ghidra-master/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/ListingHighlightProvider.java
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package ghidra.app.util;

import docking.widgets.fieldpanel.support.Highlight;
import ghidra.app.util.viewer.field.ListingField;
import ghidra.program.model.listing.CodeUnit;

/**
 * Provider of Highlight objects appropriate {@link ListingField}s.
 */
public interface ListingHighlightProvider {

	public static final Highlight[] NO_HIGHLIGHTS = new Highlight[0];

	/**
	 * Get the highlights appropriate for the given text
	 * 
	 * @param text the entire text contained in the field, regardless of layout.
	 * @param field the field being rendered.  From this field you can get the field factory and 
	 *        the proxy object, which is usually a {@link CodeUnit}.
	 * @param cursorTextOffset the cursor position within the given text or -1 if no cursor in this 
	 *        field.
	 * @return an array of highlight objects that indicate the location within the text string to
	 *         be highlighted.
	 */
	public Highlight[] createHighlights(String text, ListingField field, int cursorTextOffset);
}
