net.sf.jasperreports.engine.export

Class GenericElementHandlerEnviroment

java.lang.Object

net.sf.jasperreports.engine.export.GenericElementHandlerEnviroment

public final class GenericElementHandlerEnviroment
extends java.lang.Object

A class that provides access to generic element handlers.

Generic element handler bundles are registered as JasperReports extensions of type GenericElementHandlerBundle via the central extension framework (see ExtensionsEnvironment).

Version:

$Id: GenericElementHandlerEnviroment.java 4595 2011-09-08 15:55:10Z teodord $

Author:

Lucian Chirita (lucianc@users.sourceforge.net)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static GenericElementHandler	getHandler(JRGenericElementType type, java.lang.String exporterKey) Returns a handler for a generic print element type and an exporter key.
protected static java.util.Map<java.lang.String,GenericElementHandlerBundle>	getHandlerBundles()
protected static java.util.Map<java.lang.String,GenericElementHandlerBundle>	loadHandlerBundles()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getHandler

public static GenericElementHandler getHandler(JRGenericElementType type,
                               java.lang.String exporterKey)

Returns a handler for a generic print element type and an exporter key.

The method first locates a handler bundle that matches the type namespace, and then uses GenericElementHandlerBundle.getHandler(String, String) to resolve an export handler.

Parameters:

type - the generic element type

exporterKey - the exporter key

Returns:

a generic print element handler

Throws:

JRRuntimeException - if a handler does not exist for the combination of element type and exporter key

getHandlerBundles

protected static java.util.Map<java.lang.String,GenericElementHandlerBundle> getHandlerBundles()

loadHandlerBundles

protected static java.util.Map<java.lang.String,GenericElementHandlerBundle> loadHandlerBundles()