EDIElementPosition (StAEDI : Streaming API for EDI for Java 1.18.1 API)

All Known Subinterfaces:

Discriminator
```
public interface EDIElementPosition
```
Specification of the position of an element. Provides information about the element position within a segment and (optionally) a component element position within a composite element.

Since:

1.18

See Also:

Discriminator

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`int`	`getComponentPosition()`	Get the component position within a composite element.
`int`	`getElementPosition()`	Get the element position within a segment.
`default boolean`	`matchesLocation(Location location)`	Determine if the given location's element and component matches this element position specification.

- Method Detail
  - getElementPosition
```
int getElementPosition()
```
    Get the element position within a segment.
    
    Returns:
    
    the element position within a segment
  - getComponentPosition
```
int getComponentPosition()
```
    Get the component position within a composite element. Returns -1 if not available.
    
    Returns:
    
    the component position with a composite element or -1
  - matchesLocation
```
default boolean matchesLocation(Location location)
```
    Determine if the given location's element and component matches this element position specification.
    
    Parameters:
    
    location - the location to match against this position
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the element and component positions match, otherwise false