org.jcon.text
Class HierarchicalReportEngine

java.lang.Object
  org.jcon.text.AbstractReportEngine
      org.jcon.text.BeanReportEngine
          org.jcon.text.HierarchicalReportEngine

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, TextReportEngine

public class HierarchicalReportEngine
extends BeanReportEngine

A BeanReportEngine that allows you to run subreports on specified properties. This is essential to reporting complex objects. For example, if one of the properties of an object is a list, you use a HierarchicalReportEngine with an IteratingReportEngine subreport for that property.

Author:

Paul Reavis

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

HierarchicalReportEngine()

HierarchicalReportEngine(java.lang.String format, java.util.ArrayList fieldNames)

Method Summary

java.util.Map	getSubReports() A dictionary mapping property names to the TextReportEngines you want applied to them.
void	printField(java.lang.Object source, java.lang.String fieldName, java.io.PrintWriter writer) Overrides fields with associated subreports; runs the report on them directly.
void	setSubReports(java.util.Map newSubs)

Methods inherited from class org.jcon.text.BeanReportEngine

getFieldNames, getFormat, getTextSubstitutions, isVariableWidthOnly, setFieldNames, setFormat, setTextSubstitutions, setVariableWidthOnly, writeReport

Methods inherited from class org.jcon.text.AbstractReportEngine

generateReportFor, writeReport

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

HierarchicalReportEngine

public HierarchicalReportEngine()

HierarchicalReportEngine

public HierarchicalReportEngine(java.lang.String format,
                                java.util.ArrayList fieldNames)

Method Detail

printField

public void printField(java.lang.Object source,
                       java.lang.String fieldName,
                       java.io.PrintWriter writer)

Overrides fields with associated subreports; runs the report on them directly. Any without subreports are included as for BeanReportEngine.

Overrides:

printField in class BeanReportEngine

getSubReports

public java.util.Map getSubReports()

A dictionary mapping property names to the TextReportEngines you want applied to them. These subreports are run first, then the results inserted into the report where you indicated via a backtick or hashmarked field in the "format" property.

setSubReports

public void setSubReports(java.util.Map newSubs)