ComputeDifference.java

package com.github.difflib.examples;

import com.github.difflib.DiffUtils;
import com.github.difflib.TestConstants;
import com.github.difflib.patch.AbstractDelta;
import com.github.difflib.patch.Patch;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.util.List;

public class ComputeDifference {

		private static final String ORIGINAL = TestConstants.MOCK_FOLDER + "original.txt";
		private static final String REVISED = TestConstants.MOCK_FOLDER + "revised.txt";

		public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
				List<String> original = Files.readAllLines(new File(ORIGINAL).toPath());
				List<String> revised = Files.readAllLines(new File(REVISED).toPath());

				// Compute diff. Get the Patch object. Patch is the container for computed deltas.
				Patch<String> patch = DiffUtils.diff(original, revised);

				for (AbstractDelta<String> delta : patch.getDeltas()) {
						System.out.println(delta);
				}
		}
}