/* SourcePosition.java -- Model of a location in a source file. Copyright (C) 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This file is part of the com.sun.javadoc implementation of GNU Classpath. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA. */ package com.sun.javadoc; import java.io.File; /** * Represents a location in a source file. This is used by {@link * Doc} to specify at which location an item is defined. */ public interface SourcePosition { /** * Return a File object pointing to the source file. */ public File file(); /** * Return the 1-based line number within the source file. */ public int line(); /** * Return the 1-based column number within the source file. */ public int column(); /** * Return a string in the format "file.toString():line" */ public String toString(); }