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package uk.ac.manchester.cs.diff.concept;
import uk.ac.manchester.cs.diff.concept.changeset.ConceptChangeSet;
import uk.ac.manchester.cs.diff.output.xml.XMLConceptDiffReport;
/**
* @author Rafael S. Goncalves <br>
* Information Management Group (IMG) <br>
* School of Computer Science <br>
* University of Manchester <br>
*/
public interface ConceptDiff {
/**
* Compute the concept diff and return a change set containing all differences
* @return Change set with concept differences
*/
public ConceptChangeSet getDiff();
/**
* Get an XML file which represents the change set
* @return XML file containing the change set
*/
public XMLConceptDiffReport getXMLReport();
/**
* Get a summary CSV file containing the number and types of changes
* @return CSV file containing a summary of the number and types of changes
*/
public String getCSVChangeReport();
/**
* Print the diff results to stdout
*/
public void printDiff();
}