001 /**
002 * ========================================
003 * JFreeReport : a free Java report library
004 * ========================================
005 *
006 * Project Info: http://reporting.pentaho.org/
007 *
008 * (C) Copyright 2000-2007, by Object Refinery Limited, Pentaho Corporation and Contributors.
009 *
010 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms
011 * of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
012 * either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
013 *
014 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
015 * without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
016 * See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
017 *
018 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this
019 * library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330,
020 * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
021 *
022 * [Java is a trademark or registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.
023 * in the United States and other countries.]
024 *
025 * ------------
026 * $Id: ReportContext.java,v 1.6 2007/04/01 18:49:25 taqua Exp $
027 * ------------
028 * (C) Copyright 2000-2005, by Object Refinery Limited.
029 * (C) Copyright 2005-2007, by Pentaho Corporation.
030 */
031
032 package org.jfree.report.flow;
033
034 import org.jfree.formula.FormulaContext;
035 import org.jfree.report.flow.layoutprocessor.LayoutControllerFactory;
036 import org.jfree.report.i18n.ResourceBundleFactory;
037
038 /**
039 * THe global report context. This context acts as global structure that holds
040 * all processing factories and allows to store global attributes. The
041 * attribute collection is a global collection, all layout controller have
042 * shared access to the same collection.
043 *
044 * Each report run (prepare, paginate, content-generate) uses its own context
045 * implementation - attributes are not shared or preserved among the different
046 * runs.
047 *
048 * @author Thomas Morgner
049 */
050 public interface ReportContext
051 {
052 public FormulaContext getFormulaContext();
053 public LayoutControllerFactory getLayoutControllerFactory();
054 public String getExportDescriptor();
055 public ResourceBundleFactory getResourceBundleFactory();
056 public ReportStructureRoot getReportStructureRoot();
057
058 public void setAttribute (Object key, Object value);
059 public Object getAttribute (Object key);
060 }