# Package org.eclipse.compare.patch

package org.eclipse.compare.patch
Provides support for applying and working with patches.

## Package Specification

This package specifies API for applying and working with patches.

Related Packages
Package
Description
org.eclipse.compare
Provides support for performing structural and textual compare operations on arbitrary data and displaying the results.
org.eclipse.compare.contentmergeviewer
Support for compare and merge viewers which show the content side-by-side.
org.eclipse.compare.rangedifferencer
Provides support for finding the differences between two or three sequences of comparable entities.
org.eclipse.compare.structuremergeviewer
Provides support for finding and displaying the differences between hierarchically structured data.
Class
Description
ApplyPatchOperation
An operation that provides an interface to the Apply Patch Wizard.
IFilePatch
A representation of a file patch that can be applied to an input stream.
IFilePatch2
A representation of a file patch that can be applied to an input stream.
IFilePatchResult
A file patch result provides the results of an attempt to apply an `IFilePatch2` to the contents of a file
IHunk
Interface that represents a hunk.
IHunkFilter
Filter that is used to determine if a hunk should be applied or not
PatchBuilder
Builder for creating IFilePatch2 and IHunk objects as well as building relationship between them.
PatchConfiguration
A patch configuration allows clients to set parameters that control how a patch is applied.
PatchParser
Helper class for parsing patches.
ReaderCreator
Abstract class for creating readers.
WorkspacePatcherUI
Provides the headers required to create a workspace patch.