org.pentaho.reporting.engine.classic.core.filter
Interface DataTarget

All Superinterfaces:

Cloneable, Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

DataFilter

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractReportDefinition, AbstractRootLevelBand, AnchorElement, AnchorFilter, Band, ComponentDrawableFilter, CrosstabColumnGroup, CrosstabColumnGroupBody, CrosstabGroup, CrosstabOtherGroup, CrosstabOtherGroupBody, CrosstabRowGroup, CrosstabRowGroupBody, CrosstabSummaryFooter, CrosstabSummaryHeader, CrosstabTitleFooter, CrosstabTitleHeader, DateFormatFilter, DateFormatParser, DecimalFormatFilter, DecimalFormatParser, DetailsFooter, DetailsHeader, DrawableElement, DrawableLoadFilter, Element, FormatFilter, FormatParser, Group, GroupBody, GroupDataBody, GroupFooter, GroupHeader, ImageElement, ImageLoadFilter, ImageRefFilter, ItemBand, MasterReport, NoDataBand, NumberFormatFilter, NumberFormatParser, PageFooter, PageHeader, RelationalGroup, ReportDefinitionImpl, ReportFooter, ReportHeader, ResourceFileFilter, Section, ShapeElement, ShapeFilter, SimpleDateFormatFilter, SimpleDateFormatParser, StringFilter, SubGroupBody, SubReport, TextElement, URLFilter, Watermark

public interface DataTarget
extends Serializable, Cloneable

A DataTarget is a consumer in the DataProcessing chain. All Elements are DataTargets. Targets query their data from assigned DataSources.

Author:

Thomas Morgner

Method Summary

Object	clone() Clones this datatarget.
DataSource	getDataSource() Returns the assigned DataSource for this Target.
void	setDataSource(DataSource ds) Assigns a DataSource for this Target.

Method Detail

getDataSource

DataSource getDataSource()

Returns the assigned DataSource for this Target.

Returns:

The datasource.

setDataSource

void setDataSource(DataSource ds)

Assigns a DataSource for this Target.

Parameters:

ds - The data source.

clone

Object clone()
             throws CloneNotSupportedException

Clones this datatarget.

Returns:

a clone of the datatarget.

Throws:

CloneNotSupportedException - this should never happen.