Composite folding builder
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16 package com.intellij.lang.folding;
18 import com.intellij.lang.ASTNode;
19 import com.intellij.lang.Language;
20 import com.intellij.openapi.editor.Document;
21 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
23 /**
24 * Allows a custom language plugin to define rules for folding code in the language handled
25 * by the plugin.
27 * @author max
28 * @see LanguageFolding#forLanguage(Language)
31 public interface FoldingBuilder {
32 /**
33 * Builds the folding regions for the specified node in the AST tree and its children.
35 * @param node the node for which folding is requested.
36 * @param document the document for which folding is built. Can be used to retrieve line
37 * numbers for folding regions.
38 * @return the array of folding descriptors.
40 FoldingDescriptor[] buildFoldRegions(ASTNode node, Document document);
42 /**
43 * Returns the text which is displayed in the editor for the folding region related to the
44 * specified node when the folding region is collapsed.
46 * @param node the node for which the placeholder text is requested.
47 * @return the placeholder text.
49 @Nullable
50 String getPlaceholderText(ASTNode node);
52 /**
53 * Returns the default collapsed state for the folding region related to the specified node.
55 * @param node the node for which the collapsed state is requested.
56 * @return true if the region is collapsed by default, false otherwise.
58 boolean isCollapsedByDefault(ASTNode node);