TextRange (sonar-plugin-api 8.9)

```
public interface TextRange
```
Represents a text range in an InputFile. A range is delimited by two TextPointer.
- TextRange(TextPointer(1, 0), TextPointer(1, 1)) represents the first character at line 1
- TextRange(TextPointer(1, 0), TextPointer(1, 10)) represents the 10 first characters at line 1
Since:

5.2

See Also:

InputFile.newRange(int, int, int, int)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`TextPointer`	`end()`	End position of the range
`boolean`	`overlap(TextRange another)`	Test if the current range has some common area with another range.
`TextPointer`	`start()`	Start position of the range

- Method Detail
  - start
```
TextPointer start()
```
    Start position of the range
  - end
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TextPointer end()
```
    End position of the range
  - overlap
```
boolean overlap(TextRange another)
```
    Test if the current range has some common area with another range. Exemple: say the two ranges are on same line. Range with offsets [1,3] overlaps range with offsets [2,4] but not range with offset [3,5]