Roaster - Add api to get the line number and absolute position -------------------------------------------------------------- Key: FORGE-2571 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/FORGE-2571 Project: Forge Issue Type: Feature Request Affects Versions: 3.0.0.Beta1 Reporter: Claus Ibsen When using Roaster to parse java source code, you have the various types, such as fields FieldSource<JavaClassSource> field MethodSource<JavaClassSource> method and so on The backing JDT AST has the position of where those types are in the source code. It would be good to have an api that can provide - the absolute position (absolute char position) - the line number - the relative position in the line You can derive the latter two values from the absolute position. The AST has the absolute start position in code alike: org.jboss.forge.roaster._shade.org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.ASTNode#getStartPosition The need for this is to be able to provide better feedback to the end users, where in the source code the node is, such as if you use it to parse and validate, or if you want to build a custom search function etc.