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 * Copyright 2018 java-diff-utils.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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package com.github.difflib.algorithm;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Interface of a diff algorithm.
 *
 * @author Tobias Warneke (t.warneke@gmx.net)
 * @param <T> type of data that is diffed.
 */
public interface DiffAlgorithmI<T> {

    /**
     * Computes the changeset to patch the source list to the target list.
     *
     * @param source source data
     * @param target target data
     * @param progress progress listener
     * @return
     */
    List<Change> computeDiff(List<T> source, List<T> target, DiffAlgorithmListener progress);

    /**
     * Simple extension to compute a changeset using arrays.
     *
     * @param source
     * @param target
     * @param progress
     * @return
     */
    default List<Change> computeDiff(T[] source, T[] target, DiffAlgorithmListener progress) {
        return computeDiff(Arrays.asList(source), Arrays.asList(target), progress);
    }
}