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diff --git a/gcc-4.4.3/libjava/classpath/external/sax/org/xml/sax/Locator.java b/gcc-4.4.3/libjava/classpath/external/sax/org/xml/sax/Locator.java new file mode 100644 index 000000000..63947df7a --- /dev/null +++ b/gcc-4.4.3/libjava/classpath/external/sax/org/xml/sax/Locator.java @@ -0,0 +1,136 @@ +// SAX locator interface for document events. +// http://www.saxproject.org +// No warranty; no copyright -- use this as you will. +// $Id: Locator.java,v 1.1 2004/12/23 22:38:42 mark Exp $ + +package org.xml.sax; + + +/** + * Interface for associating a SAX event with a document location. + * + * <blockquote> + * <em>This module, both source code and documentation, is in the + * Public Domain, and comes with <strong>NO WARRANTY</strong>.</em> + * See <a href='http://www.saxproject.org'>http://www.saxproject.org</a> + * for further information. + * </blockquote> + * + * <p>If a SAX parser provides location information to the SAX + * application, it does so by implementing this interface and then + * passing an instance to the application using the content + * handler's {@link org.xml.sax.ContentHandler#setDocumentLocator + * setDocumentLocator} method. The application can use the + * object to obtain the location of any other SAX event + * in the XML source document.</p> + * + * <p>Note that the results returned by the object will be valid only + * during the scope of each callback method: the application + * will receive unpredictable results if it attempts to use the + * locator at any other time, or after parsing completes.</p> + * + * <p>SAX parsers are not required to supply a locator, but they are + * very strongly encouraged to do so. If the parser supplies a + * locator, it must do so before reporting any other document events. + * If no locator has been set by the time the application receives + * the {@link org.xml.sax.ContentHandler#startDocument startDocument} + * event, the application should assume that a locator is not + * available.</p> + * + * @since SAX 1.0 + * @author David Megginson + * @version 2.0.1 (sax2r2) + * @see org.xml.sax.ContentHandler#setDocumentLocator + */ +public interface Locator { + + + /** + * 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 + * triggering the event appears.</p> + * + * @return A string containing the public identifier, or + * null if none is available. + * @see #getSystemId + */ + public abstract 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 + * triggering the event appears.</p> + * + * <p>If the system identifier is a URL, the parser must resolve it + * fully before passing it to the application. For example, a file + * name must always be provided as a <em>file:...</em> URL, and other + * kinds of relative URI are also resolved against their bases.</p> + * + * @return A string containing the system identifier, or null + * if none is available. + * @see #getPublicId + */ + public abstract String getSystemId (); + + + /** + * Return the line number where the current document event ends. + * Lines are delimited by line ends, which are defined in + * the XML specification. + * + * <p><strong>Warning:</strong> The return value from the method + * is intended only as an approximation for the sake of diagnostics; + * it is not intended to provide sufficient information + * to edit the character content of the original XML document. + * In some cases, these "line" numbers match what would be displayed + * as columns, and in others they may not match the source text + * due to internal entity expansion. </p> + * + * <p>The return value is an approximation of the line number + * in the document entity or external parsed entity where the + * markup triggering the event appears.</p> + * + * <p>If possible, the SAX driver should provide the line position + * of the first character after the text associated with the document + * event. The first line is line 1.</p> + * + * @return The line number, or -1 if none is available. + * @see #getColumnNumber + */ + public abstract int getLineNumber (); + + + /** + * Return the column number where the current document event ends. + * This is one-based number of Java <code>char</code> values since + * the last line end. + * + * <p><strong>Warning:</strong> The return value from the method + * is intended only as an approximation for the sake of diagnostics; + * it is not intended to provide sufficient information + * to edit the character content of the original XML document. + * For example, when lines contain combining character sequences, wide + * characters, surrogate pairs, or bi-directional text, the value may + * not correspond to the column in a text editor's display. </p> + * + * <p>The return value is an approximation of the column number + * in the document entity or external parsed entity where the + * markup triggering the event appears.</p> + * + * <p>If possible, the SAX driver should provide the line position + * of the first character after the text associated with the document + * event. The first column in each line is column 1.</p> + * + * @return The column number, or -1 if none is available. + * @see #getLineNumber + */ + public abstract int getColumnNumber (); + +} + +// end of Locator.java |