sonarqube/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/batch/sensor/symbol/NewSymbolTable.java

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package org.sonar.api.batch.sensor.symbol;

import org.sonar.api.batch.fs.InputFile;
import org.sonar.api.batch.fs.TextRange;

/**
 * This builder is used to define symbol references on files.
 * 
 * Example:
 * 
 * <pre>
 *   NewSymbolTable symbolTable = sensorContext.newSymbolTable().onFile(inputFile);
 *   symbolTable.newSymbol(1, 10, 1, 15)
 *     .newReference(10, 12, 10, 17)
 *     .newReference(11, 11, 11, 16);
 *     
 *   // Add more symbols if needed
 *     
 *   symbolTable.save();
 *     
 * </pre>
 * 
 * @since 5.6
 */
public interface NewSymbolTable {

  /**
   * The file the symbol table belongs to.
   */
  NewSymbolTable onFile(InputFile inputFile);

  /**
   * Register a new symbol declaration.
   * @param range Range of text for the symbol declaration. See for example {@link InputFile#newRange(int, int, int, int)}.
   */
  NewSymbol newSymbol(TextRange range);

  /**
   * Shortcut to avoid calling {@link InputFile#newRange(int, int, int, int)}
   */
  NewSymbol newSymbol(int startLine, int startLineOffset, int endLine, int endLineOffset);

  /**
   * Call this method only once when your are done with defining all symbols of the file. It is not permitted to save a symbol table twice for the same file.
   * @throws IllegalStateException if you have defined overlapping symbols
   */
  void save();
}