org.eclipse.compare.structuremergeviewer
Interface IDiffElement

All Superinterfaces:

ITypedElement

All Known Subinterfaces:

IDiffContainer

All Known Implementing Classes:

DiffContainer, DiffElement

public interface IDiffElement

extends ITypedElement

An IDiffElement is used in the DiffTreeViewer to display the kind of change detected as the result of a two-way or three-way compare.

The base interface ITypedElement provides a name, a type, and an image. IDiffElement adds API for maintaining a parent relationship.

DiffTreeViewer works on a tree of IDiffElements. Leaf elements must implement the IDiffElement interface, inner nodes the IDiffContainer interface.

IDiffElements are typically created as the result of performing a compare with the Differencer.

Clients may implement this interface, or use one of the standard implementations, DiffElement, DiffContainer, or DiffNode.

See Also:

DiffTreeViewer, DiffElement, DiffContainer, DiffNode

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.eclipse.compare.ITypedElement

FOLDER_TYPE, TEXT_TYPE, UNKNOWN_TYPE

Method Summary

int	getKind() Returns the kind of difference as defined in Differencer.
IDiffContainer	getParent() Returns the parent of this element.
void	setParent(IDiffContainer parent) Sets the parent of this element.

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.compare.ITypedElement

getImage, getName, getType

Method Detail

getKind

public int getKind()

Returns the kind of difference as defined in Differencer.

Returns:

the kind of difference as defined in Differencer

getParent

public IDiffContainer getParent()

Returns the parent of this element. If the object is the root of a hierarchy null is returned.

Returns:

the parent of this element, or null if the element has no parent

setParent

public void setParent(IDiffContainer parent)

Sets the parent of this element.

Parameters:

parent - the new parent of this element, or null if this element is to have no parent