# Package org.apache.commons.text.diff

package org.apache.commons.text.diff

Provides algorithms for diff between strings.

The initial implementation of the Myers algorithm was adapted from the commons-collections sequence package.

Since:
  1.0

- Related Packages
  Package
  Description
  org.apache.commons.text
  Basic classes for text handling.
- Class
  Description
  CommandVisitor<T>
  Walks through `EditScript` objects.
  DeleteCommand<T>
  Command representing the deletion of one object of the first sequence.
  EditCommand<T>
  Abstract base class for all commands used to transform an objects sequence into another one.
  EditScript<T>
  Gathers all the `commands` needed to transform one objects sequence into another objects sequence.
  InsertCommand<T>
  Command representing the insertion of one object of the second sequence.
  KeepCommand<T>
  Command representing the keeping of one object present in both sequences.
  ReplacementsFinder<T>
  Handles sequences of replacements resulting from a comparison.
  ReplacementsHandler<T>
  Handles synchronized replacement sequences.
  StringsComparator
  It is guaranteed that the comparisons will always be done as `o1.equals(o2)` where `o1` belongs to the first sequence and `o2` belongs to the second sequence.