diff --git a/platform/core-api/api-dump-unreviewed.txt b/platform/core-api/api-dump-unreviewed.txt
index a58b3e564a21..ff84c54d9bab 100644
--- a/platform/core-api/api-dump-unreviewed.txt
+++ b/platform/core-api/api-dump-unreviewed.txt
@@ -664,6 +664,7 @@ com.intellij.lang.WhitespaceSkippedCallback
 - a:onSkip(com.intellij.psi.tree.IElementType,I,I):V
 com.intellij.lang.WhitespacesAndCommentsBinder
 - a:getEdgePosition(java.util.List,Z,com.intellij.lang.WhitespacesAndCommentsBinder$TokenTextGetter):I
+- isRecursive():Z
 com.intellij.lang.WhitespacesAndCommentsBinder$RecursiveBinder
 - com.intellij.lang.WhitespacesAndCommentsBinder
 com.intellij.lang.WhitespacesAndCommentsBinder$TokenTextGetter
diff --git a/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/lang/WhitespacesAndCommentsBinder.java b/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/lang/WhitespacesAndCommentsBinder.java
index 7d2191169e5d..f1d3187cee37 100644
--- a/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/lang/WhitespacesAndCommentsBinder.java
+++ b/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/lang/WhitespacesAndCommentsBinder.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2000-2019 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+// Copyright 2000-2025 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
 package com.intellij.lang;
 
 import com.intellij.psi.tree.IElementType;
@@ -24,9 +24,14 @@ public interface WhitespacesAndCommentsBinder {
 
   /**
    * Recursive binder is allowed to adjust nested elements positions.
+   * @deprecated override {@link #isRecursive()} instead.
    */
+  @Deprecated
   interface RecursiveBinder extends WhitespacesAndCommentsBinder {
+  }
 
+  default boolean isRecursive() {
+    return this instanceof RecursiveBinder;
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/platform/core-impl/src/com/intellij/lang/impl/PsiBuilderImpl.java b/platform/core-impl/src/com/intellij/lang/impl/PsiBuilderImpl.java
index 3b2b18030c53..17af35825379 100644
--- a/platform/core-impl/src/com/intellij/lang/impl/PsiBuilderImpl.java
+++ b/platform/core-impl/src/com/intellij/lang/impl/PsiBuilderImpl.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2000-2024 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
+// Copyright 2000-2025 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
 package com.intellij.lang.impl;
 
 import com.intellij.lang.*;
@@ -1197,7 +1197,7 @@ public class PsiBuilderImpl extends UnprotectedUserDataHolder implements PsiBuil
       }
       int lexemeIndex = item.getLexemeIndex(done);
 
-      boolean recursive = binder instanceof WhitespacesAndCommentsBinder.RecursiveBinder;
+      boolean recursive = binder.isRecursive();
       int prevProductionLexIndex;
       if (recursive) {
         prevProductionLexIndex = 0;