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28 
29 package javax.xml.stream;
30 
31 /**
32  * Provides information on the location of an event.
33  *
34  * All the information provided by a Location is optional.  For example
35  * an application may only report line numbers.
36  *
37  * @version 1.0
38  * @author Copyright (c) 2009 by Oracle Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
39  * @since 1.6
40  */
41 public interface Location {
42   /**
43    * Return the line number where the current event ends,
44    * returns -1 if none is available.
45    * @return the current line number
46    */
getLineNumber()47   int getLineNumber();
48 
49   /**
50    * Return the column number where the current event ends,
51    * returns -1 if none is available.
52    * @return the current column number
53    */
getColumnNumber()54   int getColumnNumber();
55 
56   /**
57    * Return the byte or character offset into the input source this location
58    * is pointing to. If the input source is a file or a byte stream then
59    * this is the byte offset into that stream, but if the input source is
60    * a character media then the offset is the character offset.
61    * Returns -1 if there is no offset available.
62    * @return the current offset
63    */
getCharacterOffset()64   int getCharacterOffset();
65 
66   /**
67    * Returns the public ID of the XML
68    * @return the public ID, or null if not available
69    */
getPublicId()70   public String getPublicId();
71 
72   /**
73    * Returns the system ID of the XML
74    * @return the system ID, or null if not available
75    */
getSystemId()76   public String getSystemId();
77 }
78