SourcePosition (Java SE 11 & JDK 11 ) (original) (raw)

@Deprecated(since="9",
forRemoval=true)
public interface SourcePosition
Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.
This interface describes a source position: filename, line number, and column number.
Since:
1.4

• • Method Summary

  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Deprecated Methods

  Modifier and Type	Method	Description
  int	column()	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. The column in the source file.
  File	file()	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. The source file.
  int	line()	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. The line in the source file.
  String	toString()	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. Convert the source position to the form "Filename:line".

• • Method Detail

     * #### file  
     [File](../../../../java.base/java/io/File.html "class in java.io") file()  
     Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.  
     The source file. Returns null if no file information is available.  
     Returns:  
     the source file as a File.  
     * #### line  
     int line()  
     Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.  
     The line in the source file. The first line is numbered 1; 0 means no line number information is available.  
     Returns:  
     the line number in the source file as an integer.  
     * #### column  
     int column()  
     Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.  
     The column in the source file. The first column is numbered 1; 0 means no column information is available. Columns count characters in the input stream; a tab advances the column number to the next 8-column tab stop.  
     Returns:  
     the column on the source line as an integer.  
     * #### toString  
     [String](../../../../java.base/java/lang/String.html "class in java.lang") toString()  
     Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.  
     Convert the source position to the form "Filename:line".  
     Overrides:  
     `[toString](../../../../java.base/java/lang/Object.html#toString%28%29)` in class `[Object](../../../../java.base/java/lang/Object.html "class in java.lang")`  
     Returns:  
     a string representation of the object.

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