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+// SAX locator interface for document events.
+// http://www.saxproject.org
+// No warranty; no copyright -- use this as you will.
+// $Id: Locator.java,v 1.8 2002/01/30 21:13:47 dbrownell 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>
+ * See <a href='http://www.saxproject.org'>http://www.saxproject.org</a>
+ * for further information.
+ * </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 SAX 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 callback method: the application
+ * will receive unpredictable results if it attempts to use the
+ * locator at any other time, or after parsing completes.</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
+ * @version 2.0.1 (sax2r2)
+ * @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. For example, a file
+ * name must always be provided as a <em>file:...</em> URL, and other
+ * kinds of relative URI are also resolved against their bases.</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.
+ * Lines are delimited by line ends, which are defined in
+ * the XML specification.
+ *
+ * <p><strong>Warning:</strong> The return value from the method
+ * is intended only as an approximation for the sake of diagnostics;
+ * it is not intended to provide sufficient information
+ * to edit the character content of the original XML document.
+ * In some cases, these "line" numbers match what would be displayed
+ * as columns, and in others they may not match the source text
+ * due to internal entity expansion. </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 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.
+ * This is one-based number of Java <code>char</code> values since
+ * the last line end.
+ *
+ * <p><strong>Warning:</strong> The return value from the method
+ * is intended only as an approximation for the sake of diagnostics;
+ * it is not intended to provide sufficient information
+ * to edit the character content of the original XML document.
+ * For example, when lines contain combining character sequences, wide
+ * characters, surrogate pairs, or bi-directional text, the value may
+ * not correspond to the column in a text editor's display. </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. 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
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