PsiCodeBlock.java

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package com.intellij.psi;

import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;

/**
 * Represents a Java code block, usually surrounded by curly braces.
 */
public interface PsiCodeBlock extends PsiElement, PsiModifiableCodeBlock {
  /**
   * The empty array of PSI code blocks which can be reused to avoid unnecessary allocations.
   */
  PsiCodeBlock[] EMPTY_ARRAY = new PsiCodeBlock[0];

  /**
   * Returns the array of statements contained in the block.<br/>
   * Please note that this method doesn't return comments which are not part of statements.
   *
   * @return the array of statements.
   */
  @NotNull
  PsiStatement[] getStatements();

  /**
   * Returns the first PSI element contained in the block.
   *
   * @return the first PSI element, or null if the block is empty.
   */
  @Nullable
  PsiElement getFirstBodyElement();

  /**
   * Returns the last PSI element contained in the block.
   *
   * @return the last PSI element, or null if the block is empty.
   */
  @Nullable
  PsiElement getLastBodyElement();

  /**
   * Returns the opening curly brace of the block.
   *
   * @return the opening curly brace, or null if the block does not have one.
   */
  @Nullable
  PsiJavaToken getLBrace();

  /**
   * Returns the closing curly brace of the block.
   *
   * @return the closing curly brace, or null if the block does not have one.
   */
  @Nullable
  PsiJavaToken getRBrace();
}