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package com.sun.mirror.apt;

import com.sun.mirror.util.SourcePosition;

/**
 * A <tt>Messager</tt> provides the way for
 * an annotation processor to report error messages, warnings, and
 * other notices.
 *
 * @deprecated All components of this API have been superseded by the
 * standardized annotation processing API.  The replacement for the
 * functionality of this interface is {@link
 * javax.annotation.processing.Messager}.
 *
 * @author Joseph D. Darcy
 * @author Scott Seligman
 * @since 1.5
 */
@Deprecated
@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
public interface Messager {

    /**
     * Prints an error message.
     * Equivalent to <tt>printError(null, msg)</tt>.
     * @param msg  the message, or an empty string if none
     */
    void printError(String msg);

    /**
     * Prints an error message.
     * @param pos  the position where the error occured, or null if it is
     *                  unknown or not applicable
     * @param msg  the message, or an empty string if none
     */
    void printError(SourcePosition pos, String msg);

    /**
     * Prints a warning message.
     * Equivalent to <tt>printWarning(null, msg)</tt>.
     * @param msg  the message, or an empty string if none
     */
    void printWarning(String msg);

    /**
     * Prints a warning message.
     * @param pos  the position where the warning occured, or null if it is
     *                  unknown or not applicable
     * @param msg  the message, or an empty string if none
     */
    void printWarning(SourcePosition pos, String msg);

    /**
     * Prints a notice.
     * Equivalent to <tt>printNotice(null, msg)</tt>.
     * @param msg  the message, or an empty string if none
     */
    void printNotice(String msg);

    /**
     * Prints a notice.
     * @param pos  the position where the noticed occured, or null if it is
     *                  unknown or not applicable
     * @param msg  the message, or an empty string if none
     */
    void printNotice(SourcePosition pos, String msg);
}