element_patterns.md: formatting

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| Class | Main Contents | Notable Examples |
| ---------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [`StandardPatterns`](upsource:///platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/patterns/StandardPatterns.java) | Factory for string and char pattern (see below); Logical operations like and, or, not | [`LogbackReferenceContributor.kt`](upsource:///plugins/groovy/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/ext/logback/LogbackReferenceContributor.kt), [`RegExpCompletionContributor`](upsource:///RegExpSupport/src/org/intellij/lang/regexp/RegExpCompletionContributor.java) |
| [`PlatformPatterns`](upsource:///platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/patterns/PlatformPatterns.java) | Factory for PSI-, IElement-, and VirtualFile-patterns | [`FxmlReferencesContributor`](upsource:///plugins/javaFX/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/javaFX/fxml/refs/FxmlReferencesContributor.java), [`PyDataclassCompletionContributor.kt`](upsource:///python/python-psi-impl/src/com/jetbrains/python/codeInsight/completion/PyDataclassCompletionContributor.kt) |
| [`StandardPatterns`](upsource:///platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/patterns/StandardPatterns.java) | Factory for string and char pattern (see below); Logical operations like and, or, not | [`LogbackReferenceContributor`](upsource:///plugins/groovy/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/ext/logback/LogbackReferenceContributor.kt), [`RegExpCompletionContributor`](upsource:///RegExpSupport/src/org/intellij/lang/regexp/RegExpCompletionContributor.java) |
| [`PlatformPatterns`](upsource:///platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/patterns/PlatformPatterns.java) | Factory for PSI-, IElement-, and VirtualFile-patterns | [`FxmlReferencesContributor`](upsource:///plugins/javaFX/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/javaFX/fxml/refs/FxmlReferencesContributor.java), [`PyDataclassCompletionContributor`](upsource:///python/python-psi-impl/src/com/jetbrains/python/codeInsight/completion/PyDataclassCompletionContributor.kt) |
| [`PsiElementPattern`](upsource:///platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/patterns/PsiElementPattern.java) | Patterns for PSI; Checks for children, parents, or neighboring leaves | [`XmlCompletionContributor`](upsource:///xml/impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/completion/XmlCompletionContributor.java) |
| [`CollectionPattern`](upsource:///platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/patterns/CollectionPattern.java) | Filter and check pattern collections; Mainly used to provide functionality for other high-level pattern classes | [`PsiElementPattern`](upsource:///platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/patterns/PsiElementPattern.java) |
| [`TreeElementPattern`](upsource:///platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/patterns/TreeElementPattern.java) | Patterns specifically for checking (PSI) tree structure | [`PyMetaClassCompletionContributor`](upsource:///python/python-psi-impl/src/com/jetbrains/python/codeInsight/completion/PyMetaClassCompletionContributor.java) |
| [`StringPattern`](upsource:///platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/patterns/StringPattern.java) | Check if strings match, have a certain length, have a specific beginning or ending, or are one of a collection of strings | [`AbstractGradleCompletionContributor.kt`](upsource:///plugins/gradle/java/src/codeInsight/AbstractGradleCompletionContributor.kt) |
| [`StringPattern`](upsource:///platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/patterns/StringPattern.java) | Check if strings match, have a certain length, have a specific beginning or ending, or are one of a collection of strings | [`AbstractGradleCompletionContributor`](upsource:///plugins/gradle/java/src/codeInsight/AbstractGradleCompletionContributor.kt) |
| [`CharPattern`](upsource:///platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/patterns/CharPattern.java) | Check if characters are whitespace, digits, or Java identifier parts | [`CompletionUtil`](upsource:///platform/analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/completion/CompletionUtil.java) |
Some built-in languages in the IntelliJ Platform implement their own pattern classes and can provide additional examples:
- [`XmlPatterns`](upsource:///xml/xml-psi-api/src/com/intellij/patterns/XmlPatterns.java) provides patterns for XML attributes, values, entities, and texts.
- [`PythonPatterns`](upsource:///python/src/com/jetbrains/python/patterns/PythonPatterns.java) provides patterns for literals, strings, arguments, and function/method arguments for Python.
- [`DomPatterns`](upsource:///xml/dom-openapi/src/com/intellij/patterns/DomPatterns.java) builds upon XmlPatterns and acts as a wrapper to provide further patterns for [DOM-API](xml_dom_api.md).
- [`DomPatterns`](upsource:///xml/dom-openapi/src/com/intellij/patterns/DomPatterns.java) builds upon `XmlPatterns` and acts as a wrapper to provide further patterns for [DOM-API](xml_dom_api.md).
## Examples
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One way to filter out these false-positives is to use a condition on the breakpoints.
The following steps can help you investigate where patterns are checked:
1. Set breakpoints at the `ElementPattern#accepts` methods.
1. Set breakpoints at the `ElementPattern.accepts()` methods.
2. Set a condition on the breakpoints that checks whether the string representation of the pattern contains an _identifiable part_ of the pattern.
3. Debug, and when the breakpoint triggers, make sure it is the right pattern and investigate the call stack to find relevant methods that use the pattern check.
4. Debug the relevant methods, e.g. methods that fill completion variants or find references.