ErrorHandler.java

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package org.apache.jena.riot.system;

/**
 * An Error handler captures the policy for dealing with warnings, errors and
 * fatal errors. Fatal errors mean termination of processing and must throw a
 * RiotException. Errors and warnings may throw an exception to terminate 
 * processing or may return after, for example, logging a message. The exact
 * policy is determined the error handler itself.
 */

public interface ErrorHandler
{
    /** report a warning */
    public void warning(String message, long line, long col) ;
    
    /** report an error : May not return (depends on error handler policy) */
    public void error(String message, long line, long col) ;
    
    /** report a catastrophic error.  Must not return. */    
    public void fatal(String message, long line, long col);
}