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org.netbeans.spi.diff
Class MergeVisualizer

java.lang.Object
  org.netbeans.spi.diff.MergeVisualizer

public abstract class MergeVisualizer
extends Object
extends Object

This class represents a merge visualizer. It's used as a visual conflicts resolution tool for the process of merging of file conflicts.

The registered Merge Visualizers can be obtained via Lookup (e.g. you can get the default merge provider by Lookup.getDefault().lookup(MergeVisualizer.class))

Constructor Summary

MergeVisualizer()

Method Summary

abstract Component createView(Difference[] diffs, StreamSource source1, StreamSource source2, StreamSource result)
Show the visual representation of the merging process of two sources.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Summary
`MergeVisualizer()`

Method Summary
`abstract Component`	`createView(Difference[] diffs, StreamSource source1, StreamSource source2, StreamSource result)` Show the visual representation of the merging process of two sources.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

MergeVisualizer

public MergeVisualizer()

Method Detail

createView

public abstract Component createView(Difference[] diffs,
                                     StreamSource source1,
                                     StreamSource source2,
                                     StreamSource result)
                              throws IOException

Show the visual representation of the merging process of two sources. The result of the merging process can be saved into a Writer even before all conflicts are actually resolved.

Parameters:: diffs - The list of conflicts.; source1 - the source of the first file; source2 - the source of the second file; result - the information about the result source
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.