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41 
42 package org.w3c.dom;
43 
44 /**
45  * <code>DOMError</code> is an interface that describes an error.
46  * <p>See also the <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-DOM-Level-3-Core-20040407'>Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Core Specification</a>.
47  * @since 1.5, DOM Level 3
48  */
49 public interface DOMError {
50     // ErrorSeverity
51     /**
52      * The severity of the error described by the <code>DOMError</code> is
53      * warning. A <code>SEVERITY_WARNING</code> will not cause the
54      * processing to stop, unless <code>DOMErrorHandler.handleError()</code>
55      * returns <code>false</code>.
56      */
57     public static final short SEVERITY_WARNING          = 1;
58     /**
59      * The severity of the error described by the <code>DOMError</code> is
60      * error. A <code>SEVERITY_ERROR</code> may not cause the processing to
61      * stop if the error can be recovered, unless
62      * <code>DOMErrorHandler.handleError()</code> returns <code>false</code>.
63      */
64     public static final short SEVERITY_ERROR            = 2;
65     /**
66      * The severity of the error described by the <code>DOMError</code> is
67      * fatal error. A <code>SEVERITY_FATAL_ERROR</code> will cause the
68      * normal processing to stop. The return value of
69      * <code>DOMErrorHandler.handleError()</code> is ignored unless the
70      * implementation chooses to continue, in which case the behavior
71      * becomes undefined.
72      */
73     public static final short SEVERITY_FATAL_ERROR      = 3;
74 
75     /**
76      * The severity of the error, either <code>SEVERITY_WARNING</code>,
77      * <code>SEVERITY_ERROR</code>, or <code>SEVERITY_FATAL_ERROR</code>.
78      */
getSeverity()79     public short getSeverity();
80 
81     /**
82      * An implementation specific string describing the error that occurred.
83      */
getMessage()84     public String getMessage();
85 
86     /**
87      *  A <code>DOMString</code> indicating which related data is expected in
88      * <code>relatedData</code>. Users should refer to the specification of
89      * the error in order to find its <code>DOMString</code> type and
90      * <code>relatedData</code> definitions if any.
91      * <p ><b>Note:</b>  As an example,
92      * <code>Document.normalizeDocument()</code> does generate warnings when
93      * the "split-cdata-sections" parameter is in use. Therefore, the method
94      * generates a <code>SEVERITY_WARNING</code> with <code>type</code>
95      * <code>"cdata-sections-splitted"</code> and the first
96      * <code>CDATASection</code> node in document order resulting from the
97      * split is returned by the <code>relatedData</code> attribute.
98      */
getType()99     public String getType();
100 
101     /**
102      * The related platform dependent exception if any.
103      */
getRelatedException()104     public Object getRelatedException();
105 
106     /**
107      *  The related <code>DOMError.type</code> dependent data if any.
108      */
getRelatedData()109     public Object getRelatedData();
110 
111     /**
112      * The location of the error.
113      */
getLocation()114     public DOMLocator getLocation();
115 
116 }
117