Source for org.w3c.dom.DOMError

   1: /*
   2:  * Copyright (c) 2004 World Wide Web Consortium,
   3:  *
   4:  * (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, European Research Consortium for
   5:  * Informatics and Mathematics, Keio University). All Rights Reserved. This
   6:  * work is distributed under the W3C(r) Software License [1] in the hope that
   7:  * it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
   8:  * warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
   9:  *
  10:  * [1] http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/2002/copyright-software-20021231
  11:  */
  12: 
  13: package org.w3c.dom;
  14: 
  15: /**
  16:  * <code>DOMError</code> is an interface that describes an error.
  17:  * <p>See also the <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-DOM-Level-3-Core-20040407'>Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Core Specification</a>.
  18:  * @since DOM Level 3
  19:  */
  20: public interface DOMError {
  21:     // ErrorSeverity
  22:     /**
  23:      * The severity of the error described by the <code>DOMError</code> is 
  24:      * warning. A <code>SEVERITY_WARNING</code> will not cause the 
  25:      * processing to stop, unless <code>DOMErrorHandler.handleError()</code> 
  26:      * returns <code>false</code>.
  27:      */
  28:     public static final short SEVERITY_WARNING          = 1;
  29:     /**
  30:      * The severity of the error described by the <code>DOMError</code> is 
  31:      * error. A <code>SEVERITY_ERROR</code> may not cause the processing to 
  32:      * stop if the error can be recovered, unless 
  33:      * <code>DOMErrorHandler.handleError()</code> returns <code>false</code>.
  34:      */
  35:     public static final short SEVERITY_ERROR            = 2;
  36:     /**
  37:      * The severity of the error described by the <code>DOMError</code> is 
  38:      * fatal error. A <code>SEVERITY_FATAL_ERROR</code> will cause the 
  39:      * normal processing to stop. The return value of 
  40:      * <code>DOMErrorHandler.handleError()</code> is ignored unless the 
  41:      * implementation chooses to continue, in which case the behavior 
  42:      * becomes undefined.
  43:      */
  44:     public static final short SEVERITY_FATAL_ERROR      = 3;
  45: 
  46:     /**
  47:      * The severity of the error, either <code>SEVERITY_WARNING</code>, 
  48:      * <code>SEVERITY_ERROR</code>, or <code>SEVERITY_FATAL_ERROR</code>.
  49:      */
  50:     public short getSeverity();
  51: 
  52:     /**
  53:      * An implementation specific string describing the error that occurred.
  54:      */
  55:     public String getMessage();
  56: 
  57:     /**
  58:      *  A <code>DOMString</code> indicating which related data is expected in 
  59:      * <code>relatedData</code>. Users should refer to the specification of 
  60:      * the error in order to find its <code>DOMString</code> type and 
  61:      * <code>relatedData</code> definitions if any. 
  62:      * <p ><b>Note:</b>  As an example, 
  63:      * <code>Document.normalizeDocument()</code> does generate warnings when 
  64:      * the "split-cdata-sections" parameter is in use. Therefore, the method 
  65:      * generates a <code>SEVERITY_WARNING</code> with <code>type</code> 
  66:      * <code>"cdata-sections-splitted"</code> and the first 
  67:      * <code>CDATASection</code> node in document order resulting from the 
  68:      * split is returned by the <code>relatedData</code> attribute. 
  69:      */
  70:     public String getType();
  71: 
  72:     /**
  73:      * The related platform dependent exception if any.
  74:      */
  75:     public Object getRelatedException();
  76: 
  77:     /**
  78:      *  The related <code>DOMError.type</code> dependent data if any. 
  79:      */
  80:     public Object getRelatedData();
  81: 
  82:     /**
  83:      * The location of the error.
  84:      */
  85:     public DOMLocator getLocation();
  86: 
  87: }