/// <summary>
/// Calculates the difference between two incoming lists on a per-line basis.
/// The lists are first combined as single lines, then a line-by-line change is calculated and reassembled.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="firstResourceData">First list of literals to compare</param>
/// <param name="secondResouceData">Second list of literals to compare</param>
/// <returns>Returns the result of the comparison, where all line changes can be tracked with tags.</returns>
private Tuple <IList <string>, IList <string> > CalculateLiteralListDifference(IList <string> firstResourceData, IList <string> secondResouceData)
{
IDiffer differ = new Differ();
const string lineEndingSeperator = "\n";
// combine two
string resourceAFlattenedCompareList = string.Join(lineEndingSeperator, firstResourceData);
string resourceBFlattenedCompareList = string.Join(lineEndingSeperator, secondResouceData);
var resourcePropertyValueDifference = differ.CreateDiffs(resourceAFlattenedCompareList, resourceBFlattenedCompareList, false, false, new LineChunker());
var result = GenerateDifferenceOutputFormat(resourcePropertyValueDifference, lineEndingSeperator);
return(new Tuple <IList <string>, IList <string> >(result.Item1.Split(lineEndingSeperator), result.Item2.Split(lineEndingSeperator)));
}
/// <summary>
/// Calculates the differences of two literals on a character basis. This means that changes of single characters can be fully traced.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="firstLiteral">First literal to compare</param>
/// <param name="secondLiteral">Second literal to compare</param>
/// <returns>Returns the result of the comparison, where all changes can be tracked with tags.</returns>
private Tuple <IList <string>, IList <string> > CalculateLiteralSingleValueDiff(string firstLiteral, string secondLiteral)
{
IDiffer differ = new Differ();
var resourcePropertyValueDifference = differ.CreateDiffs(firstLiteral, secondLiteral, false, false, new CharacterChunker());
var result = GenerateDifferenceOutputFormat(resourcePropertyValueDifference);
return(new Tuple <IList <string>, IList <string> >(new List <string>()
{
result.Item1
}, new List <string>()
{
result.Item2
}));
}