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package org.eclipse.jgit.diff;

/**
 * Compares two {@link Sequence}s to create an {@link EditList} of changes.
 *
 * An algorithm's {@code diff} method must be callable from concurrent threads
 * without data collisions. This permits some algorithms to use a singleton
 * pattern, with concurrent invocations using the same singleton. Other
 * algorithms may support parameterization, in which case the caller can create
 * a unique instance per thread.
 */
public abstract class DiffAlgorithm {
	/**
	 * Supported diff algorithm
	 */
	public enum SupportedAlgorithm {
		/**
		 * Myers diff algorithm
		 */
		MYERS,

		/**
		 * Histogram diff algorithm
		 */
		HISTOGRAM
	}

	/**
	 * @param alg
	 *            the diff algorithm for which an implementation should be
	 *            returned
	 * @return an implementation of the specified diff algorithm
	 */
	public static DiffAlgorithm getAlgorithm(SupportedAlgorithm alg) {
		switch (alg) {
		case MYERS:
			return MyersDiff.INSTANCE;
		case HISTOGRAM:
			return new HistogramDiff();
		default:
			throw new IllegalArgumentException();
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Compare two sequences and identify a list of edits between them.
	 *
	 * @param 
	 *            type of sequence being compared.
	 * @param cmp
	 *            the comparator supplying the element equivalence function.
	 * @param a
	 *            the first (also known as old or pre-image) sequence. Edits
	 *            returned by this algorithm will reference indexes using the
	 *            'A' side: {@link Edit#getBeginA()}, {@link Edit#getEndA()}.
	 * @param b
	 *            the second (also known as new or post-image) sequence. Edits
	 *            returned by this algorithm will reference indexes using the
	 *            'B' side: {@link Edit#getBeginB()}, {@link Edit#getEndB()}.
	 * @return a modifiable edit list comparing the two sequences. If empty, the
	 *         sequences are identical according to {@code cmp}'s rules. The
	 *         result list is never null.
	 */
	public  EditList diff(
			SequenceComparator cmp, S a, S b) {
		Edit region = cmp.reduceCommonStartEnd(a, b, coverEdit(a, b));

		switch (region.getType()) {
		case INSERT:
		case DELETE:
			return EditList.singleton(region);

		case REPLACE: {
			SubsequenceComparator cs = new SubsequenceComparator(cmp);
			Subsequence as = Subsequence.a(a, region);
			Subsequence bs = Subsequence.b(b, region);
			EditList e = Subsequence.toBase(diffNonCommon(cs, as, bs), as, bs);

			// The last insertion may need to be shifted later if it
			// inserts elements that were previously reduced out as
			// common at the end.
			//
			Edit last = e.get(e.size() - 1);
			if (last.getType() == Edit.Type.INSERT) {
				while (last.endB < b.size()
						&& cmp.equals(b, last.beginB, b, last.endB)) {
					last.beginA++;
					last.endA++;
					last.beginB++;
					last.endB++;
				}
			}

			return e;
		}

		case EMPTY:
			return new EditList(0);

		default:
			throw new IllegalStateException();
		}
	}

	private static  Edit coverEdit(S a, S b) {
		return new Edit(0, a.size(), 0, b.size());
	}

	/**
	 * Compare two sequences and identify a list of edits between them.
	 *
	 * This method should be invoked only after the two sequences have been
	 * proven to have no common starting or ending elements. The expected
	 * elimination of common starting and ending elements is automatically
	 * performed by the {@link #diff(SequenceComparator, Sequence, Sequence)}
	 * method, which invokes this method using {@link Subsequence}s.
	 *
	 * @param 
	 *            type of sequence being compared.
	 * @param cmp
	 *            the comparator supplying the element equivalence function.
	 * @param a
	 *            the first (also known as old or pre-image) sequence. Edits
	 *            returned by this algorithm will reference indexes using the
	 *            'A' side: {@link Edit#getBeginA()}, {@link Edit#getEndA()}.
	 * @param b
	 *            the second (also known as new or post-image) sequence. Edits
	 *            returned by this algorithm will reference indexes using the
	 *            'B' side: {@link Edit#getBeginB()}, {@link Edit#getEndB()}.
	 * @return a modifiable edit list comparing the two sequences.
	 */
	public abstract  EditList diffNonCommon(
			SequenceComparator cmp, S a, S b);
}