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| |
| package org.eclipse.jgit.diff; |
| |
| /** |
| * Arbitrary sequence of elements. |
| * <p> |
| * A sequence of elements is defined to contain elements in the index range |
| * <code>[0, {@link #size()})</code>, like a standard Java List implementation. |
| * Unlike a List, the members of the sequence are not directly obtainable. |
| * <p> |
| * Implementations of Sequence are primarily intended for use in content |
| * difference detection algorithms, to produce an |
| * {@link org.eclipse.jgit.diff.EditList} of {@link org.eclipse.jgit.diff.Edit} |
| * instances describing how two Sequence instances differ. |
| * <p> |
| * To be compared against another Sequence of the same type, a supporting |
| * {@link org.eclipse.jgit.diff.SequenceComparator} must also be supplied. |
| */ |
| public abstract class Sequence { |
| /** @return total number of items in the sequence. */ |
| /** |
| * Get size |
| * |
| * @return size |
| */ |
| public abstract int size(); |
| } |