src/share/classes/javax/tools/Diagnostic.java

Wed, 08 Oct 2014 14:16:40 -0700

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duke@1 25
duke@1 26 package javax.tools;
duke@1 27
duke@1 28 import java.util.Locale;
duke@1 29
duke@1 30 /**
duke@1 31 * Interface for diagnostics from tools. A diagnostic usually reports
duke@1 32 * a problem at a specific position in a source file. However, not
duke@1 33 * all diagnostics are associated with a position or a file.
duke@1 34 *
duke@1 35 * <p>A position is a zero-based character offset from the beginning of
duke@1 36 * a file. Negative values (except {@link #NOPOS}) are not valid
duke@1 37 * positions.
duke@1 38 *
duke@1 39 * <p>Line and column numbers begin at 1. Negative values (except
duke@1 40 * {@link #NOPOS}) and 0 are not valid line or column numbers.
duke@1 41 *
duke@1 42 * @param <S> the type of source object used by this diagnostic
duke@1 43 *
duke@1 44 * @author Peter von der Ah&eacute;
duke@1 45 * @author Jonathan Gibbons
duke@1 46 * @since 1.6
duke@1 47 */
duke@1 48 public interface Diagnostic<S> {
duke@1 49
duke@1 50 /**
duke@1 51 * Kinds of diagnostics, for example, error or warning.
jjg@2087 52 *
jjg@2087 53 * The kind of a diagnostic can be used to determine how the
jjg@2087 54 * diagnostic should be presented to the user. For example,
jjg@2087 55 * errors might be colored red or prefixed with the word "Error",
jjg@2087 56 * while warnings might be colored yellow or prefixed with the
jjg@2087 57 * word "Warning". There is no requirement that the Kind
jjg@2087 58 * should imply any inherent semantic meaning to the message
jjg@2087 59 * of the diagnostic: for example, a tool might provide an
jjg@2087 60 * option to report all warnings as errors.
duke@1 61 */
duke@1 62 enum Kind {
duke@1 63 /**
duke@1 64 * Problem which prevents the tool's normal completion.
duke@1 65 */
duke@1 66 ERROR,
duke@1 67 /**
duke@1 68 * Problem which does not usually prevent the tool from
duke@1 69 * completing normally.
duke@1 70 */
duke@1 71 WARNING,
duke@1 72 /**
duke@1 73 * Problem similar to a warning, but is mandated by the tool's
duke@1 74 * specification. For example, the Java&trade; Language
jjg@2087 75 * Specification mandates warnings on certain
duke@1 76 * unchecked operations and the use of deprecated methods.
duke@1 77 */
duke@1 78 MANDATORY_WARNING,
duke@1 79 /**
duke@1 80 * Informative message from the tool.
duke@1 81 */
duke@1 82 NOTE,
duke@1 83 /**
duke@1 84 * Diagnostic which does not fit within the other kinds.
duke@1 85 */
duke@1 86 OTHER,
duke@1 87 }
duke@1 88
duke@1 89 /**
duke@1 90 * Used to signal that no position is available.
duke@1 91 */
duke@1 92 public final static long NOPOS = -1;
duke@1 93
duke@1 94 /**
duke@1 95 * Gets the kind of this diagnostic, for example, error or
duke@1 96 * warning.
duke@1 97 * @return the kind of this diagnostic
duke@1 98 */
duke@1 99 Kind getKind();
duke@1 100
duke@1 101 /**
duke@1 102 * Gets the source object associated with this diagnostic.
duke@1 103 *
duke@1 104 * @return the source object associated with this diagnostic.
duke@1 105 * {@code null} if no source object is associated with the
duke@1 106 * diagnostic.
duke@1 107 */
duke@1 108 S getSource();
duke@1 109
duke@1 110 /**
duke@1 111 * Gets a character offset from the beginning of the source object
duke@1 112 * associated with this diagnostic that indicates the location of
duke@1 113 * the problem. In addition, the following must be true:
duke@1 114 *
duke@1 115 * <p>{@code getStartPostion() <= getPosition()}
duke@1 116 * <p>{@code getPosition() <= getEndPosition()}
duke@1 117 *
duke@1 118 * @return character offset from beginning of source; {@link
duke@1 119 * #NOPOS} if {@link #getSource()} would return {@code null} or if
duke@1 120 * no location is suitable
duke@1 121 */
duke@1 122 long getPosition();
duke@1 123
duke@1 124 /**
duke@1 125 * Gets the character offset from the beginning of the file
duke@1 126 * associated with this diagnostic that indicates the start of the
duke@1 127 * problem.
duke@1 128 *
duke@1 129 * @return offset from beginning of file; {@link #NOPOS} if and
duke@1 130 * only if {@link #getPosition()} returns {@link #NOPOS}
duke@1 131 */
duke@1 132 long getStartPosition();
duke@1 133
duke@1 134 /**
duke@1 135 * Gets the character offset from the beginning of the file
duke@1 136 * associated with this diagnostic that indicates the end of the
duke@1 137 * problem.
duke@1 138 *
duke@1 139 * @return offset from beginning of file; {@link #NOPOS} if and
duke@1 140 * only if {@link #getPosition()} returns {@link #NOPOS}
duke@1 141 */
duke@1 142 long getEndPosition();
duke@1 143
duke@1 144 /**
duke@1 145 * Gets the line number of the character offset returned by
duke@1 146 * {@linkplain #getPosition()}.
duke@1 147 *
duke@1 148 * @return a line number or {@link #NOPOS} if and only if {@link
duke@1 149 * #getPosition()} returns {@link #NOPOS}
duke@1 150 */
duke@1 151 long getLineNumber();
duke@1 152
duke@1 153 /**
duke@1 154 * Gets the column number of the character offset returned by
duke@1 155 * {@linkplain #getPosition()}.
duke@1 156 *
duke@1 157 * @return a column number or {@link #NOPOS} if and only if {@link
duke@1 158 * #getPosition()} returns {@link #NOPOS}
duke@1 159 */
duke@1 160 long getColumnNumber();
duke@1 161
duke@1 162 /**
duke@1 163 * Gets a diagnostic code indicating the type of diagnostic. The
duke@1 164 * code is implementation-dependent and might be {@code null}.
duke@1 165 *
duke@1 166 * @return a diagnostic code
duke@1 167 */
duke@1 168 String getCode();
duke@1 169
duke@1 170 /**
duke@1 171 * Gets a localized message for the given locale. The actual
duke@1 172 * message is implementation-dependent. If the locale is {@code
duke@1 173 * null} use the default locale.
duke@1 174 *
duke@1 175 * @param locale a locale; might be {@code null}
duke@1 176 * @return a localized message
duke@1 177 */
duke@1 178 String getMessage(Locale locale);
duke@1 179 }

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