Package com.intellij.psi

Class LanguageSubstitutor

java.lang.Object

com.intellij.psi.LanguageSubstitutor

Direct Known Subclasses:

RestLanguageSubstitutor, ScratchFileServiceImpl.Substitutor

public abstract class LanguageSubstitutor
extends java.lang.Object

Allows to change the language used to parse given file in the context of a specific project.

When determining the file's final language, the IDE takes the language associated with its file type, queries all LanguageSubstitutors registered for that language, and returns the result of the first one that returned a non-null value.

See Also:

LanguageSubstitutors

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
LanguageSubstitutor()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract Language	getLanguage(VirtualFile file, Project project)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

LanguageSubstitutor

public LanguageSubstitutor()

Method Detail

getLanguage

public abstract Language getLanguage(VirtualFile file,
                                     Project project)

Returns:

the language that should be used instead of the default one for the given file in the given project, or null if this substitutor isn't applicable to this file.