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Get EObjects that cause a difference [message #1410348]

Wed, 20 August 2014 09:56

Eclipse User

I used emf compare to programamticaly get the difference between two xmi models. As I understood, the Diff model generated by EMF Compare has no longer relation to the source xmi models (Correct me if I am wrong as I am new to EMF Compare). However, I want to get the EObjects of my input models that cause the difference. For example, Is there a way to achieve something similar to this;

Diff diff_1 = ....; // Get one of the diff models from the Diff List
EObject x = diff_1.getSource();

in which getSource() returns the EObject that cause the difference between the two models?

P.S. I want the source objects that make the difference because I want to do further analysis on them.

Thanks,
Abel

Re: Get EObjects that cause a difference [message #1410703 is a reply to message #1410348]

Thu, 21 August 2014 08:27

Eclipse User

Hi abel,

The source object can be obtained through the Match to which each Diff is associated. For example :

Diff diff = ...;
Match match = diff.getMatch();
EObject leftChangedObject = match.getLeft();

This may not be exactly what you seek for containment changes, since in these case the "added" object is not the "changed" one

ReferenceChange diff = ...;
if (diff.getReference().isContainment()) {
    diff.getMatch().getLeft(); // <= this is the left container of the added/removed object
    diff.getMatch().getComparison().getMatch(diff.getValue()).getLeft(); // <= This is the left version of the added/removed object
} else {
    diff.getMatch().getLeft(); // <= this is the object on which we've observed a change
    diff.getMatch().getComparison().getMatch(diff.getValue()).getLeft(); // <= and this is the left version of the object that's been added/removed from a reference of the previous object (object from the previous line)
}

See also the developer guide

Laurent Goubet
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