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Location.javaAPI DocJava SE 6 API1424Tue Jun 10 00:27:10 BST 2008javax.xml.stream

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.
version
1.0
author
Copyright (c) 2003 by BEA Systems. All Rights Reserved.
since
1.6

Fields Summary
Constructors Summary
Methods Summary
public intgetCharacterOffset()
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.

return
the current offset

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

return
the current column number

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

return
the current line number

public java.lang.StringgetPublicId()
Returns the public ID of the XML

return
the public ID, or null if not available

public java.lang.StringgetSystemId()
Returns the system ID of the XML

return
the system ID, or null if not available