T
- The type of object contained within this Diff
. Differences
between primitive objects are stored as their Object wrapper
equivalent.public abstract class Diff<T> extends Pair<T,T>
A Diff
contains the differences between two Diffable
class
fields.
Typically, Diff
s are retrieved by using a DiffBuilder
to
produce a DiffResult
, containing the differences between two objects.
Modifier | Constructor and Description |
---|---|
protected |
Diff(java.lang.String fieldName)
Constructs a new
Diff for the given field name. |
Modifier and Type | Method and Description |
---|---|
java.lang.String |
getFieldName()
Returns the name of the field.
|
java.lang.reflect.Type |
getType()
Returns the type of the field.
|
T |
setValue(T value)
Throws
UnsupportedOperationException . |
java.lang.String |
toString()
Returns a
String representation of the Diff , with the
following format: |
protected Diff(java.lang.String fieldName)
Constructs a new Diff
for the given field name.
fieldName
- the name of the fieldpublic final java.lang.reflect.Type getType()
Returns the type of the field.
public final java.lang.String getFieldName()
Returns the name of the field.
public final java.lang.String toString()
Returns a String
representation of the Diff
, with the
following format:
[fieldname: left-value, right-value]