Allow over ride of location in rule matching (#2410)

src/cfnlint/rules/__init__.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 from datetime import datetime
 import importlib
 import traceback
-from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, Union
 from cfnlint.exceptions import DuplicateRuleError
 import cfnlint.helpers
 import cfnlint.rules.custom
@@ -55,7 +55,11 @@ def wrapper(self, filename, cfn, *args, **kwargs):
                     error_rule = self
                     if hasattr(result, 'rule'):
                         error_rule = result.rule
-                    linenumbers = cfn.get_location_yaml(cfn.template, result.path)
+                    linenumbers: Union[Tuple[int, int, int, int], None] = None
+                    if hasattr(result, 'location'):
+                        linenumbers = result.location
+                    else:
+                        linenumbers = cfn.get_location_yaml(cfn.template, result.path)
                     if linenumbers:
                         matches.append(
                             Match(

test/unit/module/rule/test_matching.py

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+"""
+Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0
+"""
+from typing import Any
+from test.testlib.testcase import BaseTestCase
+from cfnlint.rules import CloudFormationLintRule, Match, RuleMatch, matching
+
+
+class rule(CloudFormationLintRule):
+    id: str = 'ETest'
+    pass
+
+rule_match = RuleMatch([], 'Message', rule=rule(), location=(0, 0, 0, 0))
+
+class TestMatching(BaseTestCase):
+    """Test Matching Wrapper"""
+
+    def setUp(self) -> None:
+        return super().setUp()
+
+    def test(self: Any, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any):
+        return [rule_match]
+
+    def test_matching_location(self):
+
+        f = matching('test')
+        r = f(self.test)
+        t = r(self, '', None)
+        self.assertEqual(t, [Match(1, 1, 1, 1, '', rule(), 'Message', rule_match)])