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package javax.xml.transform;
/**
* This interface is primarily for the purposes of reporting where
* an error occurred in the XML source or transformation instructions.
*/
public interface SourceLocator {
/**
* 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 that
* triggered the event appears.</p>
*
* @return A string containing the public identifier, or
* null if none is available.
* @see #getSystemId
*/
public 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 that
* triggered the event appears.</p>
*
* <p>If the system identifier is a URL, the parser must resolve it
* fully before passing it to the application.</p>
*
* @return A string containing the system identifier, or null
* if none is available.
* @see #getPublicId
*/
public String getSystemId();
/**
* Return the line number where the current document event ends.
*
* <p><strong>Warning:</strong> The return value from the method
* is intended only as an approximation for the sake of error
* reporting; it is not intended to provide sufficient information
* to edit the character content of the original XML document.</p>
*
* <p>The return value is an approximation of the line number
* in the document entity or external parsed entity where the
* markup that triggered the event appears.</p>
*
* @return The line number, or -1 if none is available.
* @see #getColumnNumber
*/
public int getLineNumber();
/**
* Return the character position where the current document event ends.
*
* <p><strong>Warning:</strong> The return value from the method
* is intended only as an approximation for the sake of error
* reporting; it is not intended to provide sufficient information
* to edit the character content of the original XML document.</p>
*
* <p>The return value is an approximation of the column number
* in the document entity or external parsed entity where the
* markup that triggered the event appears.</p>
*
* @return The column number, or -1 if none is available.
* @see #getLineNumber
*/
public int getColumnNumber();
}