Interface Location


public interface Location

Provides information on the location of an event. All the information provided by a Location is optional. For example an application may only report line numbers.

Since:
1.6
Version:
1.0

Methods

Modifier and Type Method and Description
int getCharacterOffset()

Return the byte or character offset into the input source this location is pointing to.

int getColumnNumber()

Return the column number where the current event ends, returns -1 if none is available.

int getLineNumber()

Return the line number where the current event ends, returns -1 if none is available.

String getPublicId()

Returns the public ID of the XML

String getSystemId()

Returns the system ID of the XML

Methods

getLineNumber

int getLineNumber()

Return the line number where the current event ends, returns -1 if none is available.

Returns:
the current line number

getColumnNumber

int getColumnNumber()

Return the column number where the current event ends, returns -1 if none is available.

Returns:
the current column number

getCharacterOffset

int getCharacterOffset()

Return the byte or character offset into the input source this location is pointing to. If the input source is a file or a byte stream then this is the byte offset into that stream, but if the input source is a character media then the offset is the character offset. Returns -1 if there is no offset available.

Returns:
the current offset

getPublicId

String getPublicId()

Returns the public ID of the XML

Returns:
the public ID, or null if not available

getSystemId

String getSystemId()

Returns the system ID of the XML

Returns:
the system ID, or null if not available

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