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## org.apache.tools.ant
Class Location

    java.lang.Object
      org.apache.tools.ant.Location

All Implemented Interfaces:
  java.io.Serializable

    public class Location

extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Serializable

Stores the location of a piece of text within a file (file name, line number and column number). Note that the column number is currently ignored.

See Also:
  Serialized Form

Field Summary
`static Location` | `UNKNOWN_LOCATION` Location to use when one is needed but no information is available

Constructor Summary
`Location(org.xml.sax.Locator loc)` Creates a location from the SAX locator using the system ID as the filename.
`Location(java.lang.String fileName)` Creates a location consisting of a file name but no line number or column number.
`Location(java.lang.String fileName, int lineNumber, int columnNumber)` Creates a location consisting of a file name, line number and column number.

Method Summary
`boolean` | `equals(java.lang.Object other)` Equality operation.
`int` | `getColumnNumber()`
`java.lang.String` | `getFileName()`
`int` | `getLineNumber()`
`int` | `hashCode()` Hash operation.
`java.lang.String` | `toString()` Returns the file name, line number, a colon and a trailing space.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

Field Detail

### UNKNOWN_LOCATION

    public static final Location UNKNOWN_LOCATION

  Location to use when one is needed but no information is available

Constructor Detail

### Location

    public Location(java.lang.String fileName)

  Creates a location consisting of a file name but no line number or column number.

  Parameters:
    `fileName` - The name of the file. May be `null`, in which case the location is equivalent to `UNKNOWN_LOCATION`.

### Location

    public Location(org.xml.sax.Locator loc)

  Creates a location from the SAX locator using the system ID as the filename.

  Parameters:
    `loc` - Must not be `null`.
  Since:
    Ant 1.6

### Location

    public Location(java.lang.String fileName,
                    int lineNumber,
                    int columnNumber)

  Creates a location consisting of a file name, line number and column number.

  Parameters:
    `fileName` - The name of the file. May be `null`, in which case the location is equivalent to `UNKNOWN_LOCATION`.
    `lineNumber` - Line number within the file. Use 0 for unknown positions within a file.
    `columnNumber` - Column number within the line.

Method Detail

### getFileName

    public java.lang.String getFileName()

  Returns:
    the filename portion of the location
  Since:
    Ant 1.6

### getLineNumber

    public int getLineNumber()

  Returns:
    the line number
  Since:
    Ant 1.6

### getColumnNumber

    public int getColumnNumber()

  Returns:
    the column number
  Since:
    Ant 1.7

### toString

    public java.lang.String toString()

  Returns the file name, line number, a colon and a trailing space. An error message can be appended easily. For unknown locations, an empty string is returned.

  Overrides:
    `toString` in class `java.lang.Object`
  Returns:
    a String of the form `"fileName:lineNumber: "` if both file name and line number are known, `"fileName: "` if only the file name is known, and the empty string for unknown locations.

### equals

    public boolean equals(java.lang.Object other)

  Equality operation.

  Overrides:
    `equals` in class `java.lang.Object`
  Parameters:
    `other` - the object to compare to.
  Returns:
    true if the other object contains the same information as this object.
  Since:
    Ant 1.6.3

### hashCode

    public int hashCode()

  Hash operation.

  Overrides:
    `hashCode` in class `java.lang.Object`
  Returns:
    a hash code value for this location.
  Since:
    Ant 1.6.3

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