Re: [imp-dev] A useful addition to ISourceLocation

["Robert M. Fuhrer" <rfuhrer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jurgen,

I like the idea of supporting more than just file-type locations.

Instead of just adding the URI protocol component, though,
why not just make getPath() return a URI?

On Mar 2, 2009, at 11:41 AM, Jurgen Vinju wrote:

> Hi imps,
>
> I'm planning to add the following feature to ISourceLocation's: the  
> ability to store a protocol string.
>
> The idea of source locations is that they encapsulate a file's path  
> and a source range within a file.
>
> By adding a protocol string (by default "file"), we can distinguish  
> among different sources of locations, such
> as from the local file system, from a jar, from svn, from cvs, etc.
>
> This protocol string is not interpreted in any way by pdb.values,  
> instead clients of the API can interpret the protocol
> string as they see fit, adding their own protocols if necessary  
> (like "bundle" for example...).
>
> Currently I already print and parse sourceLocations with a URL-like  
> syntax, for easy of integration with other tools,
> so this is a simple extension.
>
> Comments are welcome.

Cheers,
 - Bob