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 * Contributors:
 *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
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package org.eclipse.wst.sse.ui;

import org.eclipse.jface.text.Position;
import org.eclipse.wst.sse.core.internal.provisional.IndexedRegion;
import org.eclipse.wst.sse.core.internal.provisional.text.IStructuredDocumentRegion;

/**
 * Extends {@link org.eclipse.wst.sse.ui.ISemanticHighlighting} allowing clients to
 * define consumability with respect to indexed regions containing the structured
 * document region.
 * 
 */
public interface ISemanticHighlightingExtension {

	/**
	 * Returns an array of positions iff the semantic highlighting consumes any part of the structured document region
	 *
	 * <p>
	 * NOTE: Implementors are not allowed to keep a reference on the either regions or on any object
	 * retrieved from the regions.
	 * </p>
	 *
	 * @param documentRegion the structured document region
	 * @param indexedRegion the indexed region that contains the <code>documentRegion</code>
	 * @return an array of positions to consume iff the semantic highlighting consumes any part of the structured document region, otherwise null
	 */
	public Position[] consumes(IStructuredDocumentRegion documentRegion, IndexedRegion indexedRegion);
}