net.sf.jasperreports.engine.component
Class BaseFillComponent

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.jasperreports.engine.component.BaseFillComponent

All Implemented Interfaces:

FillComponent

Direct Known Subclasses:

BarbecueFillComponent, BarcodeFillComponent, BaseFillList, FillSpiderChart, FillTable, MapFillComponent, SortComponentFill

public abstract class BaseFillComponent
extends java.lang.Object
implements FillComponent

A base abstract implementation of a fill component.

Version:

$Id: BaseFillComponent.java 4808 2011-11-21 13:44:22Z lucianc $

Author:

Lucian Chirita (lucianc@users.sourceforge.net)

Field Summary

protected int	elementId
protected FillContext	fillContext The fill context, as set by initialize(FillContext).

Constructor Summary

BaseFillComponent()

Method Summary

protected <T extends Deduplicable> T	deduplicate(T object) Deduplicates an object by looking for an identical one that's already present in the fill context.
void	evaluateDelayedElement(JRPrintElement element, byte evaluation) The default implementation throws UnsupportedOperationException.
protected java.lang.Object	evaluateExpression(JRExpression expression, byte evaluation) Evaluates an expression.
void	initialize(FillContext fillContext) Initializes the fill component with the fill context.
void	rewind() The default implementation is empty.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.jasperreports.engine.component.FillComponent

evaluate, fill, prepare

Field Detail

fillContext

protected FillContext fillContext

The fill context, as set by initialize(FillContext).

elementId

protected int elementId

Constructor Detail

BaseFillComponent

public BaseFillComponent()

Method Detail

initialize

public void initialize(FillContext fillContext)

Description copied from interface: FillComponent

Initializes the fill component with the fill context.

This method is called before the fill component is used.

Specified by:

initialize in interface FillComponent

Parameters:

fillContext - the fill context

evaluateExpression

protected final java.lang.Object evaluateExpression(JRExpression expression,
                                                    byte evaluation)
                                             throws JRException

Evaluates an expression.

Parameters:

expression - the expression to evaluate

evaluation - the evaluation type

Returns:

the evaluation result

Throws:

JRException

evaluateDelayedElement

public void evaluateDelayedElement(JRPrintElement element,
                                   byte evaluation)
                            throws JRException

The default implementation throws UnsupportedOperationException.

If a component supports delayed evaluation, it needs to override this method.

Specified by:

evaluateDelayedElement in interface FillComponent

Parameters:

element - the print element for which delayed evaluation has been registered

evaluation - the evaluation type

Throws:

JRException

See Also:

FillComponent.evaluate(byte)

rewind

public void rewind()

The default implementation is empty.

Override this method if something needs to be done on component rewind.

Specified by:

rewind in interface FillComponent

deduplicate

protected <T extends Deduplicable> T deduplicate(T object)

Deduplicates an object by looking for an identical one that's already present in the fill context. This operations should be performed on element templates in order to prevent creation of a large number of identical instances.

Parameters:

object - the object to deduplicate

Returns:

a duplicate of the object if found, or the passed object if not