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/******************************************************************************* * Copyright (c) 2000, 2009 IBM Corporation and others. * * This program and the accompanying materials * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at * https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/ * * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 * * Contributors: * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation *******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom;
Error message used to report potential errors found during the AST parsing or name resolution. Instances of this class are immutable.
Since:2.0
/** * Error message used to report potential errors found during the AST parsing * or name resolution. Instances of this class are immutable. * * @since 2.0 */
public class Message {
The message.
/** * The message. */
private String message;
The character index into the original source string, or -1 if none.
/** * The character index into the original source string, or -1 if none. */
private int startPosition;
The length in characters of the original source file indicating where the source fragment corresponding to this message ends.
/** * The length in characters of the original source file indicating * where the source fragment corresponding to this message ends. */
private int length;
Creates a message.
Params:
  • message – the localized message reported by the compiler
  • startPosition – the 0-based character index into the original source file, or -1 if no source position information is to be recorded for this message
Throws:
/** * Creates a message. * * @param message the localized message reported by the compiler * @param startPosition the 0-based character index into the * original source file, or <code>-1</code> if no source position * information is to be recorded for this message * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the message is null * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the startPosition is lower than -1. */
public Message(String message, int startPosition) { if (message == null) { throw new IllegalArgumentException(); } if (startPosition < -1) { throw new IllegalArgumentException(); } this.message = message; this.startPosition = startPosition; this.length = 0; }
Creates a message.
Params:
  • message – the localized message reported by the compiler
  • startPosition – the 0-based character index into the original source file, or -1 if no source position information is to be recorded for this message
  • length – the length in character of the original source file indicating where the source fragment corresponding to this message ends. 0 or a negative number if none. A negative number will be converted to a 0-length.
Throws:
/** * Creates a message. * * @param message the localized message reported by the compiler * @param startPosition the 0-based character index into the * original source file, or <code>-1</code> if no source position * information is to be recorded for this message * @param length the length in character of the original source file indicating * where the source fragment corresponding to this message ends. 0 or a negative number * if none. A negative number will be converted to a 0-length. * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the message is null * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the startPosition is lower than -1. */
public Message(String message, int startPosition, int length) { if (message == null) { throw new IllegalArgumentException(); } if (startPosition < -1) { throw new IllegalArgumentException(); } this.message = message; this.startPosition = startPosition; if (length <= 0) { this.length = 0; } else { this.length = length; } }
Returns the localized message.
Returns:the localized message
/** * Returns the localized message. * * @return the localized message */
public String getMessage() { return this.message; }
Returns the character index into the original source file.
See Also:
Returns:the 0-based character index, or -1 if no source position information is recorded for this message
Deprecated:Use getStartPosition() instead.
/** * Returns the character index into the original source file. * * @return the 0-based character index, or <code>-1</code> * if no source position information is recorded for this * message * @deprecated Use {@link #getStartPosition()} instead. * @see #getLength() */
public int getSourcePosition() { return getStartPosition(); }
Returns the character index into the original source file.
See Also:
Returns:the 0-based character index, or -1 if no source position information is recorded for this message
/** * Returns the character index into the original source file. * * @return the 0-based character index, or <code>-1</code> * if no source position information is recorded for this * message * @see #getLength() */
public int getStartPosition() { return this.startPosition; }
Returns the length in characters of the original source file indicating where the source fragment corresponding to this message ends.
See Also:
Returns:a length, or 0 if no source length information is recorded for this message
/** * Returns the length in characters of the original source file indicating * where the source fragment corresponding to this message ends. * * @return a length, or <code>0</code> * if no source length information is recorded for this message * @see #getStartPosition() */
public int getLength() { return this.length; } }