Class AbstractLayoutController

Method Details

• getParent

  public LayoutController getParent()

  Retrieves the parent of this layout controller. This allows childs to query their context.

  Specified by:

  getParent in interface LayoutController

  Returns:

  the layout controller's parent to null if there is no parent.

• initialize

  public void initialize(Object node, FlowController flowController, LayoutController parent) throws DataSourceException, ReportDataFactoryException, ReportProcessingException

  Initializes the layout controller. This method is called exactly once. It is the creators responsibility to call this method.

  Calling initialize after the first advance must result in a IllegalStateException.

  Specified by:

  initialize in interface LayoutController

  Parameters:

  node - the currently processed object or layout node.

  flowController - the current flow controller.

  parent - the parent layout controller that was responsible for instantiating this controller.

  Throws:

  DataSourceException - if there was a problem reading data from the datasource.

  ReportProcessingException - if there was a general problem during the report processing.

  ReportDataFactoryException - if a query failed.

• clone

  public Object clone()

  Description copied from interface: LayoutController

  Creates a copy of this layout controller.

  Specified by:

  clone in interface LayoutController

  Overrides:

  clone in class Object

  Returns:

  a copy.

• getFlowController

  public FlowController getFlowController()

  Specified by:

  getFlowController in interface LayoutController

• getNode

  public Object getNode()

  Specified by:

  getNode in interface LayoutController

• isInitialized

  public boolean isInitialized()

• createPrecomputeInstance

  public LayoutController createPrecomputeInstance(FlowController fc)

  Derives a copy of this controller that is suitable to perform a precomputation.

  Specified by:

  createPrecomputeInstance in interface LayoutController

  Parameters:

  fc -

  Returns: