com.aspose.words

Example:

Document doc = new Document();
DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

// Normal editing of the document does not count as a revision
builder.write("This does not count as a revision. ");
Assert.assertFalse(doc.hasRevisions());

// In order for our edits to count as revisions, we need to declare an author and start tracking them
doc.startTrackRevisions("John Doe", new Date());
builder.write("This is revision #1. ");

// This flag corresponds to the "Track Changes" option being turned on in Microsoft Word, to track the editing manually
// done there and not the programmatic changes we are about to do here
Assert.assertFalse(doc.getTrackRevisions());

// As well as nodes in the document, revisions get referenced in this collection
Assert.assertTrue(doc.hasRevisions());
Assert.assertEquals(doc.getRevisions().getCount(), 1);

Revision revision = doc.getRevisions().get(0);
Assert.assertEquals(revision.getAuthor(), "John Doe");
Assert.assertEquals(revision.getParentNode().getText(), "This is revision #1. ");
Assert.assertEquals(revision.getRevisionType(), RevisionType.INSERTION);
Assert.assertEquals(DocumentHelper.getDateWithoutTimeUsingFormat(revision.getDateTime()), DocumentHelper.getDateWithoutTimeUsingFormat(new Date()));
Assert.assertEquals(revision.getGroup(), doc.getRevisions().getGroups().get(0));

// Deleting content also counts as a revision
// The most recent revisions are put at the start of the collection
doc.getFirstSection().getBody().getFirstParagraph().getRuns().get(0).remove();
Assert.assertEquals(doc.getRevisions().get(0).getRevisionType(), RevisionType.DELETION);
Assert.assertEquals(doc.getRevisions().getCount(), 2);

// Insert revisions are treated as document text by the GetText() method before they are accepted,
// since they are still nodes with text and are in the body
Assert.assertEquals(doc.getText().trim(), "This does not count as a revision. This is revision #1.");

// Accepting the deletion revision will assimilate it into the paragraph text and remove it from the collection
doc.getRevisions().get(0).accept();
Assert.assertEquals(doc.getRevisions().getCount(), 1);

// Once the delete revision is accepted, the nodes that it concerns are removed and their text will not show up here
Assert.assertEquals(doc.getText().trim(), "This is revision #1.");

// The second insertion revision is now at index 0, which we can reject to ignore and discard it
doc.getRevisions().get(0).reject();
Assert.assertEquals(doc.getRevisions().getCount(), 0);
Assert.assertEquals(doc.getText().trim(), "");

Example:

// Open a document that contains revisions and get its revision collection
Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Revisions.docx");
RevisionCollection revisions = doc.getRevisions();

// This collection itself has a collection of revision groups, which are merged sequences of adjacent revisions
System.out.println("{revisions.Groups.Count} revision groups:");

// We can iterate over the collection of groups and access the text that the revision concerns
Iterator<RevisionGroup> e = revisions.getGroups().iterator();
while (e.hasNext()) {
    RevisionGroup currentRevisionGroup = e.next();
    System.out.println(MessageFormat.format("\tGroup type \"{0}\", ", currentRevisionGroup.getRevisionType()) +
            MessageFormat.format("author: {0}, contents: [{1}]", currentRevisionGroup.getAuthor(), currentRevisionGroup.getText().trim()));
}

// The collection of revisions is considerably larger than the condensed form we printed above,
// depending on how many Runs the text has been segmented into during editing in Microsoft Word,
// since each Run affected by a revision gets its own Revision object
System.out.println("\n{revisions.Count} revisions:");

Iterator<Revision> e1 = revisions.iterator();

while (e1.hasNext()) {
    Revision currentRevision = e1.next();

    // A StyleDefinitionChange strictly affects styles and not document nodes, so in this case the ParentStyle
    // attribute will always be used, while the ParentNode will always be null
    // Since all other changes affect nodes, ParentNode will conversely be in use and ParentStyle will be null
    if (currentRevision.getRevisionType() == RevisionType.STYLE_DEFINITION_CHANGE) {
        System.out.println(MessageFormat.format("\tRevision type \"{0}\", ", currentRevision.getRevisionType()) +
                MessageFormat.format("author: {0}, style: [{1}]", currentRevision.getAuthor(), currentRevision.getParentStyle().getName()));
    } else {
        System.out.println(MessageFormat.format("\tRevision type \"{0}\", ", currentRevision.getRevisionType()) +
                MessageFormat.format("author: {0}, contents: [{1}]", currentRevision.getAuthor(), currentRevision.getParentNode().getText().trim()));
    }
}

// While the collection of revision groups provides a clearer overview of all revisions that took place in the document,
// the changes must be accepted/rejected by the revisions themselves, the RevisionCollection, or the document
// In this case we will reject all revisions via the collection, reverting the document to its original form, which we will then save
revisions.rejectAll();
Assert.assertEquals(revisions.getCount(), 0);

Example:

Document doc = new Document();
DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

// Normal editing of the document does not count as a revision
builder.write("This does not count as a revision. ");
Assert.assertFalse(doc.hasRevisions());

// In order for our edits to count as revisions, we need to declare an author and start tracking them
doc.startTrackRevisions("John Doe", new Date());
builder.write("This is revision #1. ");

// This flag corresponds to the "Track Changes" option being turned on in Microsoft Word, to track the editing manually
// done there and not the programmatic changes we are about to do here
Assert.assertFalse(doc.getTrackRevisions());

// As well as nodes in the document, revisions get referenced in this collection
Assert.assertTrue(doc.hasRevisions());
Assert.assertEquals(doc.getRevisions().getCount(), 1);

Revision revision = doc.getRevisions().get(0);
Assert.assertEquals(revision.getAuthor(), "John Doe");
Assert.assertEquals(revision.getParentNode().getText(), "This is revision #1. ");
Assert.assertEquals(revision.getRevisionType(), RevisionType.INSERTION);
Assert.assertEquals(DocumentHelper.getDateWithoutTimeUsingFormat(revision.getDateTime()), DocumentHelper.getDateWithoutTimeUsingFormat(new Date()));
Assert.assertEquals(revision.getGroup(), doc.getRevisions().getGroups().get(0));

// Deleting content also counts as a revision
// The most recent revisions are put at the start of the collection
doc.getFirstSection().getBody().getFirstParagraph().getRuns().get(0).remove();
Assert.assertEquals(doc.getRevisions().get(0).getRevisionType(), RevisionType.DELETION);
Assert.assertEquals(doc.getRevisions().getCount(), 2);

// Insert revisions are treated as document text by the GetText() method before they are accepted,
// since they are still nodes with text and are in the body
Assert.assertEquals(doc.getText().trim(), "This does not count as a revision. This is revision #1.");

// Accepting the deletion revision will assimilate it into the paragraph text and remove it from the collection
doc.getRevisions().get(0).accept();
Assert.assertEquals(doc.getRevisions().getCount(), 1);

// Once the delete revision is accepted, the nodes that it concerns are removed and their text will not show up here
Assert.assertEquals(doc.getText().trim(), "This is revision #1.");

// The second insertion revision is now at index 0, which we can reject to ignore and discard it
doc.getRevisions().get(0).reject();
Assert.assertEquals(doc.getRevisions().getCount(), 0);
Assert.assertEquals(doc.getText().trim(), "");

Example:

Document doc1 = new Document();
DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc1);
builder.writeln("This is the original document.");

Document doc2 = new Document();
builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc2);
builder.writeln("This is the edited document.");

// If either document has a revision, an exception will be thrown
if (doc1.getRevisions().getCount() == 0 && doc2.getRevisions().getCount() == 0) {
    doc1.compare(doc2, "authorName", new Date());
}

// If doc1 and doc2 are different, doc1 now has some revisions after the comparison, which can now be viewed and processed
for (Revision r : doc1.getRevisions()) {
    System.out.println("Revision type: {r.RevisionType}, on a node of type \"{r.ParentNode.NodeType}\"");
    System.out.println("\tChanged text: \"{r.ParentNode.GetText()}\"");
}

// All the revisions in doc1 are differences between doc1 and doc2, so accepting them on doc1 transforms doc1 into doc2
doc1.getRevisions().acceptAll();

// doc1, when saved, now resembles doc2
doc1.save(getArtifactsDir() + "Document.Compare.docx");

Example:

// Open a document that contains revisions and get its revision collection
Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Revisions.docx");
RevisionCollection revisions = doc.getRevisions();

// This collection itself has a collection of revision groups, which are merged sequences of adjacent revisions
System.out.println("{revisions.Groups.Count} revision groups:");

// We can iterate over the collection of groups and access the text that the revision concerns
Iterator<RevisionGroup> e = revisions.getGroups().iterator();
while (e.hasNext()) {
    RevisionGroup currentRevisionGroup = e.next();
    System.out.println(MessageFormat.format("\tGroup type \"{0}\", ", currentRevisionGroup.getRevisionType()) +
            MessageFormat.format("author: {0}, contents: [{1}]", currentRevisionGroup.getAuthor(), currentRevisionGroup.getText().trim()));
}

// The collection of revisions is considerably larger than the condensed form we printed above,
// depending on how many Runs the text has been segmented into during editing in Microsoft Word,
// since each Run affected by a revision gets its own Revision object
System.out.println("\n{revisions.Count} revisions:");

Iterator<Revision> e1 = revisions.iterator();

while (e1.hasNext()) {
    Revision currentRevision = e1.next();

    // A StyleDefinitionChange strictly affects styles and not document nodes, so in this case the ParentStyle
    // attribute will always be used, while the ParentNode will always be null
    // Since all other changes affect nodes, ParentNode will conversely be in use and ParentStyle will be null
    if (currentRevision.getRevisionType() == RevisionType.STYLE_DEFINITION_CHANGE) {
        System.out.println(MessageFormat.format("\tRevision type \"{0}\", ", currentRevision.getRevisionType()) +
                MessageFormat.format("author: {0}, style: [{1}]", currentRevision.getAuthor(), currentRevision.getParentStyle().getName()));
    } else {
        System.out.println(MessageFormat.format("\tRevision type \"{0}\", ", currentRevision.getRevisionType()) +
                MessageFormat.format("author: {0}, contents: [{1}]", currentRevision.getAuthor(), currentRevision.getParentNode().getText().trim()));
    }
}

// While the collection of revision groups provides a clearer overview of all revisions that took place in the document,
// the changes must be accepted/rejected by the revisions themselves, the RevisionCollection, or the document
// In this case we will reject all revisions via the collection, reverting the document to its original form, which we will then save
revisions.rejectAll();
Assert.assertEquals(revisions.getCount(), 0);

Example:

// Open a document that contains revisions and get its revision collection
Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Revisions.docx");
RevisionCollection revisions = doc.getRevisions();

// This collection itself has a collection of revision groups, which are merged sequences of adjacent revisions
System.out.println("{revisions.Groups.Count} revision groups:");

// We can iterate over the collection of groups and access the text that the revision concerns
Iterator<RevisionGroup> e = revisions.getGroups().iterator();
while (e.hasNext()) {
    RevisionGroup currentRevisionGroup = e.next();
    System.out.println(MessageFormat.format("\tGroup type \"{0}\", ", currentRevisionGroup.getRevisionType()) +
            MessageFormat.format("author: {0}, contents: [{1}]", currentRevisionGroup.getAuthor(), currentRevisionGroup.getText().trim()));
}

// The collection of revisions is considerably larger than the condensed form we printed above,
// depending on how many Runs the text has been segmented into during editing in Microsoft Word,
// since each Run affected by a revision gets its own Revision object
System.out.println("\n{revisions.Count} revisions:");

Iterator<Revision> e1 = revisions.iterator();

while (e1.hasNext()) {
    Revision currentRevision = e1.next();

    // A StyleDefinitionChange strictly affects styles and not document nodes, so in this case the ParentStyle
    // attribute will always be used, while the ParentNode will always be null
    // Since all other changes affect nodes, ParentNode will conversely be in use and ParentStyle will be null
    if (currentRevision.getRevisionType() == RevisionType.STYLE_DEFINITION_CHANGE) {
        System.out.println(MessageFormat.format("\tRevision type \"{0}\", ", currentRevision.getRevisionType()) +
                MessageFormat.format("author: {0}, style: [{1}]", currentRevision.getAuthor(), currentRevision.getParentStyle().getName()));
    } else {
        System.out.println(MessageFormat.format("\tRevision type \"{0}\", ", currentRevision.getRevisionType()) +
                MessageFormat.format("author: {0}, contents: [{1}]", currentRevision.getAuthor(), currentRevision.getParentNode().getText().trim()));
    }
}

// While the collection of revision groups provides a clearer overview of all revisions that took place in the document,
// the changes must be accepted/rejected by the revisions themselves, the RevisionCollection, or the document
// In this case we will reject all revisions via the collection, reverting the document to its original form, which we will then save
revisions.rejectAll();
Assert.assertEquals(revisions.getCount(), 0);