Package org.apache.wiki.diff

Class ExternalDiffProvider

java.lang.Object

org.apache.wiki.diff.ExternalDiffProvider

All Implemented Interfaces:

WikiProvider, DiffProvider

public class ExternalDiffProvider
extends Object
implements DiffProvider

This DiffProvider allows external command line tools to be used to generate the diff.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface org.apache.wiki.diff.DiffProvider

DiffProvider.NullDiffProvider

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static String	PROP_DIFFCOMMAND	Determines the command to be used for 'diff'.

Fields inherited from interface org.apache.wiki.api.providers.WikiProvider

LATEST_VERSION

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ExternalDiffProvider()	Creates a new ExternalDiffProvider.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getProviderInfo()	Return a valid HTML string for information.
void	initialize(Engine engine, Properties properties)	Initializes the page provider.
String	makeDiffHtml(Context ctx, String p1, String p2)	Makes the diff by calling "diff" program.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Details

PROP_DIFFCOMMAND

public static final String PROP_DIFFCOMMAND

Determines the command to be used for 'diff'. This program must be able to output diffs in the unified format. For example 'diff -u %s1 %s2'.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Details

ExternalDiffProvider

public ExternalDiffProvider()

Creates a new ExternalDiffProvider.

Method Details

getProviderInfo

public String getProviderInfo()

Description copied from interface: WikiProvider

Return a valid HTML string for information. May be anything.

Specified by:

getProviderInfo in interface WikiProvider

Returns:

A string describing the provider.

See Also:

WikiProvider.getProviderInfo()

initialize

public void initialize(Engine engine,
Properties properties)
                throws NoRequiredPropertyException,
IOException

Initializes the page provider.

Specified by:

initialize in interface WikiProvider

Parameters:

engine - Engine to own this provider

properties - A set of properties used to initialize this provider

Throws:

NoRequiredPropertyException - If the provider needs a property which is not found in the property set

IOException - If there is an IO problem

See Also:

WikiProvider.initialize(org.apache.wiki.api.core.Engine, java.util.Properties)

makeDiffHtml

public String makeDiffHtml(Context ctx,
String p1,
String p2)

Makes the diff by calling "diff" program. The return string is to be XHTML compliant ready to display html. No further processing of this text will be done by the wiki engine.

Specified by:

makeDiffHtml in interface DiffProvider

Parameters:

ctx - The Wiki Context

p1 - the old text

p2 - the new text

Returns:

An XHTML diff.