File: BraceMatching\IBraceMatcher.cs
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using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
namespace Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.BraceMatching
{
    internal interface IBraceMatcher
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Given a <paramref name="document"/> and a <paramref name="position"/> within that document, gets the <see
        /// cref="BraceMatchingResult"/> if the position is at the start or end character of a matching pair of braces.
        /// Importantly, the <paramref name="position"/> is the position of the actual character to examine.  For
        /// example, given: <c>Goo()$$[1, 2, 3]</c> (where <c>$$</c> is the position), this would only be considering
        /// the <c>[</c> brace, not the <c>)</c> brace that precedes it.  Similarly, for <c>Goo()[1, 2, 3$$]</c> this
        /// would be considering the <c>]</c> brace.  If <c>Goo()[1, 2, 3]$$</c> were passed, no braces should be
        /// reported, despite the position being at the end of a brace.
        /// <para>
        /// It is the job of the calling feature ("Brace Matching") to actually make multiple calls into these matchers
        /// to then determine what to do.  For example with <c>Goo(true)$$[1, 2, 3]</c> (where $$ is now the caret
        /// position of the user), the feature will make two calls in, one for <c>Goo(true$$)[1, 2, 3]</c> and one for
        /// <c>Goo(true)$$[1, 2, 3]</c>.  This will allow it to see that the caret is between two complete brace pairs,
        /// and it can highlight both.  The <see cref="IBraceMatcher"/> does not have to consider this, or try to pick
        /// which set of braces to return.
        /// </para>
        /// </summary>
        Task<BraceMatchingResult?> FindBracesAsync(Document document, int position, BraceMatchingOptions options, CancellationToken cancellationToken);
    }
}