SmartRefElementPointer.java

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package com.intellij.codeInspection.reference;

import org.jdom.Element;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.NonNls;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;

public interface SmartRefElementPointer {

  @NonNls String FILE = "file";
  @NonNls String MODULE = "module";
  @NonNls String PROJECT = "project";
  @NonNls String DIR = "dir";

  boolean isPersistent();

  String getFQName();

  RefEntity getRefElement();

  void writeExternal(Element parentNode);

  boolean resolve(@NotNull RefManager manager);

  void freeReference();
}