/* * Copyright (c) 2010-2012, 2015 Eike Stepper (Berlin, Germany) and others. * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html * * Contributors: * Eike Stepper - initial API and implementation */ package org.eclipse.emf.cdo.common.branch; import org.eclipse.emf.cdo.common.commit.CDOChangeSet; import org.eclipse.emf.cdo.spi.common.branch.CDOBranchUtil; /** * A range between the {@link CDOBranch#getBase() base} of the {@link CDOBranchManager#getMainBranch() main branch} and * the {@link CDOBranch#getHead() head} of any branch that is demarkated by a {@link #getStartPoint() start point} and * an {@link #getEndPoint() end point}. *
* The start point and the end point of a branch point range may have different branches or not. *
* Branch point ranges are usually created with {@link CDOBranchUtil#createRange(CDOBranchPoint, CDOBranchPoint)
* CDOBranchUtil.createRange()} and often used in the context of {@link CDOChangeSet change sets}.
*
* @author Eike Stepper
* @since 3.0
* @noextend This interface is not intended to be extended by clients.
* @noimplement This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.
* @apiviz.has {@link CDOBranchPoint} oneway - - start
* @apiviz.has {@link CDOBranchPoint} oneway - - end
*/
public interface CDOBranchPointRange
{
/**
* Returns the start point of this branch point range, never null
.
*/
public CDOBranchPoint getStartPoint();
/**
* Returns the end point of this branch point range, never null
.
*/
public CDOBranchPoint getEndPoint();
}