python/psi-api/src/com/jetbrains/python/psi/types/PyType.java

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package com.jetbrains.python.psi.types;

import com.intellij.openapi.util.Key;
import com.intellij.psi.PsiElement;
import com.intellij.util.ProcessingContext;
import com.jetbrains.python.psi.AccessDirection;
import com.jetbrains.python.psi.PyExpression;
import com.jetbrains.python.psi.resolve.PyResolveContext;
import com.jetbrains.python.psi.resolve.RatedResolveResult;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;

/**
 * Represents a type of an expression.
 *
 * @author yole
 */
public interface PyType {

  /**
   * Resolves an attribute of type.
   *
   * @param name      attribute name
   * @param location  the expression of type qualifierType on which the member is being resolved (optional)
   * @param direction
   * @param resolveContext
   * @return null if name definitely cannot be found (e.g. in a qualified reference),
   *         or an empty list if name is not found but other contexts are worth looking at,
   *         or a list of elements that define the name, a la multiResolve().
   */
  @Nullable
  List<? extends RatedResolveResult> resolveMember(@NotNull final String name, @Nullable PyExpression location,
                                                   @NotNull AccessDirection direction, @NotNull PyResolveContext resolveContext);

  /**
   * Proposes completion variants from type's attributes.
   *
   *
   * @param location   the reference on which the completion was invoked
   * @param context    to share state between nested invocations
   * @return completion variants good for {@link com.intellij.psi.PsiReference#getVariants} return value.
   */
  Object[] getCompletionVariants(String completionPrefix, PsiElement location, ProcessingContext context);

  /**
   * Context key for access to a set of names already found by variant search.
   */
  Key<Set<String>> CTX_NAMES = new Key<Set<String>>("Completion variants names");

  /**
   * @return name of the type
   */
  @Nullable
  String getName();

  /**
   * @return true if the type is a known built-in type.
   */
  boolean isBuiltin();

  void assertValid(String message);
}