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/* * Copyright (c) 2009, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. * * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as * published by the Free Software Foundation. Oracle designates this * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code. * * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that * accompanied this code). * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. * * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any * questions. */ package javax.xml.stream; /** * Provides information on the location of an event. * * All the information provided by a Location is optional. For example * an application may only report line numbers. * * @version 1.0 * @author Copyright (c) 2009 by Oracle Corporation. All Rights Reserved. * @since 1.6 */ public interface Location { /** * Return the line number where the current event ends, * returns -1 if none is available. * @return the current line number */ int getLineNumber(); /** * Return the column number where the current event ends, * returns -1 if none is available. * @return the current column number */ int getColumnNumber(); /** * Return the byte or character offset into the input source this location * is pointing to. If the input source is a file or a byte stream then * this is the byte offset into that stream, but if the input source is * a character media then the offset is the character offset. * Returns -1 if there is no offset available. * @return the current offset */ int getCharacterOffset(); /** * Returns the public ID of the XML * @return the public ID, or null if not available */ public String getPublicId(); /** * Returns the system ID of the XML * @return the system ID, or null if not available */ public String getSystemId(); }