Features
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Interface for Data |
Provides an interface for printing data from various data
sources. This relieves the need to copy data into new data
structures just for printing. This is in much the same spirit as JTable/TableModel |
Interfaces for printing |
Intelligent layout agents which allow complex layouts on a page. |
Default Implementations |
Default implementations are being written to provide flexible printing
formats. The DefaultDataItem knows how to draw data on a
report, in addition to drawing borders around the data, padding data
cells with margins, and performing justification. |
Report Classes |
Classes will be provided which allows a programmer to put various
report items together and print them out as a group. Report are
themselves ReportItems, so it is quite easy to construct a large report
which is itself a set of sub-reports |
Dialog Framework |
A framework is provided for extensible report setup dialogs, including
page setup information. Programmers can write classes that will easily
work with the existing dialog. |
Basic Reports |
Basic reports which can be used directly without learning much about
the underlying structure of the system. |