001// Copyright 2004, 2005 The Apache Software Foundation 002// 003// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 004// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 005// You may obtain a copy of the License at 006// 007// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 008// 009// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 010// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 011// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 012// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 013// limitations under the License. 014 015package org.apache.hivemind; 016 017 018/** 019 * Interface for classes that may be linked to a specific 020 * {@link org.apache.hivemind.Location location}. This 021 * is primarily used when reporting errors. 022 * 023 * @author Howard Lewis Ship 024 */ 025public interface Locatable 026{ 027 /** 028 * Returns the {@link Location location} from which 029 * this object orginates, or null if not known. 030 * 031 */ 032 033 public Location getLocation(); 034}