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## org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing
Class Location

    java.lang.Object
      org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing.Location

    public class Location

extends Object

Class that models an arbitrary location in a `resource`.

Typically used to track the location of problematic or erroneous metadata in XML configuration files. For example, a `source` location might be 'The bean defined on line 76 of beans.properties has an invalid Class'; another source might be the actual DOM Element from a parsed XML `Document`; or the source object might simply be `null`.

Since:
  2.0
Author:
  Rob Harrop

Constructor Summary
`Location(Resource resource)` Create a new instance of the `Location` class.
`Location(Resource resource, Object source)` Create a new instance of the `Location` class.

Method Summary
`Resource` | `getResource()` Get the resource with which this location is associated.
`Object` | `getSource()` Get the actual location within the associated `resource` (may be `null`).

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### Location

    public Location(Resource resource)

  Create a new instance of the `Location` class.

  Parameters:
    `resource` - the resource with which this location is associated

### Location

    public Location(Resource resource,
                    Object source)

  Create a new instance of the `Location` class.

  Parameters:
    `resource` - the resource with which this location is associated
    `source` - the actual location within the associated resource (may be `null`)

Method Detail

### getResource

    public Resource getResource()

  Get the resource with which this location is associated.

### getSource

    public Object getSource()

  Get the actual location within the associated `resource` (may be `null`).

  See the `class level javadoc for this class` for examples of what the actual type of the returned object may be.

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