Class Watermark

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    Serializable, Cloneable, Iterable<Element>, DataTarget, ReportElement, RootLevelBand

    public class Watermark
    extends Band
    implements RootLevelBand
    A report band used to print information at the background of every page in the report. There is an option to suppress the printing on the first page and the last page of the report (this is often useful if you are using a report header and/or report footer).

    A watermark section cannot have subreports.

    Author:
    David Gilbert
    See Also:
    Serialized Form
    • Constructor Detail

      • Watermark

        public Watermark()
        Constructs a watermark band.
      • Watermark

        public Watermark​(boolean onFirstPage,
                         boolean onLastPage)
        Constructs a page footer containing no elements.
        Parameters:
        onFirstPage - defines, whether the page header will be printed on the first page
        onLastPage - defines, whether the page footer will be printed on the last page.
    • Method Detail

      • getDefaultStyle

        public static ElementDefaultStyleSheet getDefaultStyle()
        Returns the default style-sheet for shape elements.
        Returns:
        a default style sheet that can be shared among shape elements.
      • isDisplayOnFirstPage

        public boolean isDisplayOnFirstPage()
        Returns true if the header should be shown on page 1, and false otherwise.
        Returns:
        true or false.
      • setDisplayOnFirstPage

        public void setDisplayOnFirstPage​(boolean b)
        Defines whether the header should be shown on the first page.
        Parameters:
        b - a flag indicating whether or not the header is shown on the first page.
      • isDisplayOnLastPage

        public boolean isDisplayOnLastPage()
        Returns true if the header should be shown on the last page, and false otherwise.
        Returns:
        true or false.
      • setDisplayOnLastPage

        public void setDisplayOnLastPage​(boolean b)
        Defines whether the header should be shown on the last page.
        Parameters:
        b - a flag indicating whether or not the header is shown on the last page.
      • getSubReportCount

        public int getSubReportCount()
        Returns the number of subreports on this band. This returns zero, as page-bands cannot have subreports.
        Specified by:
        getSubReportCount in interface RootLevelBand
        Returns:
        the subreport count.
      • getSubReport

        public SubReport getSubReport​(int index)
        Throws an IndexOutOfBoundsException as page-footer cannot have sub-reports.
        Specified by:
        getSubReport in interface RootLevelBand
        Parameters:
        index - the index.
        Returns:
        nothing, as an exception is thrown instead.
      • getSubReports

        public SubReport[] getSubReports()
        Returns an empty array, as page-footer cannot have subreports.
        Specified by:
        getSubReports in interface RootLevelBand
        Returns:
        the sub-reports as array.
      • isSticky

        public boolean isSticky()
        Returns true if the footer should be shown on all subreports.
        Returns:
        true or false.
      • setSticky

        public void setSticky​(boolean b)
        Defines whether the footer should be shown on all subreports.
        Parameters:
        b - a flag indicating whether or not the footer is shown on the first page.