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

• All Superinterfaces:
  SourceLocator

public interface DOMLocator
extends SourceLocator
Indicates the position of a node in a source DOM, intended primarily for error reporting. To use a DOMLocator, the receiver of an error must downcast the SourceLocator object returned by an exception. A Transformer may use this object for purposes other than error reporting, for instance, to indicate the source node that originated a result node.

• • Method Summary

  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods

  Modifier and Type	Method	Description
  Node	getOriginatingNode()	Return the node where the event occurred.

     * ### Methods inherited from interface javax.xml.transform.[SourceLocator](../../../../javax/xml/transform/SourceLocator.html "interface in javax.xml.transform")  
     `[getColumnNumber](../../../../javax/xml/transform/SourceLocator.html#getColumnNumber--), [getLineNumber](../../../../javax/xml/transform/SourceLocator.html#getLineNumber--), [getPublicId](../../../../javax/xml/transform/SourceLocator.html#getPublicId--), [getSystemId](../../../../javax/xml/transform/SourceLocator.html#getSystemId--)`

• • Method Detail

     * #### getOriginatingNode  
     [Node](../../../../org/w3c/dom/Node.html "interface in org.w3c.dom") getOriginatingNode()  
     Return the node where the event occurred.  
     Returns:  
     The node that is the location for the event.

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