Package org.eclipse.emf.compare.match.eobject

Interface EqualityHelperExtensionProvider

public interface EqualityHelperExtensionProvider

Compute specific matching rules. This is used by the EqualityHelper.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface	Description
static interface	EqualityHelperExtensionProvider.Descriptor	Wrapper describing the given equality helper extension provider.
static enum	EqualityHelperExtensionProvider.SpecificMatch	Enumeration used to return the result of a specific matching.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
EqualityHelperExtensionProvider.SpecificMatch	matchingEObjects(EObject object1, EObject object2, IEqualityHelper equalityHelper)	Test whether two objects match.

Method Details

matchingEObjects

EqualityHelperExtensionProvider.SpecificMatch matchingEObjects(EObject object1,
 EObject object2,
 IEqualityHelper equalityHelper)

Test whether two objects match.

Parameters:

object1 - First of the two compared objects.

object2 - Second of the two compared objects.

equalityHelper - Calling equality helper

Returns:

MATCH if the objects match, UNMATCH if they do not match, UNKNOWN if the provider does not know how to handle these objects