NewSymbol (sonar-plugin-api 8.9)

```
public interface NewSymbol
```
This builder is used to define symbol references on files.

Since:

5.6

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Deprecated Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`NewSymbol`	`newReference(int startOffset, int endOffset)`	Deprecated. since 6.1 Only supported to ease migration from old API.
`NewSymbol`	`newReference(int startLine, int startLineOffset, int endLine, int endLineOffset)`	Shortcut to avoid calling `InputFile.newRange(int, int, int, int)`
`NewSymbol`	`newReference(TextRange range)`	Register a new symbol.

- Method Detail
  - newReference
```
@Deprecated
NewSymbol newReference(int startOffset,
                       int endOffset)
```
    Deprecated.
    since 6.1 Only supported to ease migration from old API. Please prefer other newReference() methods.
    
    Register a new symbol reference.
    
    Parameters:
    
    startOffset - Starting position in file for the declaration of this symbol. Beginning of a file starts with offset '0'.
    
    endOffset - End position in file for this symbol declaration.
  - newReference
```
NewSymbol newReference(TextRange range)
```
    Register a new symbol.
    
    Parameters:
    
    range - Range of text for the symbol declaration. See for example InputFile.newRange(int, int, int, int).
  - newReference
```
NewSymbol newReference(int startLine,
                       int startLineOffset,
                       int endLine,
                       int endLineOffset)
```
    Shortcut to avoid calling InputFile.newRange(int, int, int, int)