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+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2009 Alena Laskavaia 
+ * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ *
+ * Contributors:
+ *    Alena Laskavaia  - initial API and implementation
+ *******************************************************************************/
+package org.eclipse.cdt.codan.core.model;
+
+import org.eclipse.core.resources.IFile;
+
+/**
+ * Interface to describe problem location. Usually contains file and linenumber,
+ * also supports character positions for sophisticated errors.
+ * 
+ */
+public interface IProblemLocation {
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * @return File for the problem - absolute full paths
+	 */
+	IFile getFile();
+
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * @return Primary line for the problem, lines start with 1 for file. If -1
+	 *         char position would be used.
+	 */
+	int getLineNumber();
+
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * @return character position where problem starts within file, first char
+	 *         is 0, inclusive, tab count as one. If unknown return -1.
+	 */
+	int getStartingChar();
+
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * @return character position where problem ends within file, first char is
+	 *         0, exclusive, tab count as one. If unknown return -1.
+	 */
+	int getEndingChar();
+
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * @return extra data for problem location, checker specific, can be
+	 *         backtrace for example
+	 */
+	Object getData();
+}