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: * A template that can be used by report.
32: * <p/>
33: * Templates contain report styles that can be used by reports once the template is included in the report.
34: * This allows styles to be externalized and reused across several reports.
35: * <p/>
36: * A template can in its turn include other templates, see {@link #getIncludedTemplates() getIncludedTemplates()}.
37: *
38: * @author Lucian Chirita (lucianc@users.sourceforge.net)
39: * @version $Id: JRTemplate.java 1759 2007-06-20 16:47:34Z lucianc $
40: * @see JRReport#getTemplates()
41: * @see JRParameter#REPORT_TEMPLATES
42: * @see JRStyleContainer#getStyleNameReference()
43: */
44: public interface JRTemplate extends JRDefaultStyleProvider {
45:
46: /**
47: * Returns the templates included/referenced by this template.
48: *
49: * @return the included templates
50: */
51: JRTemplateReference[] getIncludedTemplates();
52:
53: /**
54: * Returns the styles defined in this template.
55: *
56: * @return the template styles
57: */
58: JRStyle[] getStyles();
59:
60: }
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