net.sf.jasperreports.engine.part

Interface PartFillComponent

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasePartFillComponent, SubreportFillPart

public interface PartFillComponent

A component handler used while filling the report.

The fill component implementation is responsible for managing a component at fill time. A typical implementation would evaluate a set of expressions and create a print element to be included in the generated report.

Author:

Lucian Chirita (lucianc@users.sourceforge.net)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	evaluate(byte evaluation) Evaluates the fill component.
void	fill(PartPrintOutput output) Fills the component by creating a print element which will be included in the generated report.
void	initialize(PartFillContext fillContext) Initializes the fill component with the fill context.

Method Detail

initialize

void initialize(PartFillContext fillContext)

Initializes the fill component with the fill context.

This method is called before the fill component is used.

Parameters:

fillContext - the fill context

evaluate

void evaluate(byte evaluation)
              throws JRException

Evaluates the fill component.

This method would evaluate the component expressions and store the results to be used in fill(PartPrintOutput).

Parameters:

evaluation - the evaluation type

Throws:

JRException

fill

void fill(PartPrintOutput output)
          throws JRException

Fills the component by creating a print element which will be included in the generated report.

Throws:

JRException