Tue, 06 Mar 2012 16:09:35 -0800
7150322: Stop using drop source bundles in jaxws
Reviewed-by: darcy, ohrstrom
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26 package com.sun.xml.internal.bind.v2.model.annotation;
28 import com.sun.xml.internal.bind.v2.runtime.Location;
30 /**
31 * {@link Location} that is chained.
32 *
33 * <p>
34 * {@link Locatable} forms a tree structure, where each {@link Locatable}
35 * points back to the upstream {@link Locatable}.
36 * For example, imagine {@link Locatable} X that points to a particular annotation,
37 * whose upstream is {@link Locatable} Y, which points to a particular method
38 * (on which the annotation is put), whose upstream is {@link Locatable} Z,
39 * which points to a particular class (in which the method is defined),
40 * whose upstream is {@link Locatable} W,
41 * which points to another class (which refers to the class Z), and so on.
42 *
43 * <p>
44 * This chain will be turned into a list when we report the error to users.
45 * This allows them to know where the error happened
46 * and why that place became relevant.
47 *
48 * @author Kohsuke Kawaguchi
49 */
50 public interface Locatable {
51 /**
52 * Gets the upstream {@link Location} information.
53 *
54 * @return
55 * can be null.
56 */
57 Locatable getUpstream();
59 /**
60 * Gets the location object that this object points to.
61 *
62 * This operation could be inefficient and costly.
63 */
64 Location getLocation();
65 }