plugins/org.eclipse.emf.compare.egit/src/org/eclipse/emf/compare/egit/internal/merge/GitResourceVariantTreeProvider.java

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package org.eclipse.emf.compare.egit.internal.merge;

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import java.util.Set;

import org.eclipse.core.resources.IResource;
import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Repository;
import org.eclipse.team.core.variants.IResourceVariantTree;

/**
 * Resource variant trees are in charge of providing the {@link org.eclipse.team.core.subscribers.Subscriber
 * Subscribers} with resource variants, allowing them to retrieve the content of a given file in different
 * states (remote, local, index, workspace...).
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:laurent.goubet@obeo.fr">Laurent Goubet</a>
 */
public interface GitResourceVariantTreeProvider {
	/**
	 * Returns the base resource variant tree. This should provide access to the common ancestor of the
	 * "source" and "remote" resource variants.
	 *
	 * @return The base resource variant tree.
	 */
	IResourceVariantTree getBaseTree();

	/**
	 * Returns the remote resource variant tree. This is traditionally the remote data, or 'right' side of a
	 * comparison. In git terms, this is the "theirs" side.
	 *
	 * @return The remote resource variant tree.
	 */
	IResourceVariantTree getRemoteTree();

	/**
	 * Returns the source resource variant tree. This is traditionally the local data, or 'left' side of a
	 * comparison. In git terms, this is the "ours" side.
	 *
	 * @return The source resource variant tree.
	 */
	IResourceVariantTree getSourceTree();

	/**
	 * @return The list of root resources for which this provider's trees may hold variants.
	 */
	Set<IResource> getRoots();

	/**
	 * Returns the whole set of resources for which this provider's trees hold variants. The returned
	 * resources may not necessarily exist in all three underlying trees.
	 *
	 * @return The whole set of resources for which this provider's trees hold variants.
	 */
	Set<IResource> getKnownResources();

	/**
	 * The underlying repository.
	 * 
	 * @return The underlying repository for this variant tree provider.
	 */
	Repository getRepository();
}
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