org.eclipse.compare.contentmergeviewer
Interface ITokenComparator

All Superinterfaces:

IRangeComparator

public interface ITokenComparator

extends IRangeComparator

For performing a so-called "token compare" on a line of text. This interface extends the IRangeComparator interface so that it can be used by the TextMergeViewer.

TextMergeViewer activates the token compare when navigating into a range of differing lines. At first the lines are selected as a block. When navigating into this block the token compare shows for every line the differing token by selecting them.

TextMergeViewer's default token comparator works on characters separated by whitespace. If a different strategy is needed (for example, to use Java tokens in a Java-aware merge viewer), clients may create their own token comparators by implementing this interface (and overriding the TextMergeViewer.createTokenComparator factory method).

See Also:

TextMergeViewer

Method Summary

int	getTokenLength(int index) Returns the character length of the token with the given index.
int	getTokenStart(int index) Returns the start character position of the token with the given index.

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.compare.rangedifferencer.IRangeComparator

getRangeCount, rangesEqual, skipRangeComparison

Method Detail

getTokenStart

public int getTokenStart(int index)

Returns the start character position of the token with the given index. If the index is out of range (but not negative) the character position behind the last character (the length of the input string) is returned.

Parameters:

index - index of the token for which to return the start position

Returns:

the start position of the token with the given index

Throws:

IndexOutOfBoundsException - if index is negative

getTokenLength

public int getTokenLength(int index)

Returns the character length of the token with the given index. If the index is out of range (but not negative) the value 0 is returned.

Parameters:

index - index of the token for which to return the start position

Returns:

the character length of the token with the given index

Throws:

IndexOutOfBoundsException - if index is negative