org.faktorips.runtime
Interface IDeltaSupport

public interface IDeltaSupport

Interface indicating that it is possible to compute a delta between two instances of the class implementing this interface.

Author:

Jan Ortmann

Method Summary

IModelObjectDelta

computeDelta(IModelObject otherObject, IDeltaComputationOptions options) Computes a delta between this object and the given other object.

Method Detail

computeDelta

IModelObjectDelta computeDelta(IModelObject otherObject,
                               IDeltaComputationOptions options)

Computes a delta between this object and the given other object.

Parameters:

otherObject - The object this one is compared too.

Throws:

ClassCastException - if otherObject is not an instance of the same class as 'this'.

NullPointerException - if otherObject is null.