net.sf.jasperreports.engine
Interface JRField

All Known Implementing Classes:
JRBaseField, JRFillField

public interface JRField

An abstract representation of a data source field. Each row in a dataset consists of one or more fields with unique names. These names can be used in report expressions.

Version:
$Id: JRField.java,v 1.9 2005/08/22 15:44:50 ionutned Exp $
Author:
Teodor Danciu (teodord@users.sourceforge.net)

Method Summary
 java.lang.String getDescription()
          Gets the field optional description.
 java.lang.String getName()
          Gets the field unique name.
 java.lang.Class getValueClass()
          Gets the field value class.
 java.lang.String getValueClassName()
          Gets the field value class name.
 void setDescription(java.lang.String description)
          Sets the field description.
 

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()
Gets the field unique name.


getDescription

public java.lang.String getDescription()
Gets the field optional description.


setDescription

public void setDescription(java.lang.String description)
Sets the field description.


getValueClass

public java.lang.Class getValueClass()
Gets the field value class. Field types cannot be primitives.


getValueClassName

public java.lang.String getValueClassName()
Gets the field value class name.



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