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package com.intellij.util.text;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
/**
* A char sequence that supports fast copying of its full or partial contents to a char array. May be useful for performance optimizations
* @see CharSequenceBackedByArray
* @see CharArrayUtil#getChars(CharSequence, char[], int)
*/
public interface CharArrayExternalizable extends CharSequence {
/**
* Copies own character sub-sequence to the given array
* @param start the index where to start taking chars from in this sequence
* @param end the index where to end taking chars in this sequence
* @param dest the array to put characters into
* @param destPos the index where to put the characters in the dest array
*/
void getChars(int start, int end, @NotNull char[] dest, int destPos);
}