Package org.apache.commons.text.diff

Class EditScript<T>

java.lang.Object
org.apache.commons.text.diff.EditScript<T>
Type Parameters:
T - object type
public class EditScript<T> extends Object
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 StringsComparator 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:
1.0
See Also:

  • Constructor Details

    • EditScript

      public EditScript()
      Constructs a new empty script.

  • Method Details

    • append

      public void append(DeleteCommand<T> command)
      Appends a delete command to the script.
      Parameters:
      command - command to add

    • append

      public void append(InsertCommand<T> command)
      Appends an insert command to the script.
      Parameters:
      command - command to add

    • append

      public void append(KeepCommand<T> command)
      Appends a keep command to the script.
      Parameters:
      command - command to add

    • getLCSLength

      public int getLCSLength()
      Gets the length of the Longest Common Subsequence (LCS). The length of the longest common subsequence is the number of keep commands in the script.
      Returns:
      length of the Longest Common Subsequence

    • getModifications

      public int getModifications()
      Gets the number of effective modifications. The number of effective modification is the number of delete and insert commands in the script.
      Returns:
      number of effective modifications

    • visit

      public void visit(CommandVisitor<T> visitor)
      Visits 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