net.sf.jasperreports.engine.component

Interface ComponentCompiler

All Known Implementing Classes:

IconLabelComponentCompiler, ListComponentCompiler, MapCompiler, SortComponentCompiler, SpiderChartCompiler, TableCompiler

public interface ComponentCompiler

Responsible with handling a componet during report compile.

Author:

Lucian Chirita (lucianc@users.sourceforge.net)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	collectExpressions(Component component, JRExpressionCollector collector) Collects report expressions from a component.
Component	toCompiledComponent(Component component, JRBaseObjectFactory baseFactory) Provides a "compiled" component instance that will be included in the compiled report.
void	verify(Component component, JRVerifier verifier) Logically verifies a component.

Method Detail

collectExpressions

void collectExpressions(Component component,
                        JRExpressionCollector collector)

Collects report expressions from a component.

Parameters:

component - the component

collector - the expression collector

verify

void verify(Component component,
            JRVerifier verifier)

Logically verifies a component.

Parameters:

component - the component

verifier - the verifier object, which can be used to raise validation errors

See Also:

JRVerifier.getCurrentComponentElement()

toCompiledComponent

Component toCompiledComponent(Component component,
                              JRBaseObjectFactory baseFactory)

Provides a "compiled" component instance that will be included in the compiled report.

Parameters:

component - the component from the design report

baseFactory - the factory of base/compiled report elements

Returns:

a component instance that is to be included in the compiled report