package net.sf.saxon.event;


/**
 * LocationProvider: this interface represents an object that
 * provides the location of elements in a source document or instructions in a stylesheet
 * or query. A locationProvider may be passed down the Receiver pipeline as part of the
 * PipelineConfiguration object; on the input pipeline, this will be a {@link SaxonLocator} object,
 * on the output pipeline, it will be a {@link net.sf.saxon.instruct.LocationMap}
 * <p/>
 * A LocationProvider that represents locations in the source document from which the events
 * are derived (as distinct from locations in a query or stylesheet of the instructions causing the
 * events) will also implement the marker interface {@link net.sf.saxon.event.SourceLocationProvider}
 */

public interface LocationProvider {

    /**
     * Get the URI of the document or module containing a particular location
     * @param locationId identifier of the location in question (as passed down the Receiver pipeline)
     * @return the URI of the document or module.
     */

    public String getSystemId(long locationId);

    /**
     * Get the line number within the document or module containing a particular location
     * @param locationId identifier of the location in question (as passed down the Receiver pipeline)
     * @return the line number within the document or module.
     */

    public int getLineNumber(long locationId);

    /**
     * Get the column number within the document or module containing a particular location
     * @param locationId identifier of the location in question (as passed down the Receiver pipeline)
     * @return the column number within the document or module, or -1 if this is not available
     */

    public int getColumnNumber(long locationId);


}

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