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 3713 2010-04-08 11:06:05Z 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	getHandlerBundles()
protected static java.util.Map	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 getHandlerBundles()

loadHandlerBundles

protected static java.util.Map loadHandlerBundles()