This class extends SourceLocator to define a method for retrieving a DOM Node object, which is typically used to indicate the source of an error in the transformation process. See SourceLocator and transformerException.

Figure 20-8. javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMLocator

public interface DOMLocator extends javax.xml.transform.SourceLocator {
// Public Instance Methods
     org.w3c.dom.Node getOriginatingNode( );  
}