platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/fileEditor/AsyncFileEditorProvider.java

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package com.intellij.openapi.fileEditor;

import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;

public interface AsyncFileEditorProvider extends FileEditorProvider {
  /**
   * This method is intended to be called from background thread. It should perform all time-consuming tasks required to build an editor,
   * and return a builder instance that will be called in EDT to create UI for the editor.
   */
  @NotNull
  Builder createEditorAsync(@NotNull Project project, @NotNull VirtualFile file);

  abstract class Builder {
    public abstract FileEditor build();
  }
}