Package com.intellij.openapi.vcs.changes

Interface ContentRevision

All Known Subinterfaces:

BinaryContentRevision, ByteBackedContentRevision, PropertyRevision

All Known Implementing Classes:

CurrentBinaryContentRevision, CurrentContentRevision, CvsBinaryContentRevision, CvsContentRevision, FakeRevision, GitBinaryContentRevision, GitContentRevision, HgBinaryContentRevision, HgContentRevision, HgCurrentBinaryContentRevision, LazyPatchContentRevision, ShelvedBinaryContentRevision, SimpleBinaryContentRevision, SimpleContentRevision, SimplePropertyRevision, SvnBaseContentRevision, SvnContentRevision, SvnLazyPropertyContentRevision, SvnRepositoryBinaryContentRevision, SvnRepositoryContentRevision, VcsCurrentRevisionProxy

public interface ContentRevision

Implementers are encouraged to also implement ByteBackedContentRevision

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	getContent() Content of the revision.
FilePath	getFile()
VcsRevisionNumber	getRevisionNumber() Revision ID.

Method Detail

getContent

java.lang.String getContent()
                     throws VcsException

Content of the revision. Implementers are encouraged to lazy implement this especially when it requires connection to the version control server or something. Might return null in case if file path denotes a directory or content is impossible to retrieve.

Returns:

content of the revision

Throws:

VcsException - in case when content retrieval fails

getFile

FilePath getFile()

Returns:

file path of the revision

getRevisionNumber

VcsRevisionNumber getRevisionNumber()

Revision ID. Content revisions with same file path and revision number are considered to be equal and must have same content unless VcsRevisionNumber.NULL is returned. Use VcsRevisionNumber.NULL when revision number is not applicable like for the currently uncommitted revision.

Returns:

revision ID in terms of version control