org.jfree.report.elementfactory
Class DrawableFieldElementFactory

java.lang.Object
  org.jfree.report.elementfactory.ElementFactory
      org.jfree.report.elementfactory.DrawableFieldElementFactory

public class DrawableFieldElementFactory

extends ElementFactory

The drawable field element factory can be used to create elements that display org.jfree.ui.Drawable elements.

Once the desired properties are set, the factory can be reused to create similiar elements.

Author:

Thomas Morgner

Constructor Summary

DrawableFieldElementFactory()
DefaultConstructor.

Method Summary

Element	createElement() Creates a new drawable field element based on the defined properties.
java.lang.String	getFieldname() Returns the field name from where to read the content of the element.
void	setFieldname(java.lang.String fieldname) Defines the field name from where to read the content of the element.

Methods inherited from class org.jfree.report.elementfactory.ElementFactory

applyElementName, applyStyle, getAbsolutePosition, getDynamicHeight, getMaximumSize, getMinimumSize, getName, getPreferredSize, setAbsolutePosition, setDynamicHeight, setMaximumSize, setMinimumSize, setName, setPreferredSize

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DrawableFieldElementFactory

public DrawableFieldElementFactory()

DefaultConstructor.

Method Detail

getFieldname

public java.lang.String getFieldname()

Returns the field name from where to read the content of the element.

Returns:

the field name.

setFieldname

public void setFieldname(java.lang.String fieldname)

Defines the field name from where to read the content of the element. The field name is the name of a datarow column.

Parameters:

fieldname - the field name.

createElement

public Element createElement()

Creates a new drawable field element based on the defined properties.

Specified by:

createElement in class ElementFactory

Returns:

the generated elements

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if the field name is not set.

See Also:

ElementFactory.createElement()