<!--

        <change id="ErrorDescriptionFactory.forSpan">

            <api name="JavaHintsSPI"/>

            <summary>Introducing ErrorDescriptionFactory.forSpan.</summary>

            <version major="1" minor="9"/>

            <date day="19" month="12" year="2012"/>

            <author login="jlahoda"/>

            <compatibility addition="yes"/>

            <description>

                <p>

                    Added ErrorDescriptionFactory.forSpan to create the correct

                    Java-enhanced ErrorDescription from a span.

                </p>    

            </description>

            <class package="org.netbeans.spi.java.hints" name="ErrorDescriptionFactory"/>

            <issue number="223723"/>

        </change>

javadoc.apichanges=${basedir}/apichanges.xml

    /**Create a new {@link ErrorDescription}. Severity is automatically inferred from the {@link HintContext},

     * and the {@link ErrorDescription} is created to be consistent with {@link ErrorDescription}s created

     * by the other factory methods in this class.

     * 

     * @param context from which the {@link Severity} and other properties are inferred.

     * @param start start of the warning

     * @param end end of the warning

     * @param text the warning text

     * @param fixes one or more {@link Fix}es to show shown to the user.

     * @return a standard {@link ErrorDescription} for use in Java source

     * @since 1.9

     */

    public static ErrorDescription forSpan(HintContext context, int start, int end, String text, Fix... fixes) {

        if (context.getHintMetadata().kind != Hint.Kind.INSPECTION) {

            start = end = context.getCaretLocation();

        }

        if (start != (-1) && end != (-1)) {

            LazyFixList fixesForED = org.netbeans.spi.editor.hints.ErrorDescriptionFactory.lazyListForFixes(resolveDefaultFixes(context, fixes));

            return org.netbeans.spi.editor.hints.ErrorDescriptionFactory.createErrorDescription("text/x-java:" + context.getHintMetadata().id, context.getSeverity(), text, context.getHintMetadata().description, fixesForED, context.getInfo().getFileObject(), start, end);

        }

        return null;

    }