platform/analysis-api/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/CommonProblemDescriptor.java

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package com.intellij.codeInspection;

import com.intellij.util.ArrayFactory;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;

/**
 * Base class for problems returned by local and global inspection tools.
 *
 * @author anna
 * @since 6.0
 * @see InspectionManager#createProblemDescriptor(String, QuickFix[])
 */
public interface CommonProblemDescriptor {
  CommonProblemDescriptor[] EMPTY_ARRAY = new CommonProblemDescriptor[0];
  ArrayFactory<CommonProblemDescriptor> ARRAY_FACTORY = new ArrayFactory<CommonProblemDescriptor>() {
    @NotNull
    @Override
    public CommonProblemDescriptor[] create(final int count) {
      return count == 0 ? EMPTY_ARRAY : new CommonProblemDescriptor[count];
    }
  };

  /**
   * Returns the template from which the problem description is built. The template may
   * contain special markers: <code>#ref</code> is replaced with the text of the element
   * in which the problem has been found, and <code>#loc</code> is replaced with the filename
   * and line number in exported inspection results and ignored when viewing within IDEA.
   *
   * @return the template for the problem description.
   */
  @NotNull
  String getDescriptionTemplate();

  /**
   * Returns the quickfixes for the problem.
   *
   * @return the list of quickfixes registered for the problem.
   */
  @Nullable
  QuickFix[] getFixes();
}