[platform-compare-dev] Compare API extensibility

[Antoine Toulmé <atoulme@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi everyone,
I am a newbie to the Compare API. I have spent now two weeks extending 
the CompareAPI.

I want to represent something that looks like a bit like the Compare 
Utility that was developed by IBM Rational.
(screenshot : 
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/rational/library/05/712_comp/browse_mode.jpg)
Full article : 
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/rational/library/05/712_comp/

From my experience, I will need to extend significatively 
ContentMergeViewer and CompareEditorInput.

I have encountered difficulties extending those when trying to 
reimplement the createCenter, or paint methods in ContentMergeViewer, or 
when trying to change the double click listener behaviour on the 
difference panel.

I finally filed a bug under number 144638 : 
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=144638
and proposed two patches that would help extend the API.

Regards

Antoine