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// Portions Copyright 2000-2004 Jonathan de Halleux
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;

namespace Gallio.Common.Xml.Diffing
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Diffing engine.
    /// </summary>
    /// <typeparam name="T">The type of the objects to diff.</typeparam>
    public interface IDiffEngine<T>
        where T : IDiffable<T>
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Computes the differences between the expected and the actual object.
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>The resulting diff set.</returns>
        DiffSet Diff();
    }
}
