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package com.sun.xml.bind;
import javax.xml.bind.ValidationEventLocator;
/**
* Defines additional accessor methods for the event source location.
*
* This interface exposes the location information only available
* in the JAXB RI specific extension.
*
* DO NOT IMPLEMENT THIS INTERFACE BY YOUR CODE because
* we might add more methods on this interface in the future release
* of the RI.
*
*
Usage
*
* If you obtain a reference to {@link javax.xml.bind.ValidationEventLocator},
* check if you can cast it to {@link ValidationEventLocatorEx} first, like this:
*
* void foo( ValidationEvent e ) {
* ValidationEventLocator loc = e.getLocator();
* if( loc instanceof ValidationEventLocatorEx ) {
* String fieldName = ((ValidationEventLocatorEx)loc).getFieldName();
* if( fieldName!=null ) {
* // do something with location.
* }
* }
* }
*
*
* @author
* Kohsuke Kawaguchi ([email protected])
*/
public interface ValidationEventLocatorEx extends ValidationEventLocator {
/**
* Returns the field name of the object where the error occured.
*
* This method always returns null when you are doing
* a validation during unmarshalling.
*
* When not null, the field name indicates the field of the object
* designated by the {@link #getObject()} method where the error
* occured.
*/
String getFieldName();
}