jspwiki-main/src/main/java/org/apache/wiki/diff/DifferenceManager.java

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package org.apache.wiki.diff;

import org.apache.wiki.WikiContext;


/**
 * Load, initialize and delegate to the DiffProvider that will actually do the work.
 */
public interface DifferenceManager {

    /** Property value for storing a diff provider.  Value is {@value}. */
    String PROP_DIFF_PROVIDER = "jspwiki.diffProvider";

    /**
     * Returns valid XHTML string to be used in any way you please.
     *
     * @param context        The Wiki Context
     * @param firstWikiText  The old text
     * @param secondWikiText the new text
     * @return XHTML, or empty string, if no difference detected.
     */
    String makeDiff( WikiContext context, String firstWikiText, String secondWikiText );

    /**
     *  Returns a diff of two versions of a page.
     *  <p>
     *  Note that the API was changed in 2.6 to provide a WikiContext object!
     *
     *  @param context The WikiContext of the page you wish to get a diff from
     *  @param version1 Version number of the old page.  If WikiPageProvider.LATEST_VERSION (-1), then uses current page.
     *  @param version2 Version number of the new page.  If WikiPageProvider.LATEST_VERSION (-1), then uses current page.
     *
     *  @return A HTML-ized difference between two pages.  If there is no difference, returns an empty string.
     */
    String getDiff( WikiContext context, int version1, int version2 );

}