diff.go

/*
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Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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*/

package util

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
)

// StringDiff diffs a and b and returns a human readable diff.
func StringDiff(a, b string) string {
	ba := []byte(a)
	bb := []byte(b)
	out := []byte{}
	i := 0
	for ; i < len(ba) && i < len(bb); i++ {
		if ba[i] != bb[i] {
			break
		}
		out = append(out, ba[i])
	}
	out = append(out, []byte("\n\nA: ")...)
	out = append(out, ba[i:]...)
	out = append(out, []byte("\n\nB: ")...)
	out = append(out, bb[i:]...)
	out = append(out, []byte("\n\n")...)
	return string(out)
}

// ObjectDiff writes the two objects out as JSON and prints out the identical part of
// the objects followed by the remaining part of 'a' and finally the remaining part of 'b'.
// For debugging tests.
func ObjectDiff(a, b interface{}) string {
	ab, err := json.Marshal(a)
	if err != nil {
		panic(fmt.Sprintf("a: %v", err))
	}
	bb, err := json.Marshal(b)
	if err != nil {
		panic(fmt.Sprintf("b: %v", err))
	}
	return StringDiff(string(ab), string(bb))
}

// ObjectGoPrintDiff is like ObjectDiff, but uses go's %#v formatter to print the
// objects, in case json isn't showing you the difference. (reflect.DeepEqual makes
// a distinction between nil and empty slices, for example, even though nothing else
// really does.)
func ObjectGoPrintDiff(a, b interface{}) string {
	return StringDiff(
		fmt.Sprintf("%#v", a),
		fmt.Sprintf("%#v", b),
	)
}