org.netbeans.api.diff
Class PatchUtils

java.lang.Object
  org.netbeans.api.diff.PatchUtils

public class PatchUtils
extends Object

Utility class for patch application.

Since:

1.19

Method Summary

static void	applyPatch(File patch, File context) Applies the patch file on the context file or folder.
static boolean	isPatch(File patch) Returns true only if the given file is a patch in a format recognizable as a context normal unified

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

applyPatch

public static void applyPatch(File patch,
                              File context)
                       throws IOException

Applies the patch file on the context file or folder. The patch file may be in a context, normal or unified format.

Parameters:

patch - the patch file

context - the file or folder to be updated with the patch

Throws:

org.netbeans.modules.diff.builtin.PatchException

IOException - - the patch is invalid or cannot be applied

Since:

1.19

isPatch

public static boolean isPatch(File patch)
                       throws IOException

Returns true only if the given file is a patch in a format recognizable as a

• context
• normal
• unified

Parameters:

file - patch file

Returns:

true if the given input stream is a patch otherwise false

Throws:

IOException

Since:

1.19