ValidationEventLocator (Jakarta XML Binding API documentation)

All Known Implementing Classes:

ValidationEventLocatorImpl
```
public interface ValidationEventLocator
```
Encapsulate the location of a ValidationEvent.
The ValidationEventLocator indicates where the ValidationEvent occurred. Different fields will be set depending on the type of validation that was being performed when the error or warning was detected. For example, on-demand validation would produce locators that contained references to objects in the Java content tree while unmarshal-time validation would produce locators containing information appropriate to the source of the XML data (file, url, Node, etc).
Since:

1.6, JAXB 1.0

Author:
- Ryan Shoemaker, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
- Kohsuke Kawaguchi, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
- Joe Fialli, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
See Also:

Validator, ValidationEvent

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`int`	`getColumnNumber()`	Return the column number if available
`int`	`getLineNumber()`	Return the line number if available
`org.w3c.dom.Node`	`getNode()`	Return a reference to the DOM Node if available
`java.lang.Object`	`getObject()`	Return a reference to the object in the Java content tree if available
`int`	`getOffset()`	Return the byte offset if available
`java.net.URL`	`getURL()`	Return the name of the XML source as a URL if available

- Method Detail
  - getURL
```
java.net.URL getURL()
```
    Return the name of the XML source as a URL if available
    
    Returns:
    
    the name of the XML source as a URL or null if unavailable
  - getOffset
```
int getOffset()
```
    Return the byte offset if available
    
    Returns:
    
    the byte offset into the input source or -1 if unavailable
  - getLineNumber
```
int getLineNumber()
```
    Return the line number if available
    
    Returns:
    
    the line number or -1 if unavailable
  - getColumnNumber
```
int getColumnNumber()
```
    Return the column number if available
    
    Returns:
    
    the column number or -1 if unavailable
  - getObject
```
java.lang.Object getObject()
```
    Return a reference to the object in the Java content tree if available
    
    Returns:
    
    a reference to the object in the Java content tree or null if unavailable
  - getNode
```
org.w3c.dom.Node getNode()
```
    Return a reference to the DOM Node if available
    
    Returns:
    
    a reference to the DOM Node or null if unavailable