| /* |
| * Copyright 2000-2014 JetBrains s.r.o. |
| * |
| * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); |
| * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. |
| * You may obtain a copy of the License at |
| * |
| * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| * |
| * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
| * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, |
| * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
| * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and |
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| */ |
| package com.intellij.util.text; |
| |
| import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull; |
| |
| /** |
| * A char sequence that supports fast copying of its full or partial contents to a char array. May be useful for performance optimizations |
| * @see com.intellij.util.text.CharSequenceBackedByArray |
| * @see com.intellij.util.text.CharArrayUtil#getChars(CharSequence, char[], int) |
| */ |
| public interface CharArrayExternalizable extends CharSequence { |
| |
| /** |
| * Copies own character sub-sequence to the given array |
| * @param start the index where to start taking chars from in this sequence |
| * @param end the index where to end taking chars in this sequence |
| * @param dest the array to put characters into |
| * @param destPos the index where to put the characters in the dest array |
| */ |
| void getChars(int start, int end, @NotNull char[] dest, int destPos); |
| } |