1 /*
2  * Copyright (c) 2004 World Wide Web Consortium,
3  *
4  * (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, European Research Consortium for
5  * Informatics and Mathematics, Keio University). All Rights Reserved. This
6  * work is distributed under the W3C(r) Software License [1] in the hope that
7  * it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
8  * warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
9  *
10  * [1] http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/2002/copyright-software-20021231
11  */
12 
13 package org.w3c.dom;
14 
15 /**
16  * <code>DOMLocator</code> is an interface that describes a location (e.g.
17  * where an error occurred).
18  * <p>See also the <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-DOM-Level-3-Core-20040407'>Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Core Specification</a>.
19  * @since DOM Level 3
20  */
21 public interface DOMLocator {
22     /**
23      * The line number this locator is pointing to, or <code>-1</code> if
24      * there is no column number available.
25      */
getLineNumber()26     public int getLineNumber();
27 
28     /**
29      * The column number this locator is pointing to, or <code>-1</code> if
30      * there is no column number available.
31      */
getColumnNumber()32     public int getColumnNumber();
33 
34     /**
35      * The byte offset into the input source this locator is pointing to or
36      * <code>-1</code> if there is no byte offset available.
37      */
getByteOffset()38     public int getByteOffset();
39 
40     /**
41      * The UTF-16, as defined in [Unicode] and Amendment 1 of [ISO/IEC 10646], offset into the input source this locator is pointing to or
42      * <code>-1</code> if there is no UTF-16 offset available.
43      */
getUtf16Offset()44     public int getUtf16Offset();
45 
46     /**
47      * The node this locator is pointing to, or <code>null</code> if no node
48      * is available.
49      */
getRelatedNode()50     public Node getRelatedNode();
51 
52     /**
53      * The URI this locator is pointing to, or <code>null</code> if no URI is
54      * available.
55      */
getUri()56     public String getUri();
57 
58 }
59