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020package org.apache.wiki.diff;
021
022import org.apache.wiki.api.core.Context;
023
024
025/**
026 * Load, initialize and delegate to the DiffProvider that will actually do the work.
027 */
028public interface DifferenceManager {
029
030    /** Property value for storing a diff provider.  Value is {@value}. */
031    String PROP_DIFF_PROVIDER = "jspwiki.diffProvider";
032
033    /**
034     * Returns valid XHTML string to be used in any way you please.
035     *
036     * @param context        The Wiki Context
037     * @param firstWikiText  The old text
038     * @param secondWikiText the new text
039     * @return XHTML, or empty string, if no difference detected.
040     */
041    String makeDiff( Context context, String firstWikiText, String secondWikiText );
042
043    /**
044     *  Returns a diff of two versions of a page.
045     *  <p>
046     *  Note that the API was changed in 2.6 to provide a WikiContext object!
047     *
048     *  @param context The WikiContext of the page you wish to get a diff from
049     *  @param version1 Version number of the old page.  If WikiPageProvider.LATEST_VERSION (-1), then uses current page.
050     *  @param version2 Version number of the new page.  If WikiPageProvider.LATEST_VERSION (-1), then uses current page.
051     *
052     *  @return A HTML-ized difference between two pages.  If there is no difference, returns an empty string.
053     */
054    String getDiff( Context context, int version1, int version2 );
055
056}
057