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1 /*
2  * ============================================================================
3  * GNU Lesser General Public License
4  * ============================================================================
5  *
6  * JasperReports - Free Java report-generating library.
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27  */
28 package net.sf.jasperreports.engine;
29
30
31 /**
32  * An abstract representation of a data source field. Each row in a dataset consists of one or more fields with unique
33  * names. These names can be used in report expressions.
34  * @author Teodor Danciu (teodord@users.sourceforge.net)
35  * @version $Id: JRField.java 1229 2006-04-19 13:27:35 +0300 (Wed, 19 Apr 2006) teodord $
36  */
37 public interface JRField
38 {
39
40
41     /**
42      * Gets the field unique name.
43      */
44     public String JavaDoc getName();
45         
46     /**
47      * Gets the field optional description.
48      */
49     public String JavaDoc getDescription();
50         
51     /**
52      * Sets the field description.
53      */
54     public void setDescription(String JavaDoc description);
55         
56     /**
57      * Gets the field value class. Field types cannot be primitives.
58      */
59     public Class JavaDoc getValueClass();
60         
61     /**
62      * Gets the field value class name.
63      */
64     public String JavaDoc getValueClassName();
65         
66
67 }
68
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