Eclipse Plug-in Developer Guide (Galileo) - ITwoWayDiff (Eclipse Platform API Specification)

A two-way diff represents the changes between two states of the same object, referred to as the "before" state and the "after" state. It is modeled after the IResourceDelta but is simplified.

Since:: 3.2
See Also:: IDiffTree
Restriction:: This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients. Clients that need to create two-way diffs should instead use or subclass TwoWayDiff

Field Summary

static int CONTENT
          Change constant (bit mask) indicating that the content of the object has changed.

static int COPY_FROM
          Change constant (bit mask) indicating that the object was copied from another location.

static int MOVE_FROM
          Change constant (bit mask) indicating that the object was moved from another location.

static int MOVE_TO
          Change constant (bit mask) indicating that the object was moved to another location.

static int REPLACE
          Change constant (bit mask) indicating that the object has been replaced by another at the same location (i.e., the object has been deleted and then added).

Fields inherited from interface org.eclipse.team.core.diff. IDiff

ADD, CHANGE, NO_CHANGE, REMOVE

Method Summary

int getFlags ()
          Returns flags which describe in more detail how a object has been affected.

IPath getFromPath ()
          Returns the full path (in the "before" state) from which this resource (in the "after" state) was moved.

IPath getToPath ()
          Returns the full path (in the "after" state) to which this resource (in the "before" state) was moved.

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.team.core.diff. IDiff

getKind, getPath, toDiffString

Field Detail

CONTENT

static final int CONTENT

Change constant (bit mask) indicating that the content of the object has changed.

See Also:: getFlags(), Constant Field Values

MOVE_FROM

static final int MOVE_FROM

Change constant (bit mask) indicating that the object was moved from another location. The location in the "before" state can be retrieved using getFromPath().

See Also:: getFlags(), Constant Field Values

MOVE_TO

static final int MOVE_TO

Change constant (bit mask) indicating that the object was moved to another location. The location in the new state can be retrieved using getToPath().

See Also:: getFlags(), Constant Field Values

COPY_FROM

static final int COPY_FROM

Change constant (bit mask) indicating that the object was copied from another location. The location in the "before" state can be retrieved using getFromPath().

See Also:: getFlags(), Constant Field Values

REPLACE

static final int REPLACE

Change constant (bit mask) indicating that the object has been replaced by another at the same location (i.e., the object has been deleted and then added).

See Also:: getFlags(), Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getFlags

int getFlags()

Returns flags which describe in more detail how a object has been affected.

The following codes (bit masks) are used when kind is CHANGE, and also when the object is involved in a move:

CONTENT - The bytes contained by the resource have been altered.
REPLACE - The object was deleted (either by a delete or move), and was subsequently re-created (either by a create, move, or copy).

The following code is only used if kind is REMOVE (or CHANGE in conjunction with REPLACE):

MOVE_TO - The object has moved. getToPath will return the path of where it was moved to.

The following code is only used if kind is ADD (or CHANGE in conjunction with REPLACE):

MOVE_FROM - The object has moved. getFromPath will return the path of where it was moved from.
COPY_FROM - The object has copied. getFromPath will return the path of where it was copied from.

A simple move operation would result in the following diff information. If a object is moved from A to B (with no other changes to A or B), then A will have kind REMOVE, with flag MOVE_TO, and getToPath on A will return the path for B. B will have kind ADD, with flag MOVE_FROM, and getFromPath on B will return the path for A. B's other flags will describe any other changes to the resource, as compared to its previous location at A.

Note that the move flags only describe the changes to a single object; they don't necessarily imply anything about the parent or children of the object. If the children were moved as a consequence of a subtree move operation, they will have corresponding move flags as well.

Returns:: the flags
See Also:: CONTENT, MOVE_TO, MOVE_FROM, COPY_FROM, REPLACE, IDiff.getKind(), getFromPath(), getToPath()

getFromPath


IPath getFromPath()

Returns the full path (in the "before" state) from which this resource (in the "after" state) was moved. This value is only valid if the MOVE_FROM change flag is set; otherwise, null is returned.

Note: the returned path never has a trailing separator.

Returns:: a path, or null
See Also:: getToPath(), IDiff.getPath(), getFlags()

getToPath


IPath getToPath()

Returns the full path (in the "after" state) to which this resource (in the "before" state) was moved. This value is only valid if the MOVE_TO change flag is set; otherwise, null is returned.

Note: the returned path never has a trailing separator.