org.eclipse.jface.text/src/org/eclipse/jface/text/source/ILineDiffInfo.java

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package org.eclipse.jface.text.source;


/**
 * Describes the change state of one line, which consists of the state of the line itself, which
 * can be <code>UNCHANGED</code>, <code>CHANGED</code> or <code>ADDED</code>, and the number of 
 * deleted lines before and after this line. 
 * 
 * @since 3.0
 */
public interface ILineDiffInfo {
	
	/** Denotes an unchanged line. */
	static final int UNCHANGED= 0;

	/** Denotes an added line. */
	static final int ADDED= 1;

	/** Denotes a changed line. */
	static final int CHANGED= 2;

	/**
	 * Returns the number of deleted lines after this line.
	 * 
	 * @return the number of lines after this line.
	 */
	int getRemovedLinesBelow();
	
	/**
	 * Returns the number of deleted lines before this line.
	 * 
	 * @return the number of lines before this line.
	 */
	int getRemovedLinesAbove();
	
	/**
	 * Returns the type of this line, one out of <code>UNCHANGED</code>, <code>CHANGED</code> or
	 * <code>ADDED</code>.
	 * 
	 * @return the type of this line.
	 */
	int getChangeType();
	
	/**
	 * Returns whether this line has any changes (to itself, or any deletions before or after it).
	 * 
	 * @return <code>true</code>, if the line's state (as returned by <code>getType</code>) is
	 * either <code>CHANGED</code> or <code>ADDED</code> or either of <code>getRemovedLinesBelow</code>
	 * and <code>getRemovedLinesAbove</code> would return a number &gt; 0
	 */
	boolean hasChanges();
	
	/**
	 * Returns the original text of this changed region
	 * 
	 * @return the original text of this changed region, including any deleted lines. The returned
	 * value and its elements may not be <code>null/code>, it may however be of zero length
	 */
	String[] getOriginalText();
}