| // SAX locator interface for document events. |
| // No warranty; no copyright -- use this as you will. |
| // $Id: Locator.java,v 1.4 2000/05/05 17:46:57 david Exp $ |
| |
| package org.xml.sax; |
| |
| |
| /** |
| * Interface for associating a SAX event with a document location. |
| * |
| * <blockquote> |
| * <em>This module, both source code and documentation, is in the |
| * Public Domain, and comes with <strong>NO WARRANTY</strong>.</em> |
| * </blockquote> |
| * |
| * <p>If a SAX parser provides location information to the SAX |
| * application, it does so by implementing this interface and then |
| * passing an instance to the application using the content |
| * handler's {@link org.xml.sax.ContentHandler#setDocumentLocator |
| * setDocumentLocator} method. The application can use the |
| * object to obtain the location of any other content handler event |
| * in the XML source document.</p> |
| * |
| * <p>Note that the results returned by the object will be valid only |
| * during the scope of each content handler method: the application |
| * will receive unpredictable results if it attempts to use the |
| * locator at any other time.</p> |
| * |
| * <p>SAX parsers are not required to supply a locator, but they are |
| * very strongly encouraged to do so. If the parser supplies a |
| * locator, it must do so before reporting any other document events. |
| * If no locator has been set by the time the application receives |
| * the {@link org.xml.sax.ContentHandler#startDocument startDocument} |
| * event, the application should assume that a locator is not |
| * available.</p> |
| * |
| * @since SAX 1.0 |
| * @author David Megginson, |
| * <a href="mailto:sax@megginson.com">sax@megginson.com</a> |
| * @version 2.0 |
| * @see org.xml.sax.ContentHandler#setDocumentLocator |
| */ |
| public interface Locator { |
| |
| |
| /** |
| * Return the public identifier for the current document event. |
| * |
| * <p>The return value is the public identifier of the document |
| * entity or of the external parsed entity in which the markup |
| * triggering the event appears.</p> |
| * |
| * @return A string containing the public identifier, or |
| * null if none is available. |
| * @see #getSystemId |
| */ |
| public abstract String getPublicId (); |
| |
| |
| /** |
| * Return the system identifier for the current document event. |
| * |
| * <p>The return value is the system identifier of the document |
| * entity or of the external parsed entity in which the markup |
| * triggering the event appears.</p> |
| * |
| * <p>If the system identifier is a URL, the parser must resolve it |
| * fully before passing it to the application.</p> |
| * |
| * @return A string containing the system identifier, or null |
| * if none is available. |
| * @see #getPublicId |
| */ |
| public abstract String getSystemId (); |
| |
| |
| /** |
| * Return the line number where the current document event ends. |
| * |
| * <p><strong>Warning:</strong> The return value from the method |
| * is intended only as an approximation for the sake of error |
| * reporting; it is not intended to provide sufficient information |
| * to edit the character content of the original XML document.</p> |
| * |
| * <p>The return value is an approximation of the line number |
| * in the document entity or external parsed entity where the |
| * markup triggering the event appears.</p> |
| * |
| * <p>If possible, the SAX driver should provide the line position |
| * of the first character after the text associated with the document |
| * event. The first line in the document is line 1.</p> |
| * |
| * @return The line number, or -1 if none is available. |
| * @see #getColumnNumber |
| */ |
| public abstract int getLineNumber (); |
| |
| |
| /** |
| * Return the column number where the current document event ends. |
| * |
| * <p><strong>Warning:</strong> The return value from the method |
| * is intended only as an approximation for the sake of error |
| * reporting; it is not intended to provide sufficient information |
| * to edit the character content of the original XML document.</p> |
| * |
| * <p>The return value is an approximation of the column number |
| * in the document entity or external parsed entity where the |
| * markup triggering the event appears.</p> |
| * |
| * <p>If possible, the SAX driver should provide the line position |
| * of the first character after the text associated with the document |
| * event.</p> |
| * |
| * <p>If possible, the SAX driver should provide the line position |
| * of the first character after the text associated with the document |
| * event. The first column in each line is column 1.</p> |
| * |
| * @return The column number, or -1 if none is available. |
| * @see #getLineNumber |
| */ |
| public abstract int getColumnNumber (); |
| |
| } |
| |
| // end of Locator.java |