Interface XMLStreamLocation2

All Superinterfaces:

Location

All Known Implementing Classes:

Stax2LocationAdapter

public interface XMLStreamLocation2
extends Location

Extension of Location that adds accessor to retrieve nested location information.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final XMLStreamLocation2	NOT_AVAILABLE	"Dummy" Location implementation and instance that can be return instead of null, when no location information is available.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
XMLStreamLocation2	getContext()	Method that can be used to traverse nested locations, like ones created when expanding entities (especially external entities).

Methods inherited from interface Location

getCharacterOffset, getColumnNumber, getLineNumber, getPublicId, getSystemId

Field Details

NOT_AVAILABLE

static final XMLStreamLocation2 NOT_AVAILABLE

"Dummy" Location implementation and instance that can be return instead of null, when no location information is available.

Method Details

getContext

XMLStreamLocation2 getContext()

Method that can be used to traverse nested locations, like ones created when expanding entities (especially external entities). If so, single location object only contains information about specific offsets and ids, and a link to its context. Outermost location will return null to indicate there is no more information to retrieve.

Returns:

Location in the context (parent input source), if any; null for locations in the outermost known context