de.vc.report

Class ReportBuilder

java.lang.Object

de.vc.report.ReportBuilder

Direct Known Subclasses:

FOReportBuilder

public abstract class ReportBuilder
extends java.lang.Object

A report builder builds a report from report data. You have to implement the buildReport methode.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ReportBuilder()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected abstract Report	buildReport(ReportData data, ReportContext ctx) Builds a report from report data.
protected void	finish() Invoked by the report engine when all reports have been created.
protected org.apache.commons.logging.Log	getLogger()
protected void	init() Invoked by the report engine to initialize this builder before generating reports.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ReportBuilder

public ReportBuilder()

Method Detail

buildReport

protected abstract Report buildReport(ReportData data,
                                      ReportContext ctx)
                               throws ReportException

Builds a report from report data.

Parameters:

data - Report data.

ctx - Meta data of report.

Returns:

An inputStream that delivers generated report.

Throws:

ReportException

finish

protected void finish()
               throws ReportException

Invoked by the report engine when all reports have been created.

Throws:

ReportException

init

protected void init()
             throws ReportException

Invoked by the report engine to initialize this builder before generating reports.

Throws:

ReportException

getLogger

protected org.apache.commons.logging.Log getLogger()