\nChecking images named", name)
+                    prev_img = xml_by_image_name[name]["image"]
+                    print("Compare image ----------", image.id)
+                    print(xml)
+                    print("with image -----------", prev_img.id)
+                    xml2 = xml_by_image_name[name]["xml"]
+                    print(xml2)
+                    # assert xml == xml2
+                    comparison_count += 1
+
+                    print("xml1 from image", image.id)
+                    print("xml2 from image", prev_img.id)
+                    mismatch = compare_xml(xml, xml2)
+                    if mismatch:
+                        mismatch_count += 1
+                else:
+                    xml_by_image_name[name] = {"xml": xml, "image": image}
+
+    return mismatch_count, comparison_count
+
+
+def run_script():
+    data_types = [rstring(s) for s in
+                  ['Dataset']]
+
+    client = scripts.client(
+        'Compare_Ome_Xml.py',
+        """Compares OME.xml for Images with the same Names in each Dataset""",
+
+        scripts.String(
+            "Data_Type", optional=False, grouping="1",
+            description="The data you want to work with.", values=data_types,
+            default="Dataset"),
+
+        scripts.List(
+            "IDs", optional=False, grouping="2",
+            description="List of Dataset IDs or Image IDs").ofType(rlong(0)),
+    )
+
+    try:
+        conn = BlitzGateway(client_obj=client)
+
+        script_params = client.getInputs(unwrap=True)
+        print("script_params:")
+        print(script_params)
+
+        # call the main script
+        mismatch_count, comparison_count = process_data(conn, script_params)
+        message = (f"Compared OME.xml for {comparison_count} images," +
+                   f" found {mismatch_count} diffs")
+
+        client.setOutput("Message", rstring(message))
+
+    finally:
+        client.closeSession()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    run_script()