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1 | // SAX locator interface for document events. | |
2 | // http://www.saxproject.org | |
3 | // No warranty; no copyright -- use this as you will. | |
4 | // $Id: Locator.java,v 1.8 2002/01/30 21:13:47 dbrownell Exp $ | |
5 | ||
6 | package org.xml.sax; | |
7 | ||
8 | ||
9 | /** | |
10 | * Interface for associating a SAX event with a document location. | |
11 | * | |
12 | * <blockquote> | |
13 | * <em>This module, both source code and documentation, is in the | |
14 | * Public Domain, and comes with <strong>NO WARRANTY</strong>.</em> | |
15 | * See <a href='http://www.saxproject.org'>http://www.saxproject.org</a> | |
16 | * for further information. | |
17 | * </blockquote> | |
18 | * | |
19 | * <p>If a SAX parser provides location information to the SAX | |
20 | * application, it does so by implementing this interface and then | |
21 | * passing an instance to the application using the content | |
22 | * handler's {@link org.xml.sax.ContentHandler#setDocumentLocator | |
23 | * setDocumentLocator} method. The application can use the | |
24 | * object to obtain the location of any other SAX event | |
25 | * in the XML source document.</p> | |
26 | * | |
27 | * <p>Note that the results returned by the object will be valid only | |
28 | * during the scope of each callback method: the application | |
29 | * will receive unpredictable results if it attempts to use the | |
30 | * locator at any other time, or after parsing completes.</p> | |
31 | * | |
32 | * <p>SAX parsers are not required to supply a locator, but they are | |
33 | * very strongly encouraged to do so. If the parser supplies a | |
34 | * locator, it must do so before reporting any other document events. | |
35 | * If no locator has been set by the time the application receives | |
36 | * the {@link org.xml.sax.ContentHandler#startDocument startDocument} | |
37 | * event, the application should assume that a locator is not | |
38 | * available.</p> | |
39 | * | |
40 | * @since SAX 1.0 | |
41 | * @author David Megginson | |
42 | * @version 2.0.1 (sax2r2) | |
43 | * @see org.xml.sax.ContentHandler#setDocumentLocator | |
44 | */ | |
45 | public interface Locator { | |
46 | ||
47 | ||
48 | /** | |
49 | * Return the public identifier for the current document event. | |
50 | * | |
51 | * <p>The return value is the public identifier of the document | |
52 | * entity or of the external parsed entity in which the markup | |
53 | * triggering the event appears.</p> | |
54 | * | |
55 | * @return A string containing the public identifier, or | |
56 | * null if none is available. | |
57 | * @see #getSystemId | |
58 | */ | |
59 | public abstract String getPublicId (); | |
60 | ||
61 | ||
62 | /** | |
63 | * Return the system identifier for the current document event. | |
64 | * | |
65 | * <p>The return value is the system identifier of the document | |
66 | * entity or of the external parsed entity in which the markup | |
67 | * triggering the event appears.</p> | |
68 | * | |
69 | * <p>If the system identifier is a URL, the parser must resolve it | |
70 | * fully before passing it to the application. For example, a file | |
71 | * name must always be provided as a <em>file:...</em> URL, and other | |
72 | * kinds of relative URI are also resolved against their bases.</p> | |
73 | * | |
74 | * @return A string containing the system identifier, or null | |
75 | * if none is available. | |
76 | * @see #getPublicId | |
77 | */ | |
78 | public abstract String getSystemId (); | |
79 | ||
80 | ||
81 | /** | |
82 | * Return the line number where the current document event ends. | |
83 | * Lines are delimited by line ends, which are defined in | |
84 | * the XML specification. | |
85 | * | |
86 | * <p><strong>Warning:</strong> The return value from the method | |
87 | * is intended only as an approximation for the sake of diagnostics; | |
88 | * it is not intended to provide sufficient information | |
89 | * to edit the character content of the original XML document. | |
90 | * In some cases, these "line" numbers match what would be displayed | |
91 | * as columns, and in others they may not match the source text | |
92 | * due to internal entity expansion. </p> | |
93 | * | |
94 | * <p>The return value is an approximation of the line number | |
95 | * in the document entity or external parsed entity where the | |
96 | * markup triggering the event appears.</p> | |
97 | * | |
98 | * <p>If possible, the SAX driver should provide the line position | |
99 | * of the first character after the text associated with the document | |
100 | * event. The first line is line 1.</p> | |
101 | * | |
102 | * @return The line number, or -1 if none is available. | |
103 | * @see #getColumnNumber | |
104 | */ | |
105 | public abstract int getLineNumber (); | |
106 | ||
107 | ||
108 | /** | |
109 | * Return the column number where the current document event ends. | |
110 | * This is one-based number of Java <code>char</code> values since | |
111 | * the last line end. | |
112 | * | |
113 | * <p><strong>Warning:</strong> The return value from the method | |
114 | * is intended only as an approximation for the sake of diagnostics; | |
115 | * it is not intended to provide sufficient information | |
116 | * to edit the character content of the original XML document. | |
117 | * For example, when lines contain combining character sequences, wide | |
118 | * characters, surrogate pairs, or bi-directional text, the value may | |
119 | * not correspond to the column in a text editor's display. </p> | |
120 | * | |
121 | * <p>The return value is an approximation of the column number | |
122 | * in the document entity or external parsed entity where the | |
123 | * markup triggering the event appears.</p> | |
124 | * | |
125 | * <p>If possible, the SAX driver should provide the line position | |
126 | * of the first character after the text associated with the document | |
127 | * event. The first column in each line is column 1.</p> | |
128 | * | |
129 | * @return The column number, or -1 if none is available. | |
130 | * @see #getLineNumber | |
131 | */ | |
132 | public abstract int getColumnNumber (); | |
133 | ||
134 | } | |
135 | ||
136 | // end of Locator.java |