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package org.openoffice.xmerge.merger;
/**
* This is the difference algorithm interface. It is an interface so
* that different algorithms may be plugged-in to actually compute
* the differences.
*
* NOTE: this code may not be thread safe.
*/
public interface DiffAlgorithm {
/**
* Returns a <code>Difference</code> array. This method finds out
* the difference between two sequences.
*
* @param orgSeq The original sequence of object.
* @param modSeq The modified (or changed) sequence to
* compare against with the origial.
*
* @return A <code>Difference</code> array.
*/
public Difference[] computeDiffs(Iterator orgSeq, Iterator modSeq);
}
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