java-json-tools
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ buildscript {
     repositories {
         mavenCentral()
         maven {
-            url "http://repo.springsource.org/plugins-release";
+            url "https://repo.springsource.org/plugins-release";
         }
     }
     dependencies {

diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/fge/jsonpatch/diff/DiffOptions.java b/src/main/java/com/github/fge/jsonpatch/diff/DiffOptions.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package com.github.fge.jsonpatch.diff;
+
+/**
+ * Created by AMA on 24/09/2020.
+ */
+public class DiffOptions {
+
+		public static final boolean DIFF_DOESNT_REQUIRE_SOURCE = false;
+
+		final boolean diffDoesntRequireSource;
+
+		public static final DiffOptions DEFAULT_OPTIONS = new DiffOptions(DIFF_DOESNT_REQUIRE_SOURCE);
+
+		private DiffOptions(boolean diffDoesntRequireSource) {
+				this.diffDoesntRequireSource = diffDoesntRequireSource;
+		}
+
+		public boolean isDiffDoesntRequireSource() {
+				return diffDoesntRequireSource;
+		}
+
+		public static class Builder {
+				private boolean diffDoesntRequireSource = DIFF_DOESNT_REQUIRE_SOURCE;
+
+				public Builder diffDoesntRequireSource() {
+						diffDoesntRequireSource = true;
+						return this;
+				}
+
+				public Builder diffRequireSource() {
+						diffDoesntRequireSource = false;
+						return this;
+				}
+
+				public DiffOptions build(){
+						return new DiffOptions(diffDoesntRequireSource);
+				}
+
+		}
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/fge/jsonpatch/diff/DiffProcessor.java b/src/main/java/com/github/fge/jsonpatch/diff/DiffProcessor.java
@@ -36,10 +36,18 @@ final class DiffProcessor
 
     private final Map<JsonPointer, JsonNode> unchanged;
 
+    private final DiffOptions options;
+    public static final boolean DIFF_DOESNT_REQUIRE_SOURCE = false;
+
     private final List<DiffOperation> diffs = new ArrayList<DiffOperation>();
 
-    DiffProcessor(final Map<JsonPointer, JsonNode> unchanged)
+    DiffProcessor(final Map<JsonPointer, JsonNode> unchanged) {
+        this(unchanged, DiffOptions.DEFAULT_OPTIONS);
+    }
+
+    DiffProcessor(final Map<JsonPointer, JsonNode> unchanged, final DiffOptions options)
     {
+        this.options = options;
         this.unchanged = Collections.unmodifiableMap(new HashMap<JsonPointer, JsonNode>(unchanged));
     }
 
@@ -56,6 +64,10 @@ void valueRemoved(final JsonPointer pointer, final JsonNode value)
 
     void valueAdded(final JsonPointer pointer, final JsonNode value)
     {
+        if (options.isDiffDoesntRequireSource()) {
+            diffs.add(DiffOperation.add(pointer, value));
+            return;
+        }
         final int removalIndex = findPreviouslyRemoved(value);
         if (removalIndex != -1) {
             final DiffOperation removed = diffs.get(removalIndex);

diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/fge/jsonpatch/diff/JsonDiff.java b/src/main/java/com/github/fge/jsonpatch/diff/JsonDiff.java
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.*;
 
+import static com.github.fge.jsonpatch.diff.DiffProcessor.DIFF_DOESNT_REQUIRE_SOURCE;
+
 /**
  * JSON "diff" implementation
  *
@@ -81,14 +83,25 @@ private JsonDiff()
      *
      * @since 1.9
      */
+
+//    public static JsonPatch asJsonPatch(final JsonNode source,
+//                                        final JsonNode target, false)
+//    {
+//        return
+//    }
     public static JsonPatch asJsonPatch(final JsonNode source,
-        final JsonNode target)
+                                        final JsonNode target)
+    {
+        return asJsonPatch(source, target, DiffOptions.DEFAULT_OPTIONS);
+    }
+    public static JsonPatch asJsonPatch(final JsonNode source,
+        final JsonNode target, final DiffOptions options)
     {
         BUNDLE.checkNotNull(source, "common.nullArgument");
         BUNDLE.checkNotNull(target, "common.nullArgument");
         final Map<JsonPointer, JsonNode> unchanged
             = getUnchangedValues(source, target);
-        final DiffProcessor processor = new DiffProcessor(unchanged);
+        final DiffProcessor processor = new DiffProcessor(unchanged, options);
 
         generateDiffs(processor, JsonPointer.empty(), source, target);
         return processor.getPatch();
@@ -103,10 +116,16 @@ public static JsonPatch asJsonPatch(final JsonNode source,
      * @return the patch as a {@link JsonNode}
      */
     public static JsonNode asJson(final JsonNode source, final JsonNode target)
+    {
+        return asJson(source, target, DiffOptions.DEFAULT_OPTIONS);
+    }
+
+
+    public static JsonNode asJson(final JsonNode source, final JsonNode target, final DiffOptions options)
     {
         final String s;
         try {
-            s = MAPPER.writeValueAsString(asJsonPatch(source, target));
+            s = MAPPER.writeValueAsString(asJsonPatch(source, target, options));
             return MAPPER.readTree(s);
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw new RuntimeException("cannot generate JSON diff", e);

diff --git a/src/test/java/com/github/fge/jsonpatch/diff/JsonDiffTest.java b/src/test/java/com/github/fge/jsonpatch/diff/JsonDiffTest.java
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 
-import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static com.github.fge.jsonpatch.diff.DiffProcessor.DIFF_DOESNT_REQUIRE_SOURCE;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.*;
 
 public final class JsonDiffTest
 {
@@ -53,17 +54,20 @@ public Iterator<Object[]> getPatchesOnly()
         final List<Object[]> list = Lists.newArrayList();
 
         for (final JsonNode node: testData)
-            list.add(new Object[] { node.get("first"), node.get("second") });
+            list.add(new Object[] {
+                node.get("first"), node.get("second"),
+                node.has("options") ? getLiteralOptions(node.get("options")) : DiffOptions.DEFAULT_OPTIONS
+            });
 
         return list.iterator();
     }
 
     @Test(dataProvider = "getPatchesOnly")
     public void generatedPatchAppliesCleanly(final JsonNode first,
-        final JsonNode second)
+        final JsonNode second, final DiffOptions options)
         throws JsonPatchException
     {
-        final JsonPatch patch = JsonDiff.asJsonPatch(first, second);
+        final JsonPatch patch = JsonDiff.asJsonPatch(first, second, options);
         final JsonNode actual = patch.apply(first);
 
         assertThat(EQUIVALENCE.equivalent(second, actual)).overridingErrorMessage(
@@ -82,21 +86,34 @@ public Iterator<Object[]> getLiteralPatches()
                 continue;
             list.add(new Object[] {
                 node.get("message").textValue(), node.get("first"),
-                node.get("second"), node.get("patch")
+                node.get("second"), node.get("patch"),
+                node.has("options") ? getLiteralOptions(node.get("options")) : DiffOptions.DEFAULT_OPTIONS
             });
         }
 
         return list.iterator();
     }
 
+    public DiffOptions getLiteralOptions(JsonNode jsonNode) {
+        DiffOptions.Builder builder = new DiffOptions.Builder();
+        if (jsonNode.has("diffDoesntRequireSource")) {
+            if (jsonNode.get("diffDoesntRequireSource").booleanValue()){
+                builder.diffDoesntRequireSource();
+            } else {
+                builder.diffRequireSource();
+            }
+        }
+        return builder.build();
+    }
+
     @Test(
         dataProvider = "getLiteralPatches",
         dependsOnMethods = "generatedPatchAppliesCleanly"
     )
     public void generatedPatchesAreWhatIsExpected(final String message,
-        final JsonNode first, final JsonNode second, final JsonNode expected)
+        final JsonNode first, final JsonNode second, final JsonNode expected, final DiffOptions options)
     {
-        final JsonNode actual = JsonDiff.asJson(first, second);
+        final JsonNode actual = JsonDiff.asJson(first, second, options);
 
         assertThat(EQUIVALENCE.equivalent(expected, actual)).overridingErrorMessage(
             "patch is not what was expected\nscenario: %s\n"

diff --git a/src/test/resources/jsonpatch/diff/diff.json b/src/test/resources/jsonpatch/diff/diff.json
@@ -134,5 +134,44 @@
         "patch": [
             { "op": "move", "path": "/c", "from": "/a" }
         ]
+    },{
+        "message": "when diffDoesntRequireSource similar element is added",
+        "first": {
+            "a": "c"
+        },
+        "second": {
+            "a": "c",
+            "d": "c"
+        },
+        "patch": [
+            { "op": "add", "path": "/d", "value": "c" }
+        ],
+        "options": {
+            "diffDoesntRequireSource": true
+        }
+    },
+    {
+        "message": "when diffDoesntRequireSource similar element is removed then added",
+        "first": { "a": "b" },
+        "second": { "c": "b" },
+        "patch": [
+            { "op": "remove", "path": "/a" },
+            { "op": "add", "path": "/c", "value": "b" }
+        ],
+        "options": {
+            "diffDoesntRequireSource": true
+        }
+
+    },
+    {
+        "message": "with default options, similar element removed then added is moved instead",
+        "first": { "a": "b" },
+        "second": { "c": "b" },
+        "patch": [
+            { "op": "move", "path": "/c", "from": "/a" }
+        ],
+        "options": {
+        }
+
     }
 ]