Module org.eclipse.jgit

Package org.eclipse.jgit.merge

Class MergeAlgorithm

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.jgit.merge.MergeAlgorithm

public final class MergeAlgorithm
extends Object

Provides the merge algorithm which does a three-way merge on content provided as RawText. By default HistogramDiff is used as diff algorithm.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
MergeAlgorithm()	Creates a new MergeAlgorithm which uses HistogramDiff as diff algorithm
MergeAlgorithm(DiffAlgorithm diff)	Creates a new MergeAlgorithm

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
ContentMergeStrategy	getContentMergeStrategy()	Retrieves the ContentMergeStrategy.
<S extends Sequence> MergeResult<S>	merge(SequenceComparator<S> cmp, S base, S ours, S theirs)	Does the three way merge between a common base and two sequences.
void	setContentMergeStrategy(ContentMergeStrategy strategy)	Sets the ContentMergeStrategy.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

MergeAlgorithm

public MergeAlgorithm()

Creates a new MergeAlgorithm which uses HistogramDiff as diff algorithm

MergeAlgorithm

public MergeAlgorithm(DiffAlgorithm diff)

Creates a new MergeAlgorithm

Parameters:

diff - the diff algorithm used by this merge

Method Detail

getContentMergeStrategy

@NonNull
public ContentMergeStrategy getContentMergeStrategy()

Retrieves the ContentMergeStrategy.

Returns:

the ContentMergeStrategy in effect

Since:

5.12

setContentMergeStrategy

public void setContentMergeStrategy(ContentMergeStrategy strategy)

Sets the ContentMergeStrategy.

Parameters:

strategy - ContentMergeStrategy to set; if null, set ContentMergeStrategy.CONFLICT

Since:

5.12

merge

public <S extends Sequence> MergeResult<S> merge(SequenceComparator<S> cmp,
                                                 S base,
                                                 S ours,
                                                 S theirs)

Does the three way merge between a common base and two sequences.

Parameters:

cmp - comparison method for this execution.

base - the common base sequence

ours - the first sequence to be merged

theirs - the second sequence to be merged

Returns:

the resulting content