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package com.intellij.psi;

import com.intellij.util.ArrayFactory;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;

/**
 * Represents a reference found in Java code (either an identifier or a sequence of identifiers
 * separated by periods, optionally with generic type arguments).
 */
public interface PsiJavaCodeReferenceElement extends PsiJavaReference, PsiQualifiedReferenceElement {
  /**
   * The empty array of PSI Java code references which can be reused to avoid unnecessary allocations.
   */
  PsiJavaCodeReferenceElement[] EMPTY_ARRAY = new PsiJavaCodeReferenceElement[0];

  ArrayFactory<PsiJavaCodeReferenceElement> ARRAY_FACTORY = new ArrayFactory<PsiJavaCodeReferenceElement>() {
    @NotNull
    @Override
    public PsiJavaCodeReferenceElement[] create(int count) {
      return count == 0 ? EMPTY_ARRAY : new PsiJavaCodeReferenceElement[count];
    }
  };

  /**
   * Returns the element representing the name of the referenced element.
   *
   * @return the element, or null if the reference element is not physical (for example,
   *         exists in compiled code).
   */
  @Nullable
  PsiElement getReferenceNameElement();

  /**
   * Returns the list of type arguments specified on the reference.
   *
   * @return the type argument list, or null if the reference does not have any type arguments.
   */
  @Nullable
  PsiReferenceParameterList getParameterList();

  /**
   * Returns the array of types for the type arguments specified on the reference.
   *
   * @return the array of types, or an empty array if the reference does not have any type arguments.
   */
  @NotNull
  PsiType[] getTypeParameters();

  /**
   * Checks if the reference is qualified (consists of elements separated with periods).
   *
   * @return true if the reference is qualified, false otherwise.
   */
  boolean isQualified();

  /**
   * Returns the text of the reference including its qualifier.
   *
   * @return the qualified text of the reference.
   */
  String getQualifiedName();
}