IDiffContainer

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org.eclipse.compare.structuremergeviewer
Interface IDiffContainer

All Superinterfaces:: IDiffElement, org.eclipse.compare.ITypedElement

All Known Implementing Classes:: DiffContainer

public interface IDiffContainer
extends IDiffElement

IDiffContainer is a IDiffElement with children.

IDiffContainer are the inner nodes displayed by the DiffTreeViewer. IDiffContainer 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, DiffContainer or DiffNode.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.eclipse.compare.ITypedElement

FOLDER_TYPE, TEXT_TYPE, UNKNOWN_TYPE

Method Summary

void add(IDiffElement child)
          Adds the given child to this container.

IDiffElement[] getChildren()
          Returns the children of this container.

boolean hasChildren()
          Returns whether this container has at least one child.

void removeToRoot(IDiffElement child)
          Removes the given child from this container.

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.compare.structuremergeviewer.IDiffElement

getKind, getParent, setParent

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.compare.ITypedElement

getImage, getName, getType

Method Detail

hasChildren

public boolean hasChildren()

Returns whether this container has at least one child. In some cases this methods avoids having to call the potential more costly getChildren method.

getChildren

public IDiffElement[] getChildren()

Returns the children of this container. If this container has no children an empty array is returned (not null).

add

public void add(IDiffElement child)

Adds the given child to this container. If the child is already contained in this container, this method has no effect.

removeToRoot

public void removeToRoot(IDiffElement child)

Removes the given child from this container. If the container becomes empty it is removed from its container. If the child is not contained in this container, this method has no effect.