1 /* 2 * ============================================================================ 3 * GNU Lesser General Public License 4 * ============================================================================ 5 * 6 * JasperReports - Free Java report-generating library. 7 * Copyright (C) 2001-2006 JasperSoft Corporation http://www.jaspersoft.com 8 * 9 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or 10 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public 11 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either 12 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. 13 * 14 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 15 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 16 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 17 * Lesser General Public License for more details. 18 * 19 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public 20 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software 21 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. 22 * 23 * JasperSoft Corporation 24 * 303 Second Street, Suite 450 North 25 * San Francisco, CA 94107 26 * http://www.jaspersoft.com 27 */ 28 package net.sf.jasperreports.crosstabs; 29 30 import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRElementDataset; 31 32 /** 33 * Input dataset interface used by crosstabs. 34 * 35 * @author Lucian Chirita (lucianc@users.sourceforge.net) 36 * @version $Id: JRCrosstabDataset.java 1229 2006-04-19 13:27:35 +0300 (Wed, 19 Apr 2006) teodord $ 37 */ 38 public interface JRCrosstabDataset extends JRElementDataset 39 { 40 /** 41 * Returns whether the crosstab data is pre-sorted according to the 42 * crosstab's groups. 43 * <p> 44 * The crosstab calculation engine can optimize the calculations 45 * if the data is sorted by the row groups and column groups. 46 * For example, if there are two row groups R1 and R2 (subgroup of R1) 47 * and three column groups C1, C2 and C3 the data should be sorted 48 * by R1, R2, C1, C2, C3. 49 * 50 * @return whether the crosstab data is pre-sorted 51 */ 52 public boolean isDataPreSorted(); 53 } 54