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java-diff-utils/src/difflib/DiffAlgorithm.java
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/*
Copyright 2009 Dmitry Naumenko (dm.naumenko@gmail.com)
This file is part of Java Diff Utills Library.
Java Diff Utills Library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
Java Diff Utills Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with Java Diff Utills Library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
package difflib;
import java.util.*;
/**
* The general interface for computing diffs between two texts
*
* @author <a href="dm.naumenko@gmail.com">Dmitry Naumenko</a>
*/
public interface DiffAlgorithm {
/**
* Computes the difference between the original
* sequence and the revised sequence and returns it
* as a {@link difflib.Patch Patch} object.
*
* @param original the original text
* @param revised the revised text
* @return the patch
*/
public Patch diff(Object[] original, Object[] revised);
/**
* Computes the difference between the original
* sequence and the revised sequence and returns it
* as a {@link difflib.Patch Patch} object.
*
* @param original the original text
* @param revised the revised text
* @return the patch
*/
public Patch diff(List<?> original, List<?> revised);
}