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diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.wst.html.core/src/org/eclipse/wst/html/core/validate/AbstractErrorInfo.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.wst.html.core/src/org/eclipse/wst/html/core/validate/AbstractErrorInfo.java
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+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2004 IBM Corporation and others.
+ * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ *
+ * Contributors:
+ * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
+ *******************************************************************************/
+package org.eclipse.wst.html.core.validate;
+
+abstract class AbstractErrorInfo implements ErrorInfo, ErrorState {
+
+
+ private int state = NONE_ERROR;
+ private Segment seg = null;
+
+ public AbstractErrorInfo(int state, Segment seg) {
+ super();
+ this.state = state;
+ this.seg = seg;
+ }
+
+ abstract public String getHint();
+
+ abstract public short getTargetType();
+
+ public int getLength() {
+ return (seg == null) ? 0 : seg.getLength();
+ }
+
+ public int getOffset() {
+ return (seg == null) ? 0 : seg.getOffset();
+ }
+
+ public int getState() {
+ return this.state;
+ }
+}
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