net.sf.jasperreports.components.items

Interface ItemData

All Superinterfaces:

Cloneable, JRCloneable

All Known Implementing Classes:

StandardItemData, StandardItemData

public interface ItemData
extends JRCloneable

The ItemData interface

Author:

Teodor Danciu ([email protected])

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
JRElementDataset	getDataset() Returns the dataset information that will be used by the ItemData object.
List<Item>	getItems() Returns a list of Item objects.

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRCloneable

clone

Method Detail

getItems

List<Item> getItems()

Returns a list of Item objects. Each item in the list provides a collection of item properties.

Returns:

a list of items

See Also:

Item, ItemProperty

getDataset

JRElementDataset getDataset()

Returns the dataset information that will be used by the ItemData object.

This information is required either to use the main dataset or to instantiate a subdataset from the report. The data produced by the subdataset is fed to the items list.

Returns:

the dataset

See Also:

JRElementDataset