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/**
* Copyright (C) 2011-2012 Typesafe Inc.
*/
package com.crashnote.core.config.helper;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.List;
/**
* Represents the origin (such as filename and line number) of a
* {@link ConfigValue} for use in error messages. Obtain the origin of a value
* with {@link ConfigValue#origin}. Exceptions may have an origin, see
* {@link ConfigException#origin}, but be careful because
* ConfigException.origin() may return null.
*
*
* It's best to use this interface only for debugging; its accuracy is
* "best effort" rather than guaranteed, and a potentially-noticeable amount of
* memory could probably be saved if origins were not kept around, so in the
* future there might be some option to discard origins.
*
*
* Do not implement this interface; it should only be implemented by
* the config library. Arbitrary implementations will not work because the
* library internals assume a specific concrete implementation. Also, this
* interface is likely to grow new methods over time, so third-party
* implementations will break.
*/
public interface ConfigOrigin {
/**
* Returns a string describing the origin of a value or exception. This will
* never return null.
*
* @return string describing the origin
*/
public String description();
/**
* Returns a filename describing the origin. This will return null if the
* origin was not a file.
*
* @return filename of the origin or null
*/
public String filename();
/**
* Returns a URL describing the origin. This will return null if the origin
* has no meaningful URL.
*
* @return url of the origin or null
*/
public URL url();
/**
* Returns a classpath resource name describing the origin. This will return
* null if the origin was not a classpath resource.
*
* @return resource name of the origin or null
*/
public String resource();
/**
* Returns a line number where the value or exception originated. This will
* return -1 if there's no meaningful line number.
*
* @return line number or -1 if none is available
*/
public int lineNumber();
/**
* Returns any comments that appeared to "go with" this place in the file.
* Often an empty list, but never null. The details of this are subject to
* change, but at the moment comments that are immediately before an array
* element or object field, with no blank line after the comment, "go with"
* that element or field.
*
* @return any comments that seemed to "go with" this origin, empty list if
* none
*/
public List comments();
}