Difference Class

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06/27/2014

Represents a single difference in the set of differences of two lists of elements.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.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
	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
	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
	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.

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