1*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski /************************************************************** 2*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 3*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 4*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 5*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * distributed with this work for additional information 6*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 7*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 8*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 9*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 10*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 11*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 12*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 13*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, 14*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * software distributed under the License is distributed on an 15*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY 16*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 17*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * specific language governing permissions and limitations 18*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * under the License. 19*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 20*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski *************************************************************/ 21*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 22*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 23*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski package com.sun.star.report; 24*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 25*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski /** 26*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * The job factory collects all required properties to build a reportJob 27*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * object. Implementors should define a suitable set of properties to allow 28*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * the configuration of the created report jobs. 29*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 30*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * How these properties are collected is beyond the scope of this interface. 31*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * For each type of Job, there should be separate job-factory (remote jobs 32*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * vs. local jobs etc). 33*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 34*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * @author Thomas Morgner 35*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski */ 36*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski public interface ReportEngine 37*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski { 38*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski createJobDefinition()39*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski public ReportJobDefinition createJobDefinition(); 40*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski getMetaData()41*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski public ReportEngineMetaData getMetaData(); 42*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 43*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski /** 44*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * Open points: How to define scheduling? 45*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 46*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * @param definition 47*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * @return the report job definition for the job description. 48*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * @throws JobDefinitionException 49*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski */ createJob(ReportJobDefinition definition)50*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski public ReportJob createJob(ReportJobDefinition definition) 51*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski throws JobDefinitionException; 52*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski } 53