[question] Class structure

[Erendar]

Hello again,

I need to create a program that'll compare 2 files, what i wish to do is something like this :

/--------------------------------------------------------------------\
|   Header | Info | Info | Info ....                                 |
\--------------------------------------------------------------------/
                              File 1

/--------------------------------------------------------------------\
|   Header | Info2 | Info2 | Info2 ....                              |
\--------------------------------------------------------------------/
                              Info

_________________________________________________________________________

Class tree
_________________________________________________________________________

         Compare       Functions
            |
            |
            V
          File
           /\
          /  \
         /    \
        /      \
     Header   Info
               /\
              /  \
             /    \
            /      \
          Header2    Info2

Where i would instanciate 1 Comp class and 2 files. I wish to store the data of each files in a series of classes.
1) Will I be able to say for example (pseudo code)
File(1).Info(2).Info2(1) == File(2).Info(7).Info2(2) ?

2) How can I access the set of functions I created in a separate class Function (may include some global variables). I mean, if i do something like this Function f = new Function() and Info2 do f.SetAVariable(myValue)
can Header do f.GetAVariable and get myValue ?

Thanks for your time guys

[CreganTur]

If you're just comparing files to see if they are identical, then you don't need separate classes. Just read the files and compare the length. If that's the same then you can read bytes to compare.

[BioPhysEngr]

Also: some tools already exist for this problem. diff on linux/unix or WinMerge on Windows are good choices.

[Erendar]

Won't work as the comparison has to be automatic without human intervention. I have to compare the whole file but be able to reconize in which section of the file I am because files will be legitmately different on some zones, and I need to find these zones. Furthermore zones pos are not static at all and relies on information provided by carfully reaing file's data