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package com.intellij.refactoring.listeners;

import com.intellij.openapi.extensions.ExtensionPointName;
import com.intellij.psi.PsiElement;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;

/**
 * Refactorings invoke {@link #getListener(com.intellij.psi.PsiElement)} of registered
 * {@linkplain RefactoringElementListenerProvider} before particular element is subjected to refactoring.
 * @author dsl
 */
public interface RefactoringElementListenerProvider {
  ExtensionPointName<RefactoringElementListenerProvider> EP_NAME = ExtensionPointName.create("com.intellij.refactoring.elementListenerProvider");

  /**
   *
   * Should return a listener for particular element. Invoked in read action.
   */
  @Nullable RefactoringElementListener getListener(PsiElement element);
}