net.sf.jasperreports.engine.fill.JRFillExpressionEvaluator Maven / Gradle / Ivy
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package net.sf.jasperreports.engine.fill;
import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRException;
import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRExpression;
/**
* Fill time expression evaluators interface.
*
* An instance of this interface is used at fill time by elements to
* evaluate expressions.
*
* @author Lucian Chirita ([email protected])
*/
public interface JRFillExpressionEvaluator
{
/**
* Evaluates an expression.
*
* @param expression the expression to evaluate
* @param evaluationType one of {@link JRExpression#EVALUATION_DEFAULT},
* {@link JRExpression#EVALUATION_OLD}, {@link JRExpression#EVALUATION_ESTIMATED}
* @return the result
* @throws JRException
*/
public Object evaluate(JRExpression expression, byte evaluationType) throws JRException;
/**
* Returns the dataset used by the expression evaluator.
*/
public JRFillDataset getFillDataset();
}