ELResolver.java

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 * Copyright (c) 2009 Red Hat, Inc. 
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 ******************************************************************************/ 
package org.jboss.tools.common.el.core.resolver;

import java.util.List;

import org.eclipse.jdt.core.IJavaElement;
import org.jboss.tools.common.el.core.model.ELExpression;
import org.jboss.tools.common.el.core.parser.ELParserFactory;
import org.jboss.tools.common.text.TextProposal;

/**
 * Represents EL Resolver.
 * @author Alexey Kazakov
 */
public interface ELResolver {

	/**
	 * @param context
	 * @param el
	 * @return proposal list
	 */
	List<TextProposal> getProposals(ELContext context, String el, int offset);

	/**
	 * @param context
	 * @return proposal list
	 */
	List<TextProposal> getProposals(ELContext context, int offset);

	/**
	 * Resolves EL operand. May return null.
	 * @param context
	 * @param operand
	 * @return
	 */
	ELResolution resolve(ELContext context, ELExpression operand, int offset);

	/**
	 * @return EL parser factory
	 */
	ELParserFactory getParserFactory();

	/**
	 * Creates object that will do fast check if resolution obtained from resolve method 
	 * may include segments with this element
	 *  
	 * @param element
	 * @return
	 */
	IRelevanceCheck createRelevanceCheck(IJavaElement element);
}