Element difference generator

Functions to get the elements which differ between two projects or project states. More...

Classes
struct	API_ElemDifference
	Common structure for the element difference generator components. More...
struct	API_ElemDifferenceGeneratorState
	Common structure for the element difference generator components. More...

Enumerations
enum	API_ElemDifferenceGeneratorTypeID { APIDiff_ModificationStampBased = 'MSBD' , APIDiff_3DModelBased = '3DMB' , APIDiff_ContextBased = 'CBSD' }
	Determines the type of the element difference generator methode type.
enum	API_ElemDifferenceGeneratorStateType { APIDiffState_InFile = 1 , APIDiffState_InMemory , APIDiffState_CurrentProject }
	Determines the type of the element difference generator methode type.

Functions
GSErrCode	ACAPI_DifferenceGenerator_GetState (API_ElemDifferenceGeneratorTypeID type, API_ElemDifferenceGeneratorState *diffGeneratorState)
	Classifies an element.
GSErrCode	ACAPI_DifferenceGenerator_GenerateDifference (API_ElemDifferenceGeneratorTypeID type, API_ElemDifferenceGeneratorState *diffState1, API_ElemDifferenceGeneratorState *diffState2, API_ElemDifference &difference)
	It gives back the differencies between two states.

Detailed Description

Functions to get the elements which differ between two projects or project states.

Function Documentation

ACAPI_DifferenceGenerator_GenerateDifference()

GSErrCode ACAPI_DifferenceGenerator_GenerateDifference	(	API_ElemDifferenceGeneratorTypeID	type,
		API_ElemDifferenceGeneratorState *	diffState1,
		API_ElemDifferenceGeneratorState *	diffState2,
		API_ElemDifference &	difference
	)

It gives back the differencies between two states.

Since

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Parameters

type	[in] The element difference generator method type.
diffState1	[in] The first difference generator state.
diffState2	[in] The second difference generator state.
difference	[out] The result of the difference generator.

Returns

• NoError - The function has completed with success.
• APIERR_BADPARS - The diffState1 or diffState2 is nullptr, or has wrong input parameters.
• APIERR_GENERAL - There is no current plan open.

ACAPI_DifferenceGenerator_GetState()

GSErrCode ACAPI_DifferenceGenerator_GetState	(	API_ElemDifferenceGeneratorTypeID	type,
		API_ElemDifferenceGeneratorState *	diffGeneratorState
	)

Classifies an element.

Parameters

type	[in] The element difference generator methode type.
diffGeneratorState	[in/out] The difference generator state.

Returns

• NoError - The function has completed with success.
• APIERR_BADPARS - The diffGeneratorState is nullptr, or has wrong input parameters.
• APIERR_GENERAL - There is no current plan open.