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  25 
  26 package com.sun.mirror.apt;
  27 
  28 import com.sun.mirror.util.SourcePosition;
  29 
  30 /**
  31  * A <tt>Messager</tt> provides the way for
  32  * an annotation processor to report error messages, warnings, and
  33  * other notices.
  34  *
  35  * @deprecated All components of this API have been superseded by the
  36  * standardized annotation processing API.  The replacement for the
  37  * functionality of this interface is {@link
  38  * javax.annotation.processing.Messager}.
  39  *
  40  * @author Joseph D. Darcy
  41  * @author Scott Seligman
  42  * @since 1.5
  43  */
  44 @Deprecated
  45 @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
  46 public interface Messager {
  47 
  48     /**
  49      * Prints an error message.
  50      * Equivalent to <tt>printError(null, msg)</tt>.
  51      * @param msg  the message, or an empty string if none
  52      */
  53     void printError(String msg);
  54 
  55     /**
  56      * Prints an error message.
  57      * @param pos  the position where the error occured, or null if it is
  58      *                  unknown or not applicable
  59      * @param msg  the message, or an empty string if none
  60      */
  61     void printError(SourcePosition pos, String msg);
  62 
  63     /**
  64      * Prints a warning message.
  65      * Equivalent to <tt>printWarning(null, msg)</tt>.
  66      * @param msg  the message, or an empty string if none
  67      */
  68     void printWarning(String msg);
  69 
  70     /**
  71      * Prints a warning message.
  72      * @param pos  the position where the warning occured, or null if it is
  73      *                  unknown or not applicable
  74      * @param msg  the message, or an empty string if none
  75      */
  76     void printWarning(SourcePosition pos, String msg);
  77 
  78     /**
  79      * Prints a notice.
  80      * Equivalent to <tt>printNotice(null, msg)</tt>.
  81      * @param msg  the message, or an empty string if none
  82      */
  83     void printNotice(String msg);
  84 
  85     /**
  86      * Prints a notice.
  87      * @param pos  the position where the noticed occured, or null if it is
  88      *                  unknown or not applicable
  89      * @param msg  the message, or an empty string if none
  90      */
  91     void printNotice(SourcePosition pos, String msg);
  92 }