org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.extension
Interface IReportItemQuery

public interface IReportItemQuery

Defines the extended item query extension, which handles report query preparation.

Method Summary

IDataQueryDefinition[]	createReportQueries(IDataQueryDefinition parent)
IBaseQueryDefinition[]	getReportQueries(IBaseQueryDefinition parent) Deprecated. since 2.2
void	setModelObject(org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.ExtendedItemHandle modelHandle) passes a handle to the extended report item model to the query extension
void	setQueryContext(IQueryContext context) set query context

Method Detail

setModelObject

void setModelObject(org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.ExtendedItemHandle modelHandle)

passes a handle to the extended report item model to the query extension

Parameters:

modelHandle - a handle to the extended item model object

getReportQueries

IBaseQueryDefinition[] getReportQueries(IBaseQueryDefinition parent)
                                        throws org.eclipse.birt.core.exception.BirtException

Deprecated. since 2.2

returns the report queries that the extension uses. Report queries provide data requirement specification to allow the data module in engine to prepare for data access.

Parameters:

parent - an in parameter specifying the parent query for the queries generated for this extended item. Could be null if the extended item defines its own data set

Returns:

an array of report queries that is used for data preparation, null if no queries

Throws:

org.eclipse.birt.core.exception.BirtException - throwed when the extension fails to construct the query array

createReportQueries

IDataQueryDefinition[] createReportQueries(IDataQueryDefinition parent)
                                           throws org.eclipse.birt.core.exception.BirtException

Throws:

org.eclipse.birt.core.exception.BirtException

setQueryContext

void setQueryContext(IQueryContext context)

set query context