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package org.sonar.api.batch.fs;

/**
 * Represents a text range in an {@link InputFile}. 
 * 
 * A range is delimited by two {@link TextPointer}. 
 * 
 * TextRange(TextPointer(1, 0), TextPointer(1, 1)) represents the first character at line 1
 * TextRange(TextPointer(1, 0), TextPointer(1, 10)) represents the 10 first characters at line 1
 * 
 * @see InputFile#newRange(int, int, int, int)
 *
 * @since 5.2
 */
public interface TextRange {

  /**
   * Start position of the range
   */
  TextPointer start();

  /**
   * End position of the range
   */
  TextPointer end();

  /**
   * Test if the current range has some common area with another range.
   * Example: say the two ranges are on same line. Range with offsets [1,3] overlaps range with offsets [2,4] but not
   * range with offset [3,5]
   */
  boolean overlap(TextRange another);

}