org.pentaho.reporting.engine.classic.core
Class Section

java.lang.Object
  org.pentaho.reporting.engine.classic.core.Element
      org.pentaho.reporting.engine.classic.core.Section

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable, DataTarget, ReportElement

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractReportDefinition, Band, Group, GroupBody, ReportDefinitionImpl

public abstract class Section
extends Element

A section is a small-scale band that allows to access the child elements but does not define how childs get added or organized in the section. Defining a sensible order is left to the subclass-implementation.

Author:

Thomas Morgner

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.pentaho.reporting.engine.classic.core.Element

ANONYMOUS_ELEMENT_PREFIX

Method Summary

abstract ReportElement	getElement(int index) Returns the element stored add the given index.
abstract int	getElementCount() Returns the number of elements in this section.
abstract void	setElementAt(int position, Element element)

Methods inherited from class org.pentaho.reporting.engine.classic.core.Element

clone, derive, derive, getAttribute, getAttributeExpression, getAttributeExpressionNames, getAttributeExpressionNamespaces, getAttributeNames, getAttributeNamespaces, getAttributes, getChangeTracker, getContentBase, getDataSource, getDefinitionSource, getElementType, getElementTypeName, getHRefTarget, getId, getMetaData, getName, getObjectID, getParent, getParentSection, getReportDefinition, getStyle, getStyleExpression, getStyleExpressions, getTreeLock, getValue, isDynamicContent, isVisible, notifyNodeChildAdded, notifyNodeChildRemoved, notifyNodePropertiesChanged, notifyNodePropertiesChanged, notifyNodeStructureChanged, setAttribute, setAttribute, setAttributeExpression, setDataSource, setDynamicContent, setElementType, setHRefTarget, setId, setName, setStyleExpression, setVisible, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getElement

public abstract ReportElement getElement(int index)

Returns the element stored add the given index.

Parameters:

index - the element position within this section

Returns:

the element

Throws:

IndexOutOfBoundsException - if the index is invalid.

getElementCount

public abstract int getElementCount()

Returns the number of elements in this section.

Returns:

the number of elements of this section.

setElementAt

public abstract void setElementAt(int position,
                                  Element element)