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The `TextAttributesKey` defines the default attributes applied to items of the corresponding type (for example, keywords are bold, numbers are blue, strings are bold and green).
Highlighting from multiple `TextAttributesKey` items can be layered - for example, one key may define an item's boldness and another color.
Existing highlighting can be suppressed programmatically in certain contexts, see [](controlling_highlighting.md).
> To force re-highlighting (e.g., after changing plugin specific settings), use
> [`DaemonCodeAnalyzer.restart()`](upsource:///platform/analysis-api/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/DaemonCodeAnalyzer.java).
>
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The second level of error highlighting happens during parsing.
If a particular sequence of tokens is invalid according to the grammar of the language, the [`PsiBuilder.error()`](upsource:///platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/lang/PsiBuilder.java) method can highlight the invalid tokens and display an error message showing why they are not valid.
See [](syntax_errors.md) on how to programmatically suppress these errors in certain contexts.
## Annotator
The third level of highlighting is performed through the [`Annotator`](upsource:///platform/analysis-api/src/com/intellij/lang/annotation/Annotator.java) interface.