bundles/org.eclipse.compare.core/src/org/eclipse/compare/patch/IHunk.java

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package org.eclipse.compare.patch;

import java.io.InputStream;

import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IAdaptable;

/**
 * Interface that represents a hunk. A hunk is a portion of a patch. It
 * identifies where the hunk is to be located in the target file. One use of
 * this interface is a means to communicate to content merge viewers that one of
 * the sides of a compare input is a patch hunk. Clients can determine which
 * side it is by adapting the side to this interface (see {@link IAdaptable}.
 *
 * @since 3.3
 * @noimplement This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients but
 *              can be obtained from an {@link IFilePatchResult}
 */
public interface IHunk {

	/**
	 * Return a label that can be used to describe the hunk.
	 * @return a label that can be used to describe the hunk
	 */
	public String getLabel();

	/**
	 * Return the start position of the hunk in the target file.
	 *
	 * @return the start position of the hunk in the target file.
	 */
	public int getStartPosition();

	/**
	 * Returns hunk's content in the unified format. This is an internal format in
	 * which hunk stores its content and is always the same even if the hunk was
	 * extracted from a patch stored in a different format. In the unified format
	 * each line is prefixed with one of the following:
	 * <ul>
	 * <li> <code>' '</code> for context
	 * <li> <code>'+'</code> for addition
	 * <li> <code>'-'</code> for removal
	 * </ul>
	 *
	 * @return hunk's content in the unified format
	 * @since org.eclipse.compare 3.5
	 */
	public String[] getUnifiedLines();

	/**
	 * Return the original contents from which the hunk was generated.
	 * The returned contents usually only represent a portion of the
	 * file from which the hunk was generated.
	 * @return the original contents from which the hunk was generated
	 */
	public InputStream getOriginalContents();

	/**
	 * Return the contents that contain the modifications for this hunk.
	 * The returned contents usually only represent a portion of the
	 * file that was modified.
	 * @return the contents that contain the modifications for this hunk
	 */
	public InputStream getPatchedContents();

	/**
	 * Returns the name of a charset encoding to be used when decoding the contents
	 * of this hunk into characters. Returns <code>null</code> if a proper
	 * encoding cannot be determined.
	 * <p>
	 * Note that this method does not check whether the result is a supported
	 * charset name. Callers should be prepared to handle
	 * <code>UnsupportedEncodingException</code> where this charset is used.
	 * </p>
	 *
	 * @return the name of a charset, or <code>null</code>
	 * @exception CoreException if an error happens while determining
	 * the charset. See any refinements for more information.
	 * @deprecated This method can be called before the first attempt to apply
	 *             the hunk when it is impossible to determine the encoding and
	 *             in this case it always returns null. Please see
	 *             {@link IFilePatchResult#getCharset()} as a proper way to
	 *             obtain charset.
	 */
	@Deprecated
	public String getCharset() throws CoreException;


}