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package com.sun.mirror.util;


import java.io.File;


/**
 * Represents a position in a source file.
 *
 * @deprecated All components of this API have been superseded by the
 * standardized annotation processing API.  There is no direct
 * replacement for the functionality of this interface since the
 * standardized {@link javax.annotation.processing.Messager Messager}
 * API implicitly takes a source position argument via any element,
 * annotation mirror, or annotation value passed along with the
 * message.
 *
 * @author Joseph D. Darcy
 * @author Scott Seligman
 * @since 1.5
 */
@Deprecated
@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
public interface SourcePosition {

    /**
     * Returns the source file containing this position.
     *
     * @return the source file containing this position; never null
     */
    File file();

    /**
     * Returns the line number of this position.  Lines are numbered
     * starting with 1.
     *
     * @return the line number of this position, or 0 if the line
     * number is unknown or not applicable
     */
    int line();

    /**
     * Returns the column number of this position.  Columns are numbered
     * starting with 1.
     *
     * @return the column number of this position, or 0 if the column
     * number is unknown or not applicable
     */
    int column();
}