org.apache.commons.jrcs.diff

Interface DiffAlgorithm

All Known Implementing Classes:

MyersDiff, SimpleDiff

public interface DiffAlgorithm

A simple interface for implementations of differencing algorithms.

Version:

$Revision$ $Date: 2006-04-12 18:30:19 +0100 (Wed, 12 Apr 2006) $

Author:

Brian McBride

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Revision	diff(Object[] orig, Object[] rev) Computes the difference between the original sequence and the revised sequence and returns it as a Revision object.

Method Detail

diff

Revision diff(Object[] orig,
              Object[] rev)
       throws DifferentiationFailedException

Computes the difference between the original sequence and the revised sequence and returns it as a Revision object.

The revision can be used to construct the revised sequence from the original sequence.

Parameters:

rev - the revised text

Returns:

the revision script.

Throws:

DifferentiationFailedException - if the diff could not be computed.