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package com.intellij.util.xml;

import com.intellij.psi.PsiElement;
import com.intellij.psi.PsiReference;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;

/**
 * Can be implemented by {@link Converter} instance, or used with
 * {@link Referencing} annotation.
 */
public interface CustomReferenceConverter<T> {

  /**
   * Will be called on creating {@link PsiReference}s for {@link GenericDomValue}
   * Returned {@link PsiReference}s should be soft ({@link PsiReference#isSoft()} should return {@code true}).
   * To highlight unresolved references, create a {@link com.intellij.util.xml.highlighting.DomElementsInspection} and register it.
   *
   * @param value GenericDomValue in question
   * @param element corresponding PSI element
   * @param context {@link ConvertContext}
   * @return custom {@link PsiReference}s for the value
   */
  PsiReference @NotNull [] createReferences(GenericDomValue<T> value, PsiElement element, ConvertContext context);
}
