01: /*
02: * ============================================================================
03: * GNU Lesser General Public License
04: * ============================================================================
05: *
06: * JasperReports - Free Java report-generating library.
07: * Copyright (C) 2001-2006 JasperSoft Corporation http://www.jaspersoft.com
08: *
09: * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
10: * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
11: * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
12: * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
13: *
14: * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
15: * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
16: * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
17: * Lesser General Public License for more details.
18: *
19: * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
20: * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
21: * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
22: *
23: * JasperSoft Corporation
24: * 303 Second Street, Suite 450 North
25: * San Francisco, CA 94107
26: * http://www.jaspersoft.com
27: */
28: package net.sf.jasperreports.engine;
29:
30: /**
31: * An abstract representation of a data source field. Each row in a dataset consists of one or more fields with unique
32: * names. These names can be used in report expressions.
33: * @author Teodor Danciu (teodord@users.sourceforge.net)
34: * @version $Id: JRField.java 1669 2007-03-26 14:50:07Z lucianc $
35: */
36: public interface JRField extends JRPropertiesHolder {
37:
38: /**
39: * Gets the field unique name.
40: */
41: public String getName();
42:
43: /**
44: * Gets the field optional description.
45: */
46: public String getDescription();
47:
48: /**
49: * Sets the field description.
50: */
51: public void setDescription(String description);
52:
53: /**
54: * Gets the field value class. Field types cannot be primitives.
55: */
56: public Class getValueClass();
57:
58: /**
59: * Gets the field value class name.
60: */
61: public String getValueClassName();
62:
63: }
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