Location (Java Platform SE 8 ) (original) (raw)

public interface Location
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.
Since:
1.6
Version:
1.0

• • Method Summary

  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods

  Modifier and Type	Method	Description
  int	getCharacterOffset()	Return the byte or character offset into the input source this location is pointing to.
  int	getColumnNumber()	Return the column number where the current event ends, returns -1 if none is available.
  int	getLineNumber()	Return the line number where the current event ends, returns -1 if none is available.
  String	getPublicId()	Returns the public ID of the XML
  String	getSystemId()	Returns the system ID of the XML

• • Method Detail

     * #### getLineNumber  
     int getLineNumber()  
     Return the line number where the current event ends, returns -1 if none is available.  
     Returns:  
     the current line number  
     * #### getColumnNumber  
     int getColumnNumber()  
     Return the column number where the current event ends, returns -1 if none is available.  
     Returns:  
     the current column number  
     * #### getCharacterOffset  
     int getCharacterOffset()  
     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.  
     Returns:  
     the current offset  
     * #### getPublicId  
     [String](../../../java/lang/String.html "class in java.lang") getPublicId()  
     Returns the public ID of the XML  
     Returns:  
     the public ID, or null if not available  
     * #### getSystemId  
     [String](../../../java/lang/String.html "class in java.lang") getSystemId()  
     Returns the system ID of the XML  
     Returns:  
     the system ID, or null if not available

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