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package com.sun.javadoc;
import java.io.File;
/**
* This interface describes a source position: filename, line number,
* and column number.
*
* @since 1.4
* @author Neal M Gafter
*/
public interface SourcePosition {
/** The source file. Returns null if no file information is
* available. */
File file();
/** The line in the source file. The first line is numbered 1;
* 0 means no line number information is available. */
int line();
/** The column in the source file. The first column is
* numbered 1; 0 means no column information is available.
* Columns count characters in the input stream; a tab
* advances the column number to the next 8-column tab stop.
*/
int column();
/** Convert the source position to the form "Filename:line". */
String toString();
}