java/java-psi-api/src/com/intellij/psi/PsiInferenceHelper.java

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package com.intellij.psi;

import com.intellij.pom.java.LanguageLevel;
import com.intellij.psi.impl.source.resolve.ParameterTypeInferencePolicy;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;

/**
 * User: anna
 */
public interface PsiInferenceHelper {
  /**
   * @return {@link PsiType#NULL} iff no type could be inferred
   *         null         iff the type inferred is raw
   *         inferred type otherwise
   */
  PsiType inferTypeForMethodTypeParameter(@NotNull PsiTypeParameter typeParameter,
                                          @NotNull PsiParameter[] parameters,
                                          @NotNull PsiExpression[] arguments,
                                          @NotNull PsiSubstitutor partialSubstitutor,
                                          @Nullable PsiElement parent,
                                          @NotNull ParameterTypeInferencePolicy policy);

  @NotNull
  PsiSubstitutor inferTypeArguments(@NotNull PsiTypeParameter[] typeParameters,
                                    @NotNull PsiParameter[] parameters,
                                    @NotNull PsiExpression[] arguments,
                                    @NotNull PsiSubstitutor partialSubstitutor,
                                    @NotNull PsiElement parent,
                                    @NotNull ParameterTypeInferencePolicy policy,
                                    @NotNull LanguageLevel languageLevel);

  @NotNull
  PsiSubstitutor inferTypeArguments(@NotNull PsiTypeParameter[] typeParameters,
                                    @NotNull PsiType[] leftTypes,
                                    @NotNull PsiType[] rightTypes,
                                    @NotNull LanguageLevel languageLevel);

  PsiType getSubstitutionForTypeParameter(PsiTypeParameter typeParam,
                                          PsiType param,
                                          PsiType arg,
                                          boolean isContraVariantPosition,
                                          LanguageLevel languageLevel);
}