platform/projectModel-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/project/ProjectLocator.java

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/*
 * @author max
 */
package com.intellij.openapi.project;

import com.intellij.openapi.components.ServiceManager;
import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;

import java.util.Collection;

public abstract class ProjectLocator {

  public static ProjectLocator getInstance() {
    return ServiceManager.getService(ProjectLocator.class);
  }

  /**
   * Returns an open project which contains the given file.
   * This is a guess-method, so if several projects contain the file, only one will be returned.
   * Also a project may be returned though it doesn't contain the file for sure (see implementations).
   * @param file file to be located in projects.
   * @return project which probably contains the file, or null if couldn't guess (for example, there are no open projects).
   */
  @Nullable
  public abstract Project guessProjectForFile(VirtualFile file);

  /**
  * Gets all open projects containing the given file.
  * If none does, an empty list is returned.
  * @param file file to be located in projects.
  * @return list of open projects containing this file.
  */
  @NotNull
  public abstract Collection<Project> getProjectsForFile(VirtualFile file);
}