Diffus

Finds the difference between two instances of any data structure.

Diffus in action

use diffus_derive::Diffus;
use diffus::{edit, Diffable};

#[derive(Diffus)]
struct Point {
    x: i32,
    y: i32,
}

fn main() {
    let left_point = Point { x: 1, y: 2 };
    let right_point = Point { x: 1, y: 3 };

    let diff = left_point.diff(&right_point);

    match diff {
        edit::Edit::Copy => println!("point: no difference"),
        edit::Edit::Change(EditedPoint { x, y }) => {
            match x {
                edit::Edit::Copy => println!("x: no difference"),
                edit::Edit::Change((left_x, right_x)) => println!("x: {} => {}", left_x, right_x),
            }
            match y {
                edit::Edit::Copy => println!("y: no difference"),
                edit::Edit::Change((left_y, right_y)) => println!("y: {} => {}", left_y, right_y),
            }
        }
    }
}

Diffus on maps

Difference between maps is done through its keys. The identity of an element comes from its associated key, and it otherwise works in the same way as for collections with Same.

The possible edits of a map are Copy, Insert, Remove, Change

use diffus::{edit, Diffable};

fn main() {
    let unity: std::collections::HashMap<_, _> =
        [(1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3)].iter().cloned().collect();
    let not_unity: std::collections::HashMap<_, _> =
        [(1, 1), (2, 3), (4, 4)].iter().cloned().collect();

    if let edit::Edit::Change(diff) = unity.diff(&not_unity) {
        assert!(diff[&1].is_copy());
        assert_eq!(diff[&2].change().unwrap(), &(&2, &3));
        assert!(diff[&3].is_remove());
        assert_eq!(diff[&4].insert().unwrap(), &4);
    } else {
        unreachable!()
    }
}

Diffus on collections

Difference between collections is done through the Longest Common Subsequence (LCS) algorithm and with additional support for objects that have changed values but kept its Same "identity".

Strings are considered as collections.

The possible edits of a collection are Copy, Insert, Remove, Change.

use diffus_derive::Diffus;
use diffus::{edit::{self, collection}, Same, Diffable};

#[derive(Diffus, Debug)]
struct Identified {
    id: u32,
    value: u32,
}

impl Same for Identified {
    fn same(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
        self.id == other.id
    }
}

fn main() {
    let left = vec![
        Identified { id: 1, value: 0 },
        Identified { id: 2, value: 0 },
        Identified { id: 3, value: 0 },
        Identified { id: 4, value: 0 },
        Identified { id: 5, value: 0 },
        Identified { id: 6, value: 0 },
        Identified { id: 7, value: 0 },
    ];
    let right = vec![
        Identified { id: 1, value: 0 },
        Identified { id: 2, value: 1 },
        Identified { id: 4, value: 0 },
        Identified { id: 3, value: 0 },
        Identified { id: 5, value: 0 },
        Identified { id: 6, value: 0 },
    ];

    let diff = left.diff(&right);

    match diff {
        edit::Edit::Copy => println!("no difference"),
        edit::Edit::Change(diff) => {
            diff.into_iter().map(|edit| {
                match edit {
                    collection::Edit::Copy(elem) => println!("copy: {:?}", elem),
                    collection::Edit::Insert(elem) => println!("insert: {:?}", elem),
                    collection::Edit::Remove(elem) => println!("remove: {:?}", elem),
                    collection::Edit::Change(EditedIdentified { id, value}) => {
                        println!("changed:");
                        match id {
                            edit::Edit::Copy => println!("    copy: id"),
                            edit::Edit::Change((left_id, right_id)) => println!("    id: {} => {}", left_id, right_id),
                        }
                        match value {
                            edit::Edit::Copy => println!("    copy: value"),
                            edit::Edit::Change((left_value, right_value)) => println!("    value: {} => {}", left_value, right_value),
                        }
                    }
                };
            }).collect::<Vec<_>>();
        },
    };
}

Diffus on enums

Difference between two enums works as expected, it separates variant changes from associated variant field changes.

Possible edits of an enum are Copy, VariantChanged, AssociatedChanged.

use diffus_derive::Diffus;
use diffus::{edit, Diffable};

#[derive(Diffus, Debug, PartialEq)]
enum Test {
    A,
    B(String),
    Bd(String, u32),
    C { x: u32 },
    Cd { x: u32, y: String },
}

fn main() {
    let left = Test::Cd {
        x: 42,
        y: "Bilbo Baggins".to_owned(),
    };
    let right = Test::Cd {
        x: 42,
        y: "Frodo Baggins".to_owned(),
    };
    if let edit::Edit::Change(edit::enm::Edit::AssociatedChanged(
        EditedTest::Cd { x, y },
    )) = left.diff(&right)
    {
        assert!(x.is_copy());
        assert!(y.is_change());
    } else {
        unreachable!()
    }

    let left = Test::Cd {
        x: 42,
        y: "Bilbo Baggins".to_owned(),
    };
    let right = Test::B("Frodo Baggins".to_owned());
    if let edit::Edit::Change(edit::enm::Edit::VariantChanged(l, r)) =
        left.diff(&right)
    {
        assert_eq!(&left, l);
        assert_eq!(&right, r);
    } else {
        unreachable!()
    }
}

Custom difference with diffus

Differences can easily be specialized to suit your needs.

use diffus::{edit, Diffable};

struct Secret(String);

impl<'a> Diffable<'a> for Secret {
    type Diff = ();

    fn diff(&'a self, other: &'a Self) -> edit::Edit<Self::Diff> {
        if self.0 == other.0 {
            edit::Edit::Copy
        } else {
            edit::Edit::Change(())
        }
    }
}

fn main() {
    assert_eq!(
        Secret("Something".to_owned()).diff(&Secret("Else".to_owned()))
            .change().unwrap(),
        &()
    );
}