platform/lang-api/src/com/intellij/lang/refactoring/NamesValidator.java

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package com.intellij.lang.refactoring;

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

/**
 * Instances of NamesValidator are obtained from {@link com.intellij.lang.Language} instance.
 * An instance encapsulates knowledge of identifier rules and keyword set of the language.
 *
 * @since 5.0.1
 */
public interface NamesValidator {
  /**
   * Checks if the specified string is a keyword in the custom language.
   * @param name    the string to check.
   * @param project the project in the context of which the check is done.
   * @return true if the string is a keyword, false otherwise.
   */
  boolean isKeyword(@NotNull String name, Project project);

  /**
   * Checks if the specified string is a valid identifier in the custom language.
   * @param name    the string to check.
   * @param project the project in the context of which the check is done.
   * @return true if the string is a valid identifier, false otherwise.
   */
  boolean isIdentifier(@NotNull String name, Project project);
}