Unifying compiler context

pkg/front_end/lib/compilation_message.dart

+// Copyright (c) 2016, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
+// for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
+// BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+/// Defines the API for the front end to communicate information about
+/// compilation messages to clients.
+library front_end.compilation_message;
+
+import 'package:source_span/source_span.dart' show SourceSpan;
+
+import 'package:front_end/src/fasta/severity.dart' show Severity;
+export 'package:front_end/src/fasta/severity.dart' show Severity;
+
+/// A single message, typically an error, reported during compilation, and
+/// information about where it occurred and suggestions on how to fix it.
+///
+/// Not intended to be implemented or extended by clients.
+abstract class CompilationMessage {
+  /// A text description of the compile error.

[ahe, 2017/07/18 16:54:36]

of the problem.

[Siggi Cherem (dart-lang), 2017/07/18 22:50:43]

Done.

+  String get message;
+
+  /// A suggestion for the user to hint them on how to fix the error. May be

[ahe, 2017/07/18 16:54:36]

A suggestion for how to fix the problem. May be null.

[Siggi Cherem (dart-lang), 2017/07/18 22:50:42]

Nice, concise. thx.

+  /// `null`.
+  String get tip;
+
+  /// The source span where the error occurred.
+  SourceSpan get span;
+
+  /// The severity level of the error.
+  Severity get severity;
+
+  /// The corresponding analyzer error code, or null if there is no
+  /// corresponding message in analyzer.
+  String get analyzerCode;
+
+  /// The corresponding dart2js error code, or null if there is no corresponding
+  /// message in dart2js.
+  String get dart2jsCode;
+}