DiffProvider.java

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package org.apache.wiki.diff;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Properties;

import org.apache.wiki.WikiContext;
import org.apache.wiki.WikiEngine;
import org.apache.wiki.WikiProvider;
import org.apache.wiki.api.exceptions.NoRequiredPropertyException;

/**
 *  Provides an SPI for creating a diff between two page versions.
 */
public interface DiffProvider extends WikiProvider
{
    /**
     * 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.
     * 
     * @return An XHTML diff.
     * @param context The Wiki Context
     * @param oldWikiText the old text
     * @param newWikiText the new text
     */
    String makeDiffHtml(WikiContext context, String oldWikiText, String newWikiText);
    
    /**
     *  If there is no diff provider set, this provider will work instead.
     */
    class NullDiffProvider implements DiffProvider
    {
        /**
         *  {@inheritDoc}
         */
        public String makeDiffHtml(WikiContext ctx, String oldWikiText, String newWikiText)
        {
            return "You are using the NullDiffProvider, check your properties file.";
        }

        /**
         *  {@inheritDoc}
         */
        public void initialize(WikiEngine engine, Properties properties) 
            throws NoRequiredPropertyException, IOException
        {
        }

        /**
         *  {@inheritDoc}
         */
        public String getProviderInfo()
        {
            return "NullDiffProvider";
        }
    }
    
}