difflib
Interface DiffAlgorithm

All Known Implementing Classes:

MyersDiff

public interface DiffAlgorithm

The general interface for computing diffs between two texts

Author:

Dmitry Naumenko

Method Summary

Patch	diff(List<?> original, List<?> revised) Computes the difference between the original sequence and the revised sequence and returns it as a Patch object.
Patch	diff(Object[] original, Object[] revised) Computes the difference between the original sequence and the revised sequence and returns it as a Patch object.

Method Detail

diff

Patch diff(Object[] original,
           Object[] revised)

Computes the difference between the original sequence and the revised sequence and returns it as a Patch object.

Parameters:

original - the original text

revised - the revised text

Returns:

the patch

diff

Patch diff(List<?> original,
           List<?> revised)

Computes the difference between the original sequence and the revised sequence and returns it as a Patch object.

Parameters:

original - the original text

revised - the revised text

Returns:

the patch