org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom
Class Message

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.Message

public class Message

extends Object

Error message used to report potential errors found during the AST parsing or name resolution. Instances of this class are immutable.

Since:

2.0

Constructor Summary

Message(String message, int startPosition)
Creates a message.

Message(String message, int startPosition, int length)
Creates a message.

Method Summary

int	getLength() Returns the length in characters of the original source file indicating where the source fragment corresponding to this message ends.
String	getMessage() Returns the localized message.
int	getSourcePosition() Deprecated. Use getStartPosition() instead.
int	getStartPosition() Returns the character index into the original source file.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Message

public Message(String message,
               int startPosition)

Creates a message.

Parameters:

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:

IllegalArgumentException - if the message is null

Message

public Message(String message,
               int startPosition,
               int length)

Creates a message.

Parameters:

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:

IllegalArgumentException - if the message is null

Method Detail

getMessage

public String getMessage()

Returns the localized message.

Returns:

the localized message

getSourcePosition

public int getSourcePosition()

Deprecated. Use getStartPosition() instead.

Returns the character index into the original source file.

Returns:

the 0-based character index, or -1 if no source position information is recorded for this message

See Also:

getLength()

getStartPosition

public int getStartPosition()

Returns the character index into the original source file.

Returns:

the 0-based character index, or -1 if no source position information is recorded for this message

See Also:

getLength()

getLength

public int getLength()

Returns the length in characters of the original source file indicating where the source fragment corresponding to this message ends.

Returns:

a length, or 0 if no source length information is recorded for this message

See Also:

getStartPosition()