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Interface DOMLocator

All Superinterfaces:: SourceLocator

public interface DOMLocator extends SourceLocator

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 SourceLocator object returned by an exception. A Transformer may use this object for purposes other than error reporting, for instance, to indicate the source node that originated a result node.

Since:: 1.4

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Node`	`getOriginatingNode()`	Return the node where the event occurred.

Methods declared in interface javax.xml.transform.SourceLocator

getColumnNumber, getLineNumber, getPublicId, getSystemId

Method Details

getOriginatingNode

Node getOriginatingNode()

Return the node where the event occurred.

Returns:: The node that is the location for the event.

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