TryDiffSource Method

Opens with a textual files compare/diff tool, the older and newer source versions of .

Syntax

[Extension()]
public static bool TryDiffSource( 
   ICodeElement codeElement,
   ICompareContext compareContext,
   out string failureReason
)

Parameters

codeElement: The code element to open the source from
compareContext: The compare context from which we can get the older version of the codeElement.
failureReason: If false is returned, contains the plain-english description of the failure.

Remarks

If source files get zipped at analysis time, the older source file version is this zipped version.
The textual files compare/diff tool is defined through: NDepend > Options panel > Build Comparison > Sources Files Compare Tool.
If has more than one ICodeElement.SourceDecls, this method fails. In this situation you can use instead the method TryCompareSourceWith(ISourceDecl,ISourceDecl) to compare source files older/newer versions one by one.
This method can only be invoked within a .NET Framework 4.x and Windows OS context else it throws a NotSupportedException.

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 11, 10, 8, 7 and Linux, MacOS with net8.0, net7.0 or net6.0 installed

Reference

ExtensionMethodsTooling Class
ExtensionMethodsTooling Members
ICompareContext Interface
CreateCompareContextWithOlder Method
ExtensionMethodsCQLinqCompare Class
RelyOnCompareContext Property
Compile(String,ICompareContext) Method
CompileMany(IEnumerable<String>,ICompareContext) Method
TryCompareSourceWith(ISourceDecl,ISourceDecl) Method