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package com.sun.xml.internal.bind;

import com.sun.xml.internal.bind.annotation.XmlLocation;

import org.xml.sax.Locator;


Optional interface implemented by JAXB objects to expose
location information from which an object is unmarshalled.

 This is used during JAXB RI 1.0.x. In JAXB 2.0, use XmlLocation. 
Author:
    Kohsuke Kawaguchi (kohsuke.kawaguchi@sun.com)
Since:JAXB RI 1.0
/**
 * Optional interface implemented by JAXB objects to expose
 * location information from which an object is unmarshalled.
 *
 * <p>
 * This is used during JAXB RI 1.0.x.
 * In JAXB 2.0, use {@link XmlLocation}.
 *
 * @author
 *     Kohsuke Kawaguchi (kohsuke.kawaguchi@sun.com)
 *
 * @since JAXB RI 1.0
 */
public interface Locatable {
    
Returns: null if the location information is unavaiable, or otherwise return a immutable valid Locator object.
/**
     * @return
     *      null if the location information is unavaiable,
     *      or otherwise return a immutable valid {@link Locator}
     *      object.
     */
    Locator sourceLocation();
}