Apply a patch (generated by a prior call to calcDiff) to a value.
Apply a patch (generated by a prior call to calcDiff) to a value. If patch is equal to noChange, then value is returned unmodified.
the value to apply the patch to
the patch to apply
the new value with the patch applied
Compute the difference between two values.
Compute the difference between two values. Result is a patch that if applied to the original value results in the new value.
the original value
the new value
If oldValue and newValue are different, P (that is not equal to noChange). Otherwise, noChange
The value of P that represents no change
The value of P that represents no change
A reusable/extensible DataDiff implementation for sequences that is implemented using https://code.google.com/p/java-diff-utils/ which is based on http://www.xmailserver.org/diff2.pdf
the value type
the sequence type