com.cloudant.sync.datastore

Interface ConflictResolver

public interface ConflictResolver

Interface to implement conflicts resolving algorithm.

API Status: Public

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
DocumentRevision	resolve(java.lang.String docId, java.util.List<DocumentRevision> conflicts) Return resolved DocumentRevision, the returned DocumentRevision will be added to the Document tree as the child of the current winner, and all the other revisions passed in be deleted.

Method Detail

resolve

DocumentRevision resolve(java.lang.String docId,
                         java.util.List<DocumentRevision> conflicts)

Return resolved DocumentRevision, the returned DocumentRevision will be added to the Document tree as the child of the current winner, and all the other revisions passed in be deleted.

Notice if the returned DocumentRevision is marked as deleted, the document will be practically deleted since this deleted revision will be the new winner revision.

If returned DocumentRevision is null, nothing is changed in Database.

Parameters:

docId - id of the Document with conflicts

conflicts - list of conflicted DocumentRevision, including current winner

Returns:

resolved DocumentRevision

See Also:

Datastore.resolveConflictsForDocument(String, ConflictResolver)