net.sf.jasperreports.engine
Interface JRReportTemplate

All Known Implementing Classes:

JRBaseReportTemplate, JRDesignReportTemplate, JRFillReportTemplate

public interface JRReportTemplate

A template included in a report.

A template inclusion in a report consits of an expression that should be resolved at runtime to a JRTemplate instance.

Version:

$Id: JRReportTemplate.java 4595 2011-09-08 15:55:10Z teodord $

Author:

Lucian Chirita (lucianc@users.sourceforge.net)

See Also:

JRReport.getTemplates()

Method Summary

JRExpression

getSourceExpression() Returns the template source expression.

Method Detail

getSourceExpression

JRExpression getSourceExpression()

Returns the template source expression.

The expression type should be (compatible with) one of java.lang.String, java.io.File, java.net.URL, java.io.InputStream (in which cases the template is loaded via JRXmlTemplateLoader) or net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRTemplate .

Returns:

the template source expression