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package com.intellij.psi;

import com.intellij.patterns.ElementPattern;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;

/**
 * Allows to register reference providers for specific locations. The locations are described by
 * {@link com.intellij.patterns.ElementPattern}s. If a pattern matches some PSI element, then the corresponding
 * {@link com.intellij.psi.PsiReferenceProvider#getReferencesByElement(PsiElement, com.intellij.util.ProcessingContext)} is executed, from
 * which one can return the references whose {@link PsiReference#getElement()} is the same as the first parameter of
 * {@link com.intellij.psi.PsiReferenceProvider#getReferencesByElement(PsiElement, com.intellij.util.ProcessingContext)}.
 *
 * @author peter
 */
public abstract class PsiReferenceRegistrar {
  public static final double DEFAULT_PRIORITY = 0.0;
  public static final double HIGHER_PRIORITY = 100.0;
  public static final double LOWER_PRIORITY = -100.0;

  /**
   * Register reference provider with default priority ({@link #DEFAULT_PRIORITY})
   * @param pattern reference place description. See {@link com.intellij.patterns.StandardPatterns}, {@link com.intellij.patterns.PlatformPatterns} and their extenders
   * @param provider provider to be registered
   */
  public void registerReferenceProvider(@NotNull ElementPattern pattern, @NotNull PsiReferenceProvider provider) {
    registerReferenceProvider(pattern, provider, DEFAULT_PRIORITY);
  }


  /**
   * Register reference provider
   * @param pattern reference place description. See {@link com.intellij.patterns.StandardPatterns}, {@link com.intellij.patterns.PlatformPatterns} and their extenders
   * @param provider provider to be registered
   * @param priority @see DEFAULT_PRIORITY, HIGHER_PRIORITY, LOWER_PRIORITY
   */
  public abstract  void registerReferenceProvider(@NotNull ElementPattern pattern, @NotNull PsiReferenceProvider provider, double priority);
}