org.netbeans.api.diff

Class StreamSource

java.lang.Object

org.netbeans.api.diff.StreamSource

public abstract class StreamSource
extends Object

This class provides streams and information about them to be used by diff and merge services.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
StreamSource()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	close() Close the stream source.
abstract Reader	createReader() Create a reader, that reads the source.
static StreamSource	createSource(String name, String title, String MIMEType, File file) Create the default implementation of StreamSource, that has just reader and writer from/to a file.
static StreamSource	createSource(String name, String title, String MIMEType, Reader r) Create the default implementation of StreamSource, that has just reader and no writer.
abstract Writer	createWriter(Difference[] conflicts) Create a writer, that writes to the source.
Lookup	getLookup() Source lookup that may define the content of this source.
abstract String	getMIMEType() Get the MIME type of the source.
abstract String	getName() Get the name of the source.
abstract String	getTitle() Get the title of the source.
boolean	isEditable() Hint for a diff visualizer about editability of this source.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

StreamSource

public StreamSource()

Method Detail

getName

public abstract String getName()

Get the name of the source.

getTitle

public abstract String getTitle()

Get the title of the source.

getMIMEType

public abstract String getMIMEType()

Get the MIME type of the source.

isEditable

public boolean isEditable()

Hint for a diff visualizer about editability of this source. The source will only be made editable if it provides some editable entity in its lookup (eg. FileObject) and this method returns true and the diff visualizer supports it.

Returns:

true if this source can be editable in the diff visualizer, false otherwise

Since:

1.17

getLookup

public Lookup getLookup()

Source lookup that may define the content of this source. In case the lookup does not provide anything usable, createReader() is used instead. Diff engines can process these inputs:

• instance of FileObject - in this case, the content of the source is defined by calling DataObject.find(fileObject).openDocument(). If the source is editable then it is saved back via SaveCookie.save() when the Diff component closes.
• instance of Document - in this case, the content of the source is defined by this Document and the source will NOT be editable.

For compatibility purposes, it is still adviced to fully implement createReader() as older Diff providers may not use this method of obtaining the source.

Returns:

an instance of Lookup

Since:

1.17

createReader

public abstract Reader createReader()
                             throws IOException

Create a reader, that reads the source.

Throws:

IOException

createWriter

public abstract Writer createWriter(Difference[] conflicts)
                             throws IOException

Create a writer, that writes to the source.

Parameters:

conflicts - The list of conflicts remaining in the source. Can be null if there are no conflicts.

Returns:

The writer or null, when no writer can be created.

Throws:

IOException

close

public void close()

Close the stream source. This method, is called when this object will never be asked for the streams any more and thus can release it's resources in this method.

createSource

public static StreamSource createSource(String name,
                        String title,
                        String MIMEType,
                        Reader r)

Create the default implementation of StreamSource, that has just reader and no writer.

createSource

public static StreamSource createSource(String name,
                        String title,
                        String MIMEType,
                        File file)

Create the default implementation of StreamSource, that has just reader and writer from/to a file.