Difference Class
Represents a single difference in the set of differences of two lists of elements.
Inheritance Hierarchy
Object
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Differencing.Difference
Namespace: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Differencing
Assembly: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Data (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Data.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Public Class Difference
public class Difference
public ref class Difference
type Difference = class end
public class Difference
The Difference type exposes the following members.
Constructors
Name | Description | |
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Difference | Initializes a new instance of a Difference with the specified left and right spans and before and after matches. |
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Properties
Name | Description | |
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After | The match after this difference. It is nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) at the end of the sequence. | |
Before | The match before this section. It is nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) at the beginning of the sequence. | |
DifferenceType | The type of the difference (add, remove, or change). | |
Left | The left side of the difference (may be zero length). | |
Right | The right side of the difference (may be zero length). |
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Methods
Name | Description | |
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Equals | Determines whether two Difference objects are the same (have the same difference type and the same before and after matches). (Overrides Object.Equals(Object).) | |
Finalize | Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.) | |
GetHashCode | Serves as a hash code for this type. (Overrides Object.GetHashCode.) | |
GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) | |
MemberwiseClone | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) | |
ToString | The string representation of this difference. (Overrides Object.ToString.) |
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Remarks
Each difference consists of a left span and a right span, either of which may have zero length (if the operation is an add operation or a delete operation). The text before and after the difference matches.
In general, differences are non-nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic). However, when the difference appears at the beginning of the lists of differences, the "before" is nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic), and when the difference appears at the end of the lists, the "after" is nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).
Thread Safety
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.