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014    
015    package org.apache.hivemind;
016    
017    
018    /**
019     * Represents a location within a resource; this is universally
020     * used to support error reporting, by relating run-time objects
021     * back to specific locations wtihin specific resources.
022     * 
023     * @author Howard M. Lewis Ship, glongman@intelligentworks.com
024     */
025    public interface Location
026    {
027            /**
028             * The resource containing the location.
029             */
030        public Resource getResource();
031        
032        /**
033         * A position inside the resource. The format of the position
034         * is implementation specific.
035         */
036        public String getPosition();
037        
038    }