org.outerj.xreporter.report.definition
Class DataTypeSupport

java.lang.Object
  org.outerj.xreporter.report.definition.DataTypeSupport

public class DataTypeSupport

extends java.lang.Object

Helper class for objects that want to create datatypes from a Configuration object.

Constructor Summary

DataTypeSupport()

Method Summary

static DataType

getDataType(DataTypeManager dataTypeManager, org.apache.avalon.framework.configuration.Configuration configuration) Creates a datatype from the passed Configuration parameter.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DataTypeSupport

public DataTypeSupport()

Method Detail

getDataType

public static DataType getDataType(DataTypeManager dataTypeManager,
                                   org.apache.avalon.framework.configuration.Configuration configuration)
                            throws java.lang.Exception

Creates a datatype from the passed Configuration parameter. There are a number of possiblities:

• The configuration has a datatype-id attribute and no children: the datatype is taken without modification from the DataTypeManager.
• The configuration has a datatype-id attribute and children: a derived datatype is created.
• The configuration has no datatype-id attribute but has children: a new datatype is created.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception