org.pentaho.reporting.engine.classic.core.filter.types
Class ExternalElementType

java.lang.Object
  org.pentaho.reporting.engine.classic.core.filter.types.ExternalElementType

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable, DataSource, ElementType

public class ExternalElementType
extends Object
implements ElementType

Todo: Document me!

Date: 01.06.2009 Time: 13:35:08

Author:

Thomas Morgner.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

static ElementType

INSTANCE

Constructor Summary

ExternalElementType()

Method Summary

Object	clone() Clones this DataSource.
void	configureDesignTimeDefaults(Element element, Locale locale)
Object	getDesignValue(ExpressionRuntime runtime, Element element)
ElementMetaData	getMetaData()
Object	getValue(ExpressionRuntime runtime, Element element) Returns the current value for the data source.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

INSTANCE

public static final ElementType INSTANCE

Constructor Detail

ExternalElementType

public ExternalElementType()

Method Detail

configureDesignTimeDefaults

public void configureDesignTimeDefaults(Element element,
                                        Locale locale)

Specified by:

configureDesignTimeDefaults in interface ElementType

getMetaData

public ElementMetaData getMetaData()

Specified by:

getMetaData in interface ElementType

getDesignValue

public Object getDesignValue(ExpressionRuntime runtime,
                             Element element)

Specified by:

getDesignValue in interface ElementType

getValue

public Object getValue(ExpressionRuntime runtime,
                       Element element)

Returns the current value for the data source.

Specified by:

getValue in interface DataSource

Parameters:

runtime - the expression runtime that is used to evaluate formulas and expressions when computing the value of this filter.

element - the element for which the data is computed.

Returns:

the value.

clone

public Object clone()
             throws CloneNotSupportedException

Clones this DataSource.

Specified by:

clone in interface DataSource

Overrides:

clone in class Object

Returns:

the clone.

Throws:

CloneNotSupportedException - this should never happen.