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org.eclipse.compare.structuremergeviewer
Interface IDiffContainer

All Superinterfaces:

IDiffElement, ITypedElement

All Known Subinterfaces:

ISynchronizeModelElement

All Known Implementing Classes:

DiffContainer, DiffNode

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public interface IDiffContainer
extends 
IDiffElement

IDiffContainer is a IDiffElement with children.

IDiffContainer are the inner nodes displayed by the DiffTreeViewer. IDiffContainer are typically created as the result of performing a compare with the Differencer.

Clients may implement this interface, or use one of the standard implementations, DiffContainer or DiffNode.

See Also:

Differencer, DiffTreeViewer

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Field Summary

 

Fields inherited from interface org.eclipse.compare. ITypedElement
FOLDER_TYPE, TEXT_TYPE, UNKNOWN_TYPE

 

Method Summary
void	add ( IDiffElement child)           Adds the given child to this container.
IDiffElement[]	getChildren ()           Returns the children of this container.
boolean	hasChildren ()           Returns whether this container has at least one child.
void	removeToRoot ( IDiffElement child)           Removes the given child from this container.

 

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.compare.structuremergeviewer. IDiffElement
getKind, getParent, setParent

 

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.compare. ITypedElement
getImage, getName, getType

 

Method Detail

hasChildren

boolean hasChildren()

Returns whether this container has at least one child. In some cases this methods avoids having to call the potential more costly getChildren method.

Returns:

true if this container has at least one child

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getChildren

IDiffElement[] getChildren()

Returns the children of this container. If this container has no children an empty array is returned (not null).

Returns:

the children of this container as an array

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add

void add(
IDiffElement child)

Adds the given child to this container. If the child is already contained in this container, this method has no effect.

Parameters:

child - the child to be added to this container

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removeToRoot

void removeToRoot(
IDiffElement child)

Removes the given child from this container. If the container becomes empty it is removed from its container. If the child is not contained in this container, this method has no effect.

Parameters:

child - the child to be removed from this container

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