Class EditScript<T>
java.lang.Object
org.apache.commons.collections4.sequence.EditScript<T>
This class gathers all the
commands
needed to transform
one objects sequence into another objects sequence.
An edit script is the most general view of the differences between two
sequences. It is built as the result of the comparison between two sequences
by the SequencesComparator
class. The user can
walk through it using the visitor design pattern.
It is guaranteed that the objects embedded in the insert
commands
come from the second sequence and that the objects embedded in
either the delete commands
or keep
commands
come from the first sequence. This can be important if subclassing
is used for some elements in the first sequence and the equals
method is specialized.
- Since:
- 4.0
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Constructor Summary
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Method Summary
Modifier and TypeMethodDescriptionvoid
append
(DeleteCommand<T> command) Add a delete command to the script.void
append
(InsertCommand<T> command) Add an insert command to the script.void
append
(KeepCommand<T> command) Add a keep command to the script.int
Gets the length of the Longest Common Subsequence (LCS).int
Gets the number of effective modifications.void
visit
(CommandVisitor<T> visitor) Visit the script.
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Constructor Details
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EditScript
public EditScript()Simple constructor. Creates a new empty script.
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Method Details
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append
Add a delete command to the script.- Parameters:
command
- command to add
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append
Add an insert command to the script.- Parameters:
command
- command to add
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append
Add a keep command to the script.- Parameters:
command
- command to add
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getLCSLength
Gets the length of the Longest Common Subsequence (LCS). The length of the longest common subsequence is the number ofkeep commands
in the script.- Returns:
- length of the Longest Common Subsequence
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getModifications
Gets the number of effective modifications. The number of effective modification is the number ofdelete
andinsert
commands in the script.- Returns:
- number of effective modifications
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visit
Visit the script. The script implements the visitor design pattern, this method is the entry point to which the user supplies its own visitor, the script will be responsible to drive it through the commands in order and call the appropriate method as each command is encountered.- Parameters:
visitor
- the visitor that will visit all commands in turn
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