javanet.staxutils

Class DummyLocator

java.lang.Object

javanet.staxutils.DummyLocator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Locator

public class DummyLocator
extends Object
implements Locator

A dummy locator that returns -1 and null from all methods to indicate that location info is not available.

Author:

Ryan.Shoemaker@Sun.COM

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DummyLocator()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	getColumnNumber() Return the column number where the current document event ends.
int	getLineNumber() Return the line number where the current document event ends.
String	getPublicId() Return the public identifier for the current document event.
String	getSystemId() Return the system identifier for the current document event.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

DummyLocator

public DummyLocator()

Method Detail

getColumnNumber

public int getColumnNumber()

Return the column number where the current document event ends.

Warning: The return value from the method is intended only as an approximation for the sake of error reporting; it is not intended to provide sufficient information to edit the character content of the original XML document.

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.

If possible, the SAX driver should provide the line position of the first character after the text associated with the document event.

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.

Specified by:

getColumnNumber in interface Locator

Returns:

The column number, or -1 if none is available.

See Also:

getLineNumber()

getLineNumber

public int getLineNumber()

Return the line number where the current document event ends.

Warning: The return value from the method is intended only as an approximation for the sake of error reporting; it is not intended to provide sufficient information to edit the character content of the original XML document.

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.

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 in the document is line 1.

Specified by:

getLineNumber in interface Locator

Returns:

The line number, or -1 if none is available.

See Also:

getColumnNumber()

getPublicId

public String getPublicId()

Return the public identifier for the current document event.

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.

Specified by:

getPublicId in interface Locator

Returns:

A string containing the public identifier, or null if none is available.

See Also:

getSystemId()

getSystemId

public String getSystemId()

Return the system identifier for the current document event.

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.

If the system identifier is a URL, the parser must resolve it fully before passing it to the application.

Specified by:

getSystemId in interface Locator

Returns:

A string containing the system identifier, or null if none is available.

See Also:

getPublicId()