com.jrefinery.report.targets.pageable.pagelayout
Class LayoutAgent

java.lang.Object
  com.jrefinery.report.targets.pageable.pagelayout.LayoutAgent

Direct Known Subclasses:

ElementChooserAgent

public abstract class LayoutAgent

extends java.lang.Object

An abstract base class that decides how some layout tasks are done. No real implementation ... next release ..

Author:

Thomas Morgner

Constructor Summary

LayoutAgent()
Default constructor.

Method Summary

abstract LayoutAgentProgress

processTask(LayoutTask task) Processes a layout task.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

LayoutAgent

public LayoutAgent()

Default constructor.

Method Detail

processTask

public abstract LayoutAgentProgress processTask(LayoutTask task)

Processes a layout task. The method will return the status of the task processing:

• PROCESSING_COMPLETE - the processing has been completed;
• PROCESSING_INCOMPLETE - the processing has only been partially completed;
• WONT_PROCESS - the agent won't process the task.

Parameters:

task - the layout task.

Returns:

the progress status.