Interface IDiffContainer
- All Superinterfaces:
IDiffElement
,ITypedElement
- All Known Subinterfaces:
ISynchronizeModelElement
- All Known Implementing Classes:
DiffContainer
,DiffNode
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
.
- See Also:
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Field Summary
Fields inherited from interface org.eclipse.compare.ITypedElement
FOLDER_TYPE, TEXT_TYPE, UNKNOWN_TYPE
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Method Summary
Modifier and TypeMethodDescriptionvoid
add
(IDiffElement child) Adds the given child to this container.Returns the children of this container.boolean
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
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Method Details
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hasChildren
boolean hasChildren()Returns whether this container has at least one child. In some cases this methods avoids having to call the potential more costlygetChildren
method.- Returns:
true
if this container has at least one child
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getChildren
IDiffElement[] getChildren()Returns the children of this container. If this container has no children an empty array is returned (notnull
).- Returns:
- the children of this container as an array
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add
Adds the given child to this container. If the child is already contained in this container, this method has no effect.- Parameters:
child
- the child to be added to this container
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removeToRoot
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.- Parameters:
child
- the child to be removed from this container
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