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package javax.tools;
import java.util.Locale;
/**
* Interface for diagnostics from tools. A diagnostic usually reports
* a problem at a specific position in a source file. However, not
* all diagnostics are associated with a position or a file.
*
* <p>A position is a zero-based character offset from the beginning of
* a file. Negative values (except {@link #NOPOS}) are not valid
* positions.
*
* <p>Line and column numbers begin at 1. Negative values (except
* {@link #NOPOS}) and 0 are not valid line or column numbers.
*
* @param <S> the type of source object used by this diagnostic
*
* @author Peter von der Ahé
* @author Jonathan Gibbons
* @since 1.6
*/
public interface Diagnostic<S> {
/**
* Kinds of diagnostics, for example, error or warning.
*
* The kind of a diagnostic can be used to determine how the
* diagnostic should be presented to the user. For example,
* errors might be colored red or prefixed with the word "Error",
* while warnings might be colored yellow or prefixed with the
* word "Warning". There is no requirement that the Kind
* should imply any inherent semantic meaning to the message
* of the diagnostic: for example, a tool might provide an
* option to report all warnings as errors.
*/
enum Kind {
/**
* Problem which prevents the tool's normal completion.
*/
ERROR,
/**
* Problem which does not usually prevent the tool from
* completing normally.
*/
WARNING,
/**
* Problem similar to a warning, but is mandated by the tool's
* specification. For example, the Java™ Language
* Specification mandates warnings on certain
* unchecked operations and the use of deprecated methods.
*/
MANDATORY_WARNING,
/**
* Informative message from the tool.
*/
NOTE,
/**
* Diagnostic which does not fit within the other kinds.
*/
OTHER,
}
/**
* Used to signal that no position is available.
*/
public final static long NOPOS = -1;
/**
* Returns the kind of this diagnostic, for example, error or
* warning.
* @return the kind of this diagnostic
*/
Kind getKind();
/**
* Returns the source object associated with this diagnostic.
*
* @return the source object associated with this diagnostic.
* {@code null} if no source object is associated with the
* diagnostic.
*/
S getSource();
/**
* Returns a character offset from the beginning of the source object
* associated with this diagnostic that indicates the location of
* the problem. In addition, the following must be true:
*
* <p>{@code getStartPostion() <= getPosition()}
* <p>{@code getPosition() <= getEndPosition()}
*
* @return character offset from beginning of source; {@link
* #NOPOS} if {@link #getSource()} would return {@code null} or if
* no location is suitable
*/
long getPosition();
/**
* Returns the character offset from the beginning of the file
* associated with this diagnostic that indicates the start of the
* problem.
*
* @return offset from beginning of file; {@link #NOPOS} if and
* only if {@link #getPosition()} returns {@link #NOPOS}
*/
long getStartPosition();
/**
* Returns the character offset from the beginning of the file
* associated with this diagnostic that indicates the end of the
* problem.
*
* @return offset from beginning of file; {@link #NOPOS} if and
* only if {@link #getPosition()} returns {@link #NOPOS}
*/
long getEndPosition();
/**
* Returns the line number of the character offset returned by
* {@linkplain #getPosition()}.
*
* @return a line number or {@link #NOPOS} if and only if {@link
* #getPosition()} returns {@link #NOPOS}
*/
long getLineNumber();
/**
* Returns the column number of the character offset returned by
* {@linkplain #getPosition()}.
*
* @return a column number or {@link #NOPOS} if and only if {@link
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