DifferenceListener.java

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package org.custommonkey.xmlunit;

import org.w3c.dom.Node;

/**
 * Listener for callbacks from a
 * {@link DifferenceEngine#compare DifferenceEngine comparison}.
 */
public interface DifferenceListener {
    /** 
     * Standard return value for the <code>differenceFound</code> method.
     * Indicates that the <code>Difference</code> is interpreted as defined 
     * in {@link DifferenceConstants DifferenceConstants}.
     */
    int RETURN_ACCEPT_DIFFERENCE = 0;
    /** 
     * Override return value for the <code>differenceFound</code> method.
     * Indicates that the nodes identified as being different should be 
     * interpreted as being identical.
     */
    int RETURN_IGNORE_DIFFERENCE_NODES_IDENTICAL = 1;
    /** 
     * Override return value for the <code>differenceFound</code> method.
     * Indicates that the nodes identified as being different should be 
     * interpreted as being similar.
     */
    int RETURN_IGNORE_DIFFERENCE_NODES_SIMILAR = 2;
    /** 
     * Override return value for the <code>differenceFound</code> method.
     * Indicates that the nodes identified as being similar should be 
     * interpreted as being different.
     */
    int RETURN_UPGRADE_DIFFERENCE_NODES_DIFFERENT = 3;
    /**
     * Receive notification that 2 nodes are different.
     * @param difference a Difference instance as defined in {@link
     * DifferenceConstants DifferenceConstants} describing the cause
     * of the difference and containing the detail of the nodes that
     * differ
     * @return int one of the RETURN_... constants describing how this
     * difference was interpreted
     */
    int differenceFound(Difference difference);

    /**
     * Receive notification that a comparison between 2 nodes has been skipped
     *  because the node types are not comparable by the DifferenceEngine
     * @param control the control node being compared
     * @param test the test node being compared
     * @see DifferenceEngine
     */
    void skippedComparison(Node control, Node test);

}