ansible/test/integration/targets/xml/tasks/test-remove-element.yml

---
  - name: Setup test fixture
    copy:
      src: fixtures/ansible-xml-beers.xml
      dest: /tmp/ansible-xml-beers.xml


  - name: Remove '/business/rating'
    xml:
      path: /tmp/ansible-xml-beers.xml
      xpath: /business/rating
      state: absent
    register: remove_element

  - name: Compare to expected result
    copy:
      src: results/test-remove-element.xml
      dest: /tmp/ansible-xml-beers.xml
    check_mode: yes
    diff: yes
    register: comparison

  - name: Test expected result
    assert:
      that:
      - remove_element.changed == true
      - comparison.changed == false  # identical
    #command: diff -u {{ role_path }}/results/test-remove-element.xml /tmp/ansible-xml-beers.xml