/*
 * Copyright 2003 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
 * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
 */

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> 
 * @version $Revision: 1.2 $
 * @see Validator
 * @see ValidationEventHandler
 * @since JAXB1.0
 */
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();
    
}