javax.xml.stream
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.

Version:

1.0

Author:

Copyright (c) 2003 by BEA Systems. All Rights Reserved.

Method Summary

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

Method Detail

getLineNumber

public int getLineNumber()

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

Returns:

the current line number

getColumnNumber

public int getColumnNumber()

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

Returns:

the current column number

getCharacterOffset

public 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

public String getPublicId()

Returns the public ID of the XML

Returns:

the public ID, or null if not available

getSystemId

public String getSystemId()

Returns the system ID of the XML

Returns:

the system ID, or null if not available