diff --git a/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/ClassMappingInfo.java b/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/ClassMappingInfo.java
index d743c0a26..204a5bdbf 100644
--- a/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/ClassMappingInfo.java
+++ b/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/ClassMappingInfo.java
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ public class ClassMappingInfo
     private File _file = null;
     private int _srcType = SRC_OTHER;
     private String[] _comments = null;
+    private int _lineNum = 0;  
+    private int _colNum = 0;  
+    
     // Unique constraints indexed by primary or secondary table name
     private Map<String,List<Unique>> _uniques;
 
@@ -471,4 +474,21 @@ public class ClassMappingInfo
     public void setComments(String[] comments) {
         _comments = comments;
     }
+    
+    public int getLineNumber() {
+        return _lineNum;
+    }
+
+    public void setLineNumber(int lineNum) {
+        _lineNum = lineNum;
+    }
+
+    public int getColNumber() {
+        return _colNum;
+    }
+
+    public void setColNumber(int colNum) {
+        _colNum = colNum;
+    }
+    
 }
diff --git a/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/QueryResultMapping.java b/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/QueryResultMapping.java
index 3c07fc2fb..b724ae693 100644
--- a/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/QueryResultMapping.java
+++ b/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/QueryResultMapping.java
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ public class QueryResultMapping
     private File _file = null;
     private Object _scope = null;
     private int _srcType = SRC_OTHER;
+    private int _lineNum = 0;  
+    private int _colNum = 0;  
     private int _mode = MODE_QUERY;
     private Class _class = null;
     private int _idx = 0;
@@ -224,6 +226,22 @@ public class QueryResultMapping
     public String getResourceName() {
         return (_class == null) ? _name : _class.getName() + ":" + _name;
     }
+    
+    public int getLineNumber() {
+        return _lineNum;
+    }
+
+    public void setLineNumber(int lineNum) {
+        _lineNum = lineNum;
+    }
+
+    public int getColNumber() {
+        return _colNum;
+    }
+
+    public void setColNumber(int colNum) {
+        _colNum = colNum;
+    }
 
     /**
      * A persistence-capable result.
diff --git a/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/schema/Sequence.java b/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/schema/Sequence.java
index 33caa9fa6..cde443b99 100644
--- a/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/schema/Sequence.java
+++ b/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/schema/Sequence.java
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ public class Sequence
     private int _initial = 1;
     private int _increment = 1;
     private int _cache = 0;
+    private int _lineNum = 0;  
+    private int _colNum = 0;  
 
     // keep track of source
     private File _source = null;
@@ -206,4 +208,20 @@ public class Sequence
     public String toString() {
         return getFullName();
     }
+    
+    public int getLineNumber() {
+        return _lineNum;
+    }
+
+    public void setLineNumber(int lineNum) {
+        _lineNum = lineNum;
+    }
+
+    public int getColNumber() {
+        return _colNum;
+    }
+
+    public void setColNumber(int colNum) {
+        _colNum = colNum;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/schema/Table.java b/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/schema/Table.java
index e30d0f648..1f834b960 100644
--- a/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/schema/Table.java
+++ b/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/schema/Table.java
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ public class Table
     private Index[] _idxs = null;
     private Unique[] _unqs = null;
     private String _comment = null;
+    private int _lineNum = 0;  
+    private int _colNum = 0;  
 
     /**
      * Default constructor.
@@ -718,4 +720,20 @@ public class Table
     public void setComment(String comment) {
         _comment = comment;
     }
+    
+    public int getLineNumber() {
+        return _lineNum;
+    }
+
+    public void setLineNumber(int lineNum) {
+        _lineNum = lineNum;
+    }
+
+    public int getColNumber() {
+        return _colNum;
+    }
+
+    public void setColNumber(int colNum) {
+        _colNum = colNum;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/schema/XMLSchemaParser.java b/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/schema/XMLSchemaParser.java
index 03ce539d1..c2d293215 100644
--- a/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/schema/XMLSchemaParser.java
+++ b/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/schema/XMLSchemaParser.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 
 import org.xml.sax.Attributes;
+import org.xml.sax.Locator;
 import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
 import org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.conf.JDBCConfiguration;
 import org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.sql.DBDictionary;
@@ -34,6 +35,8 @@ import org.apache.openjpa.lib.util.Localizer;
 import org.apache.openjpa.lib.util.Localizer.Message;
 import org.apache.openjpa.util.UserException;
 
+import serp.util.Numbers;
+
 /**
  * Custom SAX parser used to parse {@link Schema} objects. The parser
  * will place all parsed schemas into the current {@link SchemaGroup}, set
@@ -404,6 +407,11 @@ public class XMLSchemaParser
 
     private void startSequence(Attributes attrs) {
         Sequence seq = _schema.addSequence(attrs.getValue("name"));
+        Locator locator = getLocation().getLocator();
+        if (locator != null) {
+            seq.setLineNumber(Numbers.valueOf(locator.getLineNumber()));
+            seq.setColNumber(Numbers.valueOf(locator.getColumnNumber()));
+        }
         seq.setSource(getSourceFile(), seq.SRC_XML);
         try {
             String val = attrs.getValue("initial-value");
@@ -423,6 +431,11 @@ public class XMLSchemaParser
     private void startTable(Attributes attrs) {
         _table = _schema.addTable(attrs.getValue("name"));
         _table.setSource(getSourceFile(), _table.SRC_XML);
+        Locator locator = getLocation().getLocator();
+        if (locator != null) {
+            _table.setLineNumber(Numbers.valueOf(locator.getLineNumber()));
+            _table.setColNumber(Numbers.valueOf(locator.getColumnNumber()));
+        }
     }
 
     private void endTable() {
diff --git a/openjpa-kernel/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/meta/ClassMetaData.java b/openjpa-kernel/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/meta/ClassMetaData.java
index a3123e849..a8ae0cbc1 100644
--- a/openjpa-kernel/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/meta/ClassMetaData.java
+++ b/openjpa-kernel/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/meta/ClassMetaData.java
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ public class ClassMetaData
     private final LifecycleMetaData _lifeMeta = new LifecycleMetaData(this);
     private File _srcFile = null;
     private int _srcType = SRC_OTHER;
+    private int _lineNum = 0;  
+    private int _colNum = 0;  
     private String[] _comments = null;
     private int _listIndex = -1;
     private int _srcMode = MODE_META | MODE_MAPPING;
@@ -2173,6 +2175,23 @@ public class ClassMetaData
     public String getResourceName() {
         return _type.getName();
     }
+    
+    public int getLineNumber() {
+        return _lineNum;
+    }
+
+    public void setLineNumber(int lineNum) {
+        _lineNum = lineNum;
+    }
+
+    public int getColNumber() {
+        return _colNum;
+    }
+
+    public void setColNumber(int colNum) {
+        _colNum = colNum;
+    }
+    
 
     /**
      * The source mode this metadata has been loaded under.
diff --git a/openjpa-kernel/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/meta/NonPersistentMetaData.java b/openjpa-kernel/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/meta/NonPersistentMetaData.java
index 0de3089c9..81ff89e96 100644
--- a/openjpa-kernel/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/meta/NonPersistentMetaData.java
+++ b/openjpa-kernel/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/meta/NonPersistentMetaData.java
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ public class NonPersistentMetaData
     private final int _type;
 	
     private File _srcFile = null;
+    private int _lineNum = 0;  
+    private int _colNum = 0;  
+    
     private int _srcType = SRC_OTHER;
     private String[] _comments = null;
     private int _listIndex = -1;
@@ -105,6 +108,22 @@ public class NonPersistentMetaData
         _srcType = srcType;
     }
 
+    public int getLineNumber() {
+        return _lineNum;
+    }
+
+    public void setLineNumber(int lineNum) {
+        _lineNum = lineNum;
+    }
+
+    public int getColNumber() {
+        return _colNum;
+    }
+
+    public void setColNumber(int colNum) {
+        _colNum = colNum;
+    }
+    
     public String getResourceName() {
         return _class.getName();
     }
diff --git a/openjpa-kernel/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/meta/QueryMetaData.java b/openjpa-kernel/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/meta/QueryMetaData.java
index ae2702946..948f144cb 100644
--- a/openjpa-kernel/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/meta/QueryMetaData.java
+++ b/openjpa-kernel/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/meta/QueryMetaData.java
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ public class QueryMetaData
     private List _hintKeys;
     private List _hintVals;
     private String _resultSetMappingName;
+    private int _lineNum;  
+    private int _colNum;  
+
     /**
      * Construct with the given name.
      */
@@ -274,4 +277,20 @@ public class QueryMetaData
     public String getResourceName() {
         return (_class == null) ? _name : _class.getName () + ":" + _name;
 	}
+    
+    public int getLineNumber() {
+        return _lineNum;
+    }
+
+    public void setLineNumber(int lineNum) {
+        _lineNum = lineNum;
+    }
+
+    public int getColNumber() {
+        return _colNum;
+    }
+
+    public void setColNumber(int colNum) {
+        _colNum = colNum;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/openjpa-kernel/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/meta/SequenceMetaData.java b/openjpa-kernel/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/meta/SequenceMetaData.java
index 3b19d306c..1daf9cc78 100644
--- a/openjpa-kernel/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/meta/SequenceMetaData.java
+++ b/openjpa-kernel/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/meta/SequenceMetaData.java
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ public class SequenceMetaData
     private File _source = null;
     private Object _scope = null;
     private int _srcType = SRC_OTHER;
+    private int _lineNum = 0;  
+    private int _colNum = 0;  
     private String[] _comments = null;
     private String _sequence = null;
     private int _increment = -1;
@@ -129,6 +131,22 @@ public class SequenceMetaData
         _srcType = srcType;
     }
 
+    public int getLineNumber() {
+        return _lineNum;
+    }
+
+    public void setLineNumber(int lineNum) {
+        _lineNum = lineNum;
+    }
+
+    public int getColNumber() {
+        return _colNum;
+    }
+
+    public void setColNumber(int colNum) {
+        _colNum = colNum;
+    }
+    
     public String getResourceName() {
         return _name;
     }
diff --git a/openjpa-lib/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/lib/meta/SourceTracker.java b/openjpa-lib/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/lib/meta/SourceTracker.java
index 9e838fca7..be7a2c5e4 100644
--- a/openjpa-lib/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/lib/meta/SourceTracker.java
+++ b/openjpa-lib/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/lib/meta/SourceTracker.java
@@ -53,4 +53,15 @@ public interface SourceTracker {
      * class, this would return the name of the class.
      */
     public String getResourceName();
+    
+    /**
+     * Return the line number of the file at which this instance was parsed.
+     */
+    public int getLineNumber();
+
+    /**
+     * Return the column number in the line of the file at which this
+     * instance was parsed.
+     */
+    public int getColNumber();
 }
diff --git a/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/jdbc/XMLPersistenceMappingParser.java b/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/jdbc/XMLPersistenceMappingParser.java
index a63b407f1..14d4829e3 100644
--- a/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/jdbc/XMLPersistenceMappingParser.java
+++ b/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/jdbc/XMLPersistenceMappingParser.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import javax.persistence.TemporalType;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 import org.xml.sax.Attributes;
+import org.xml.sax.Locator;
 import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
 import org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.conf.JDBCConfiguration;
 import org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.meta.ClassMapping;
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ import org.apache.openjpa.persistence.XMLPersistenceMetaDataParser;
 import org.apache.openjpa.util.InternalException;
 
 import static org.apache.openjpa.persistence.jdbc.MappingTag.*;
-
+import serp.util.Numbers;
 /**
  * Custom SAX parser used by the system to parse persistence mapping files.
  *
@@ -414,6 +415,11 @@ public class XMLPersistenceMappingParser
         Object scope = (cur instanceof ClassMetaData)
             ? ((ClassMetaData) cur).getDescribedType() : null;
         seq.setSource(getSourceFile(), scope, seq.SRC_XML);
+        Locator locator = getLocation().getLocator();
+        if (locator != null) {
+            seq.setLineNumber(Numbers.valueOf(locator.getLineNumber()));
+            seq.setColNumber(Numbers.valueOf(locator.getColumnNumber()));
+        }
         pushElement(seq);
         return true;
     }
@@ -829,7 +835,11 @@ public class XMLPersistenceMappingParser
         Object scope = (cur instanceof ClassMetaData)
             ? ((ClassMetaData) cur).getDescribedType() : null;
         result.setSource(getSourceFile(), scope, result.SRC_XML);
-
+        Locator locator = getLocation().getLocator();
+        if (locator != null) {
+            result.setLineNumber(Numbers.valueOf(locator.getLineNumber()));
+            result.setColNumber(Numbers.valueOf(locator.getColumnNumber()));
+        }
         pushElement(result);
         return true;
     }
diff --git a/openjpa-persistence/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/AnnotationPersistenceMetaDataSerializer.java b/openjpa-persistence/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/AnnotationPersistenceMetaDataSerializer.java
index 3aa6cb273..b07336c64 100644
--- a/openjpa-persistence/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/AnnotationPersistenceMetaDataSerializer.java
+++ b/openjpa-persistence/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/AnnotationPersistenceMetaDataSerializer.java
@@ -1277,6 +1277,14 @@ public class AnnotationPersistenceMetaDataSerializer
             return _seqs[0].getResourceName();
         }
 
+        public int getLineNumber() {
+            return _seqs[0].getLineNumber();
+        }
+
+        public int getColNumber() {
+            return _seqs[0].getColNumber();
+        }
+        
         public int compareTo(ClassSeqs other) {
             if (other == this)
                 return 0;
@@ -1346,6 +1354,14 @@ public class AnnotationPersistenceMetaDataSerializer
             return _queries[0].getResourceName();
         }
 
+        public int getLineNumber() {
+            return _queries[0].getLineNumber();
+        }
+
+        public int getColNumber() {
+            return _queries[0].getColNumber();
+        }
+        
         public int compareTo(ClassQueries other) {
             if (other == this)
                 return 0;
diff --git a/openjpa-persistence/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/PersistenceUnitInfoImpl.java b/openjpa-persistence/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/PersistenceUnitInfoImpl.java
index 06625ae39..7f00be55c 100644
--- a/openjpa-persistence/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/PersistenceUnitInfoImpl.java
+++ b/openjpa-persistence/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/PersistenceUnitInfoImpl.java
@@ -471,6 +471,14 @@ public class PersistenceUnitInfoImpl
     public int getSourceType() {
         return SRC_XML;
     }
+    
+    public int getLineNumber() {
+        return 0;
+    }
+        
+    public int getColNumber() {
+        return 0;
+    }
 
     public String getResourceName() {
         return "PersistenceUnitInfo:" + _name;
diff --git a/openjpa-persistence/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/XMLPersistenceMetaDataParser.java b/openjpa-persistence/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/XMLPersistenceMetaDataParser.java
index d7721adb4..455586e5d 100644
--- a/openjpa-persistence/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/XMLPersistenceMetaDataParser.java
+++ b/openjpa-persistence/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/XMLPersistenceMetaDataParser.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import static javax.persistence.CascadeType.*;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 import org.xml.sax.Attributes;
+import org.xml.sax.Locator;
 import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
 import org.apache.openjpa.conf.OpenJPAConfiguration;
 import org.apache.openjpa.enhance.PersistenceCapable;
@@ -67,6 +68,8 @@ import static org.apache.openjpa.persistence.MetaDataTag.*;
 import static org.apache.openjpa.persistence.PersistenceStrategy.*;
 import org.apache.openjpa.util.ImplHelper;
 
+import serp.util.Numbers;
+
 /**
  * Custom SAX parser used by the system to quickly parse persistence i
  * metadata files.
@@ -790,6 +793,11 @@ public class XMLPersistenceMetaDataParser
         if (isMetaDataMode()) {
             meta.setSource(getSourceFile(), meta.SRC_XML);
             meta.setSourceMode(MODE_META, true);
+            Locator locator = getLocation().getLocator();
+            if (locator != null) {
+                meta.setLineNumber(Numbers.valueOf(locator.getLineNumber()));
+                meta.setColNumber(Numbers.valueOf(locator.getColumnNumber()));
+            }
             meta.setListingIndex(_clsPos);
             String name = attrs.getValue("name");
             if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(name))
@@ -912,6 +920,11 @@ public class XMLPersistenceMetaDataParser
         Object scope = (cur instanceof ClassMetaData)
             ? ((ClassMetaData) cur).getDescribedType() : null;
         meta.setSource(getSourceFile(), scope, meta.SRC_XML);
+        Locator locator = getLocation().getLocator();
+        if (locator != null) {
+            meta.setLineNumber(Numbers.valueOf(locator.getLineNumber()));
+            meta.setColNumber(Numbers.valueOf(locator.getColumnNumber()));
+        }
         return true;
     }
 
@@ -1421,7 +1434,11 @@ public class XMLPersistenceMetaDataParser
         meta.setDefiningType(_cls);
         meta.setQueryString(attrs.getValue("query"));
         meta.setLanguage(JPQLParser.LANG_JPQL);
-
+        Locator locator = getLocation().getLocator();
+        if (locator != null) {
+            meta.setLineNumber(Numbers.valueOf(locator.getLineNumber()));
+            meta.setColNumber(Numbers.valueOf(locator.getColumnNumber()));
+        }
         Object cur = currentElement();
         Object scope = (cur instanceof ClassMetaData)
             ? ((ClassMetaData) cur).getDescribedType() : null;
@@ -1504,6 +1521,11 @@ public class XMLPersistenceMetaDataParser
         Object scope = (cur instanceof ClassMetaData)
             ? ((ClassMetaData) cur).getDescribedType() : null;
         meta.setSource(getSourceFile(), scope, meta.SRC_XML);
+        Locator locator = getLocation().getLocator();
+        if (locator != null) {
+            meta.setLineNumber(Numbers.valueOf(locator.getLineNumber()));
+            meta.setColNumber(Numbers.valueOf(locator.getColumnNumber()));
+        }
         if (isMetaDataMode())
             meta.setSourceMode(MODE_META);
         else if (isMappingMode())
diff --git a/openjpa-persistence/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/XMLPersistenceMetaDataSerializer.java b/openjpa-persistence/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/XMLPersistenceMetaDataSerializer.java
index 7291c706e..c76f1f6af 100644
--- a/openjpa-persistence/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/XMLPersistenceMetaDataSerializer.java
+++ b/openjpa-persistence/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/XMLPersistenceMetaDataSerializer.java
@@ -1229,6 +1229,14 @@ public class XMLPersistenceMetaDataSerializer
             return _seqs[0].getResourceName();
         }
 
+        public int getLineNumber() {
+            return _seqs[0].getLineNumber();
+        }
+
+        public int getColNumber() {
+            return _seqs[0].getColNumber();
+        }
+        
         public int compareTo(ClassSeqs other) {
             if (other == this)
                 return 0;
@@ -1298,6 +1306,14 @@ public class XMLPersistenceMetaDataSerializer
             return _queries[0].getResourceName();
         }
 
+        public int getLineNumber() {
+            return _queries[0].getLineNumber();
+        }
+
+        public int getColNumber() {
+            return _queries[0].getColNumber();
+        }
+
         public int compareTo(ClassQueries other) {
             if (other == this)
                 return 0;