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/*
* 10/08/2011
*
* FoldParser.java - Locates folds in an RSyntaxTextArea instance.
*
* This library is distributed under a modified BSD license. See the included
* RSyntaxTextArea.License.txt file for details.
*/
package org.fife.ui.rsyntaxtextarea.folding;
import java.util.List;
import org.fife.ui.rsyntaxtextarea.RSyntaxTextArea;
/**
* Locates folds in a document. If you are implementing a language that has
* sections of source code that can be logically "folded," you can create an
* instance of this interface that locates those regions and represents them
* as {@link Fold}s. RSyntaxTextArea
knows how to take it from
* there and implement code folding in the editor.
*
* @author Robert Futrell
* @version 1.0
* @see CurlyFoldParser
* @see XmlFoldParser
*/
public interface FoldParser {
/**
* Returns a list of all folds in the text area.
*
* @param textArea The text area whose contents should be analyzed.
* @return The list of folds. If this method returns null
,
* it is treated as if no folds were found.
*/
public List getFolds(RSyntaxTextArea textArea);
}