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// $Id: DOMLocator.java 446598 2006-09-15 12:55:40Z jeremias $
package javax.xml.transform.dom;
import javax.xml.transform.SourceLocator;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
/**
* Indicates the position of a node in a source DOM, intended
* primarily for error reporting. To use a DOMLocator, the receiver of an
* error must downcast the {@link javax.xml.transform.SourceLocator}
* object returned by an exception. A {@link javax.xml.transform.Transformer}
* may use this object for purposes other than error reporting, for instance,
* to indicate the source node that originated a result node.
*/
public interface DOMLocator extends SourceLocator {
/**
* Return the node where the event occurred.
*
* @return The node that is the location for the event.
*/
public Node getOriginatingNode();
}