/** * Returns the index of the underlying <tt>MetaContact</tt> in its <tt>MetaContactListService</tt> * parent group. * * @return the source index of the underlying <tt>MetaContact</tt> */ public int getSourceIndex() { MetaContactGroup parentMetaContactGroup = metaContact.getParentMetaContactGroup(); if (parentMetaContactGroup == null) return -1; return parentMetaContactGroup.indexOf(metaContact); }