arabica/include/SAX/Locator.hpp
Jez Higgins 45268963bd getLineNumber/getColumnNumber now return size_t
Changed from int - underlying libraries are moving to large sizes
2012-09-14 16:54:51 +01:00

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#ifndef ARABICA_LOCATOR_H
#define ARABICA_LOCATOR_H
// Locator.h
#include <string>
#include <SAX/ArabicaConfig.hpp>
#include <Arabica/StringAdaptor.hpp>
namespace Arabica
{
namespace SAX
{
/**
* Interface for associating a SAX event with a document location.
*
* <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 ContentHandler#setDocumentLocator
* setDocumentLocator} method. The application can use the
* object to obtain the location of any other content handler 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 content handler method: the application
* will receive unpredictable results if it attempts to use the
* locator at any other time.</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 ContentHandler#startDocument startDocument}
* event, the application should assume that a locator is not
* available.</p>
*
* @since SAX 1.0
* @author Jez Higgins,
* <a href="mailto:jez@jezuk.co.uk">jez@jezuk.co.uk</a>
* @version 2.0
* @see ContentHandler#setDocumentLocator
*/
template<class string_type, class string_adaptor = Arabica::default_string_adaptor<string_type> >
class Locator
{
public:
typedef string_type stringT;
virtual ~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
* an empty string if none is available.
* @see #getSystemId
*/
virtual stringT getPublicId() const = 0;
/**
* 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.</p>
*
* @return A string containing the public identifier, or
* an empty string if none is available.
* @see #getPublicId
*/
virtual stringT getSystemId() const = 0;
/**
* Return the line number where the current document event ends.
*
* <p><strong>Warning:</strong> 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.</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 in the document is line 1.</p>
*
* @return The line number, or -1 if none is available.
* @see #getColumnNumber
*/
virtual size_t getLineNumber() const = 0;
/**
* Return the column number where the current document event ends.
*
* <p><strong>Warning:</strong> 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.</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.</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
*/
virtual size_t getColumnNumber() const = 0;
}; // class Locator
} // namespace SAX
} // namespace Arabica
#endif
// end of file