Locator Class Referenceabstract

Interface for associating a SAX event with a document location. More...

`#include <xercesc/sax/Locator.hpp>`

## Public Member Functions

Constructors and Destructor
| Locator ()
| Default constructor.
virtual | ~Locator ()
| Destructor.

## The locator interface

virtual const XMLCh * | getPublicId () const =0
| Return the public identifier for the current document event.
virtual const XMLCh * | getSystemId () const =0
| Return the system identifier for the current document event.
virtual XMLFileLoc | getLineNumber () const =0
| Return the line number where the current document event ends.
virtual XMLFileLoc | getColumnNumber () const =0
| Return the column number where the current document event ends.

## Detailed Description

Interface for associating a SAX event with a document location.

If a SAX parser provides location information to the SAX application, it does so by implementing this interface and then passing an instance to the application using the document handler's setDocumentLocator method. The application can use the object to obtain the location of any other document handler event in the XML source document.

Note that the results returned by the object will be valid only during the scope of each document handler method: the application will receive unpredictable results if it attempts to use the locator at any other time.

SAX parsers are not required to supply a locator, but they are very strong encouraged to do so. If the parser supplies a locator, it must do so before reporting any other document events. If no locator has been set by the time the application receives the startDocument event, the application should assume that a locator is not available.

See also
  DocumentHandler::setDocumentLocator

## Constructor & Destructor Documentation

## Locator()

Locator::Locator | ( |  | ) |

Default constructor.

## ~Locator()

virtual Locator::~Locator | ( |  | ) |

virtual

Destructor.

## Member Function Documentation

## getColumnNumber()

virtual XMLFileLoc Locator::getColumnNumber | ( |  | ) | const

pure virtual

Return the column number where the current document event ends.

Note that this is the column number of the first character after the text associated with the document event. The first column in a line is position 1.

Returns
  The column number, or 0 if none is available.

See also
  getLineNumber

## getLineNumber()

virtual XMLFileLoc Locator::getLineNumber | ( |  | ) | const

pure virtual

Return the line number where the current document event ends.

Note that this is the line position of the first character after the text associated with the document event.

Returns
  The line number, or 0 if none is available.

See also
  getColumnNumber

## getPublicId()

virtual const XMLCh * Locator::getPublicId | ( |  | ) | const

pure virtual

Return the public identifier for the current document event.

This will be the public identifier

Returns
  A string containing the public identifier, or null if none is available.

See also
  getSystemId

## getSystemId()

virtual const XMLCh * Locator::getSystemId | ( |  | ) | const

pure virtual

Return the system identifier for the current document event.

If the system identifier is a URL, the parser must resolve it fully before passing it to the application.

Returns
  A string containing the system identifier, or null if none is available.

See also
  getPublicId

The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

- Locator.hpp