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/*
 * @author max
 */
package com.intellij.lang;

import com.intellij.psi.tree.IElementType;
import com.intellij.util.ArrayFactory;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;

public interface LighterASTNode {
  public static final LighterASTNode[] EMPTY_ARRAY = new LighterASTNode[0];

  public static ArrayFactory<LighterASTNode> ARRAY_FACTORY = new ArrayFactory<LighterASTNode>() {
    @NotNull
    @Override
    public LighterASTNode[] create(int count) {
      return count == 0 ? EMPTY_ARRAY : new LighterASTNode[count];
    }
  };

  IElementType getTokenType();

  int getStartOffset();

  int getEndOffset();
}