Class DiffVisualizer

java.lang.Object

org.netbeans.spi.diff.DiffVisualizer

public abstract class DiffVisualizer
extends Object

This class represents a diff visualizer. It's used as a presenter of a visual representation of the source differences to the user.

The registered Diff Visualizers can be obtained via Lookup (e.g. you can get the default diff provider by Lookup.getDefault().lookup(DiffVisualizer.class))

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
DiffVisualizer()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
DiffView	createDiff(Difference[] diffs, StreamSource s1, StreamSource s2)	Creates single-window diff component that does not include any navigation controls and is controlled programatically via the returned DiffView interface.
abstract Component	createView(Difference[] diffs, String name1, String title1, Reader r1, String name2, String title2, Reader r2, String MIMEType)	Show the visual representation of the diff between two sources.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

DiffVisualizer

public DiffVisualizer()

Method Details

createView

public abstract Component createView(Difference[] diffs,
 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:

diffs - The list of differences.

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.

createDiff

public DiffView createDiff(Difference[] diffs,
 StreamSource s1,
 StreamSource s2)
                    throws IOException

Creates single-window diff component that does not include any navigation controls and is controlled programatically via the returned DiffView interface.

The StreamSource can be used to save the source content if it's modified in the view. The view should not allow source modification if StreamSource.createWriter() returns null.

Parameters:

diffs - The list of differences.

s1 - the first source

s2 - the second source

Returns:

DiffView controller interface

Throws:

IOException