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package javax.xml.bind;

/**

 * This event indicates that a problem was encountered while validating the

 * incoming XML data during an unmarshal operation, while performing

 * on-demand validation of the Java content tree, or while marshalling the

 * Java content tree back to XML data.

 *

 * @author <ul><li>Ryan Shoemaker, Sun Microsystems, Inc.</li><li>Kohsuke Kawaguchi, Sun Microsystems, Inc.</li><li>Joe Fialli, Sun Microsystems, Inc.</li></ul>

 * @see Validator

 * @see ValidationEventHandler

 */

public interface ValidationEvent {

    /**

     * Conditions that are not errors or fatal errors as defined by the

     * XML 1.0 recommendation

     */

    public static final int WARNING     = 0;

    /**

     * Conditions that correspond to the definition of "error" in section

     * 1.2 of the W3C XML 1.0 Recommendation

     */

    public static final int ERROR       = 1;

    /**

     * Conditions that correspond to the definition of "fatal error" in section

     * 1.2 of the W3C XML 1.0 Recommendation

     */

    public static final int FATAL_ERROR = 2;

    /**

     * Retrieve the severity code for this warning/error.

     *

     * <p>

     * Must be one of <tt>ValidationError.WARNING</tt>,

     * <tt>ValidationError.ERROR</tt>, or <tt>ValidationError.FATAL_ERROR</tt>.

     *

     * @return the severity code for this warning/error

     */

    public int getSeverity();

    /**

     * Retrieve the text message for this warning/error.

     *

     * @return the text message for this warning/error or null if one wasn't set

     */

    public String getMessage();

    /**

     * Retrieve the linked exception for this warning/error.

     *

     * @return the linked exception for this warning/error or null if one

     *         wasn't set

     */

    public Throwable getLinkedException();

    /**

     * Retrieve the locator for this warning/error.

     *

     * @return the locator that indicates where the warning/error occurred

     */

    public ValidationEventLocator getLocator();

}