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org.netbeans.api.diff
Class Diff

java.lang.Object
  org.netbeans.api.diff.Diff

public abstract class Diff
extends Object

This class represents a visual diff presenter, that knows how to compute the differences between files and show them to the user.

Constructor Summary

Diff()


Method Summary

abstract Component createDiff(String name1, String title1, Reader r1, String name2, String title2, Reader r2, String MIMEType)
          Show the visual representation of the diff between two sources.

static Collection getAll()
          Get all visual diff presenters registered in the system.

static Diff getDefault()
          Get the default visual diff presenter.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Diff

public Diff()

Method Detail

getDefault

public static Diff getDefault()

Get the default visual diff presenter.

getAll

public static Collection getAll()

Get all visual diff presenters registered in the system.

createDiff

public abstract Component createDiff(String name1,
                                     String title1,
                                     Reader r1,
                                     String name2,
                                     String title2,
                                     Reader r2,
                                     String MIMEType)
                              throws IOException

Show the visual representation of the diff between two sources.

Parameters:: name1 - the name of the first source; title1 - the title of the first source; r1 - the first source; name2 - the name of the second source; title2 - the title of the second source; r2 - the second resource compared with the first one.; MIMEType - the mime type of these sources
Returns:: The Component representing the diff visual representation or null, when the representation is outside the IDE.
Throws:: IOException - when the reading from input streams fails.