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+package dotty.tools.dotc.interfaces;
+
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+/** A diagnostic is a message emitted during the compilation process.
+ *
+ *  It can either be an error, a warning or an information.
+ *
+ *  User code should not implement this interface, but it may have to
+ *  manipulate objects of this type.
+ */
+public interface Diagnostic {
+  public static final int ERROR = 2;
+  public static final int WARNING = 1;
+  public static final int INFO = 0;
+
+  /** The message to report */
+  String message();
+
+  /** Level of the diagnostic, can be either ERROR, WARNING or INFO */
+  int level();
+
+  /** The position in a source file of the code that caused this diagnostic
+   *  to be emitted. */
+  Optional<SourcePosition> position();
+}