Compare support
If your plug-in defines and manipulates its own resource types, you may have
special requirements for comparing resources. Resources are often compared
when working with local history or with files from a repository. The compare
plug-in supports merging of multiple content streams and the implementation of advanced compare views.
Services provided by this plug-in include:
- Interfaces for merging multiple text streams into a single output stream
- Two and three-way compare and merge components for hierarchical structures
inferred from text
- Differencing engines for hierarchical structures and character ranges in
text
These services are used in the platform to assist with user tasks such as
integrating patch files and comparing/merging the workspace with local history.
Compare viewers
All compare viewers are standard
JFace viewers that expect an input object implementing the
ICompareInput
interface.
Compare viewers are said to be
content-oriented if they compare flat
inputs such as text or images and
structure-oriented if they compare
hierarchically structured input elements.
