diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/dom/ast/IProblemBinding.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/dom/ast/IProblemBinding.java
index 514fa2d5248..b7606199ada 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/dom/ast/IProblemBinding.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/dom/ast/IProblemBinding.java
@@ -38,6 +38,19 @@ public interface IProblemBinding extends IBinding, IScope, IType {
      * @return
      */
     public IASTNode getASTNode();
+	
+	/**
+	 * returns the file name this problem occured in if known.
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public String getFileName();
+	
+	/**
+	 * returns the line number for this problem if known
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public int getLineNumber();
+	
     /*
      * Parser Semantic Problems
      * All Semantic problems take a char[] as an argument
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/ProblemBinding.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/ProblemBinding.java
index cae02d56d8c..9850dec316b 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/ProblemBinding.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/ProblemBinding.java
@@ -86,11 +86,7 @@ public class ProblemBinding implements IProblemBinding, IType, IScope {
             msg = MessageFormat.format(msg, new Object[] { new String(arg) });
         }
 
-        IASTNodeLocation [] locs = node.getNodeLocations();
-        IASTFileLocation fileLoc = node.getTranslationUnit().flattenLocationsToFile( locs );
-        Object[] args = new Object[] { msg, fileLoc.getFileName(), new Integer(-1) }; //$NON-NLS-1$        
-        message = ParserMessages.getFormattedString(PROBLEM_PATTERN, args);
-        return message;
+		return msg;
     }
     /* (non-Javadoc)
      * @see org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.IBinding#getName()
@@ -116,8 +112,8 @@ public class ProblemBinding implements IProblemBinding, IType, IScope {
     /* (non-Javadoc)
      * @see org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.IBinding#getPhysicalNode()
      */
-    public IASTNode getPhysicalNode() throws DOMException {
-        throw new DOMException( this );
+    public IASTNode getPhysicalNode() {
+        return getASTNode();
     }
 
     public Object clone(){
@@ -191,4 +187,20 @@ public class ProblemBinding implements IProblemBinding, IType, IScope {
 
 	public void flushCache() {
 	}
+
+	public String getFileName() {
+		if( node != null )
+			return node.getContainingFilename();
+
+		return ""; //$NON-NLS-1$
+	}
+
+	public int getLineNumber() {
+		if( node != null ){
+			IASTNodeLocation [] locs = node.getNodeLocations();
+			IASTFileLocation fileLoc = node.getTranslationUnit().flattenLocationsToFile( locs );
+			return fileLoc.getStartingLineNumber();
+		}
+		return -1;
+	}
 }