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package com.sun.mirror.apt;
import com.sun.mirror.util.SourcePosition;
/**
* A <tt>Messager</tt> provides the way for
* an annotation processor to report error messages, warnings, and
* other notices.
*
* @deprecated All components of this API have been superseded by the
* standardized annotation processing API. The replacement for the
* functionality of this interface is {@link
* javax.annotation.processing.Messager}.
*
* @author Joseph D. Darcy
* @author Scott Seligman
* @since 1.5
*/
@Deprecated
@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
public interface Messager {
/**
* Prints an error message.
* Equivalent to <tt>printError(null, msg)</tt>.
* @param msg the message, or an empty string if none
*/
void printError(String msg);
/**
* Prints an error message.
* @param pos the position where the error occured, or null if it is
* unknown or not applicable
* @param msg the message, or an empty string if none
*/
void printError(SourcePosition pos, String msg);
/**
* Prints a warning message.
* Equivalent to <tt>printWarning(null, msg)</tt>.
* @param msg the message, or an empty string if none
*/
void printWarning(String msg);
/**
* Prints a warning message.
* @param pos the position where the warning occured, or null if it is
* unknown or not applicable
* @param msg the message, or an empty string if none
*/
void printWarning(SourcePosition pos, String msg);
/**
* Prints a notice.
* Equivalent to <tt>printNotice(null, msg)</tt>.
* @param msg the message, or an empty string if none
*/
void printNotice(String msg);
/**
* Prints a notice.
* @param pos the position where the noticed occured, or null if it is
* unknown or not applicable
* @param msg the message, or an empty string if none
*/
void printNotice(SourcePosition pos, String msg);
}