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 *
 * @file svn_diff.h
 * @brief Structures related to contextual diffing.
 *
 * This is an internalized library for performing contextual diffs
 * between sources of data.
 *
 * NOTE: this is different than Subversion's binary-diffing engine.
 * That API lives in @c svn_delta.h -- see the "text deltas" section.  A
 * "text delta" is way of representing precise binary diffs between
 * strings of data.  The Subversion client and server send text deltas
 * to one another during updates and commits.
 *
 * This API, however, is (or will be) used for performing *contextual*
 * merges between files in the working copy.  During an update or
 * merge, 3-way file merging is needed.  And 'svn diff' needs to show
 * the differences between 2 files.
 *
 * The nice thing about this API is that it's very general.  It
 * operates on any source of data (a "datasource") and calculates
 * contextual differences on "tokens" within the data.  In our
 * particular usage, the datasources are files and the tokens are
 * lines.  But the possibilities are endless.
 */


#ifndef SVN_DIFF_H
#define SVN_DIFF_H

#include <apr.h>
#include <apr_pools.h>
#include <apr_file_io.h>

#include "svn_types.h"
#include "svn_error.h"
#include "svn_io.h"
#include "svn_version.h"

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif /* __cplusplus */



/**
 * Get libsvn_diff version information.
 * @since New in 1.1.
 */
const svn_version_t *svn_diff_version (void);


/* Diffs. */

/** An opaque type that represents a difference between either two or
 * three datasources.   This object is returned by @c svn_diff_diff(),
 * @c svn_diff_diff3() and @c svn_diff_diff4 below, and consumed by a number of
 * other routines.
 */
typedef struct svn_diff_t svn_diff_t;

/**
 * There are four types of datasources.  In GNU diff3 terminology,
 * the first three types correspond to the phrases "older", "mine",
 * and "yours".
 */
typedef enum svn_diff_datasource_e
{
  /** The oldest form of the data. */
  svn_diff_datasource_original,

  /** The same data, but potentially changed by the user. */
  svn_diff_datasource_modified,

  /** The latest version of the data, possibly different than the
   * user's modified version.
   */
  svn_diff_datasource_latest,

  /** The common ancestor of original and modified. */
  svn_diff_datasource_ancestor

} svn_diff_datasource_e;


/** A vtable for reading data from the three datasources. */
typedef struct svn_diff_fns_t
{
  /** Open the datasource of type @a datasource. */
  svn_error_t *(*datasource_open)(void *diff_baton,
                                  svn_diff_datasource_e datasource);

  /** Close the datasource of type @a datasource. */
  svn_error_t *(*datasource_close)(void *diff_baton,
                                   svn_diff_datasource_e datasource);

  /** Get the next "token" from the datasource of type @a datasource. */
  svn_error_t *(*datasource_get_next_token)(apr_uint32_t *hash, void **token,
                                            void *diff_baton,
                                            svn_diff_datasource_e datasource);

  /** A function for ordering the tokens, resembling 'strcmp' in functionality.
   * @a compare should contain the return value of the comparison:
   * If @a ltoken and @a rtoken are "equal", return 0.  If @a ltoken is
   * "less than" @a rtoken, return a number < 0.  If @a ltoken  is 
   * "greater than" @a rtoken, return a number > 0.
   */
  svn_error_t *(*token_compare)(void *diff_baton,
                                void *ltoken,
                                void *rtoken,
                                int *compare);

  /** Free @a token from memory, the diff algorithm is done with it. */
  void (*token_discard)(void *diff_baton,
                        void *token);

  /** Free *all* tokens from memory, they're no longer needed. */
  void (*token_discard_all)(void *diff_baton);
} svn_diff_fns_t;


/* The Main Events */

/** Given a vtable of @a diff_fns/@a diff_baton for reading datasources,
 * return a diff object in @a *diff that represents a difference between
 * an "original" and "modified" datasource.  Do all allocation in @a pool.
 */
svn_error_t *svn_diff_diff(svn_diff_t **diff,
                           void *diff_baton,
                           const svn_diff_fns_t *diff_fns,
                           apr_pool_t *pool);

/** Given a vtable of @a diff_fns/@a diff_baton for reading datasources,
 * return a diff object in @a *diff that represents a difference between
 * three datasources: "original", "modified", and "latest".  Do all
 * allocation in @a pool.
 */
svn_error_t *svn_diff_diff3(svn_diff_t **diff,
                            void *diff_baton,
                            const svn_diff_fns_t *diff_fns,
                            apr_pool_t *pool);

/** Given a vtable of @a diff_fns/@a diff_baton for reading datasources,
 * return a diff object in @a *diff that represents a difference between
 * two datasources: "original" and "latest", adjusted to become a full
 * difference between "original", "modified" and "latest" using "ancestor".
 * Do all allocation in @a pool.
 */
svn_error_t *svn_diff_diff4(svn_diff_t **diff,
                            void *diff_baton,
                            const svn_diff_fns_t *diff_fns,
                            apr_pool_t *pool);


/* Utility functions */

/** Determine if a diff object contains conflicts.  If it does, return
 * @c TRUE, else return @c FALSE.
 */
svn_boolean_t
svn_diff_contains_conflicts(svn_diff_t *diff);


/** Determine if a diff object contains actual differences between the
 * datasources.  If so, return @c TRUE, else return @c FALSE.
 */
svn_boolean_t
svn_diff_contains_diffs(svn_diff_t *diff);




/* Displaying Diffs */

/** A vtable for displaying (or consuming) differences between datasources.
 *
 * Differences, similarities, and conflicts are described by lining up
 * "ranges" of data.
 *  
 * Note: these callbacks describe data ranges in units of "tokens".
 * A "token" is whatever you've defined it to be in your datasource
 * @c svn_diff_fns_t vtable.
 */
typedef struct svn_diff_output_fns_t
{
  /* Two-way and three-way diffs both call the first two output functions: */

  /**
   * If doing a two-way diff, then an *identical* data range was found
   * between the "original" and "modified" datasources.  Specifically,
   * the match starts at @a original_start and goes for @a original_length
   * tokens in the original data, and at @a modified_start for 
   * @a modified_length tokens in the modified data.
   *
   * If doing a three-way diff, then all three datasources have
   * matching data ranges.  The range @a latest_start, @a latest_length in
   * the "latest" datasource is identical to the range @a original_start,
   * @a original_length in the original data, and is also identical to
   * the range @a modified_start, @a modified_length in the modified data.
   */
  svn_error_t *(*output_common)(void *output_baton,
                                apr_off_t original_start,
                                apr_off_t original_length,
                                apr_off_t modified_start,
                                apr_off_t modified_length,
                                apr_off_t latest_start,
                                apr_off_t latest_length);

  /**
   * If doing a two-way diff, then an *conflicting* data range was found
   * between the "original" and "modified" datasources.  Specifically,
   * the conflict starts at @a original_start and goes for @a original_length
   * tokens in the original data, and at @a modified_start for 
   * @a modified_length tokens in the modified data.
   *
   * If doing a three-way diff, then an identical data range was discovered
   * between the "original" and "latest" datasources, but this conflicts with
   * a range in the "modified" datasource.
   */
  svn_error_t *(*output_diff_modified)(void *output_baton,
                                       apr_off_t original_start,
                                       apr_off_t original_length,
                                       apr_off_t modified_start,
                                       apr_off_t modified_length,
                                       apr_off_t latest_start,
                                       apr_off_t latest_length);

  /* ------ The following callbacks are used by three-way diffs only --- */

  /** An identical data range was discovered between the "original" and
   * "modified" datasources, but this conflicts with a range in the
   * "latest" datasource.
   */
  svn_error_t *(*output_diff_latest)(void *output_baton,
                                     apr_off_t original_start,
                                     apr_off_t original_length,
                                     apr_off_t modified_start,
                                     apr_off_t modified_length,
                                     apr_off_t latest_start,
                                     apr_off_t latest_length);

  /** An identical data range was discovered between the "modified" and
   * "latest" datasources, but this conflicts with a range in the
   * "original" datasource.
   */
  svn_error_t *(*output_diff_common)(void *output_baton,
                                     apr_off_t original_start,
                                     apr_off_t original_length,
                                     apr_off_t modified_start,
                                     apr_off_t modified_length,
                                     apr_off_t latest_start,
                                     apr_off_t latest_length);

  /** All three datasources have conflicting data ranges.  The range
   * @a latest_start, @a latest_length in the "latest" datasource conflicts 
   * with the range @a original_start, @a original_length in the "original" 
   * datasource, and also conflicts with the range @a modified_start, 
   * @a modified_length in the "modified" datasource.
   * If there are common ranges in the "modified" and "latest" datasources
   * in this conflicting range, @a resolved_diff will contain a diff
   * which can be used to retrieve the common and conflicting ranges.
   */
  svn_error_t *(*output_conflict)(void *output_baton,
                                  apr_off_t original_start,
                                  apr_off_t original_length,
                                  apr_off_t modified_start,
                                  apr_off_t modified_length,
                                  apr_off_t latest_start,
                                  apr_off_t latest_length,
                                  svn_diff_t *resolved_diff);
} svn_diff_output_fns_t;


/** Given a vtable of @a output_fns/@a output_baton for consuming
 * differences, output the differences in @a diff.
 */
svn_error_t *
svn_diff_output(svn_diff_t *diff,
                void *output_baton,
                const svn_diff_output_fns_t *output_fns);



/* Diffs on files */

/** A convenience function to produce a diff between two files.
 *
 * Return a diff object in @a *diff (allocated from @a pool) that represents
 * the difference between an @a original file and @a modified file.  
 * (The file arguments must be full paths to the files.)
 */
svn_error_t *
svn_diff_file_diff(svn_diff_t **diff,
                   const char *original,
                   const char *modified,
                   apr_pool_t *pool);


/** A convenience function to produce a diff between three files.
 *
 * Return a diff object in @a *diff (allocated from @a pool) that represents
 * the difference between an @a original file, @a modified file, and @a latest 
 * file. (The file arguments must be full paths to the files.)
 */
svn_error_t *
svn_diff_file_diff3(svn_diff_t **diff,
                    const char *original,
                    const char *modified,
                    const char *latest,
                    apr_pool_t *pool);

/** A convenience function to produce a diff between four files.
 *
 * Return a diff object in @a *diff (allocated from @a pool) that represents
 * the difference between an @a original file, @a modified file, @a latest
 * and @a ancestor file. (The file arguments must be full paths to the files.)
 */
svn_error_t *
svn_diff_file_diff4(svn_diff_t **diff,
                    const char *original,
                    const char *modified,
                    const char *latest,
                    const char *ancestor,
                    apr_pool_t *pool);

/** A convenience function to produce unified diff output from the
 * diff generated by @c svn_diff_file.
 *
 * Output a @a diff between @a original_path and @a modified_path in unified
 * context diff format to @a output_file.  Optionally supply @a original_header
 * and/or @a modified_header to be displayed in the header of the output.
 * If @a original_header or @a modified_header is @c NULL, a default header 
 * will be displayed, consisting of path and last modified time.
 */
svn_error_t *
svn_diff_file_output_unified(svn_stream_t *output_stream,
                             svn_diff_t *diff,
                             const char *original_path,
                             const char *modified_path,
                             const char *original_header,
                             const char *modified_header,
                             apr_pool_t *pool);


/** A convenience function to produce diff3 output from the
 * diff generated by @c svn_diff3_file.
 *
 * Output a @a diff between @a original_path, @a modified_path and
 * @a latest_path in merged format to @a output_file.  Optionally supply
 * @a conflict_modified, @a conflict_original, @a conflict_separator and/or
 * @a conflict_latest to be displayed as conflict markers in the output.
 * If @a conflict_original, @a conflict_modified, @a conflict_latest and/or
 * @a conflict_separator is @c NULL, a default marker will be displayed.
 * Set @a display_original_in_conflict and @a display_resolved_conflicts
 * as desired.  Note that these options are mutually exclusive.
 */
svn_error_t *
svn_diff_file_output_merge(svn_stream_t *output_stream,
                           svn_diff_t *diff,
                           const char *original_path,
                           const char *modified_path,
                           const char *latest_path,
                           const char *conflict_original,
                           const char *conflict_modified,
                           const char *conflict_latest,
                           const char *conflict_separator,
                           svn_boolean_t display_original_in_conflict,
                           svn_boolean_t display_resolved_conflicts,
                           apr_pool_t *pool);


#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif /* __cplusplus */

#endif /* SVN_DIFF_H */

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