org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.content

Interface IElement

All Known Subinterfaces:

IAutoTextContent, IBandContent, ICellContent, IContainerContent, IContent, IDataContent, IForeignContent, IGroupContent, IImageContent, ILabelContent, IListBandContent, IListContent, IListGroupContent, IPageContent, IRowContent, ITableBandContent, ITableContent, ITableGroupContent, ITextContent

public interface IElement

Provides the interface of the element of the report. All elements in the report must have the implementations of IElement or its subinterface.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.util.Collection	getChildren() Get the children of the element, or return null if the element is in leaf level.
IElement	getParent() Get the parent of the element object, or return null if the element is in top level.
void	setParent(IElement parent) Set the parent of the element.

Method Detail

getParent

IElement getParent()

Get the parent of the element object, or return null if the element is in top level.

Returns:

the parent of the element.

setParent

void setParent(IElement parent)

Set the parent of the element.

Parameters:

parent - the parent of the element

getChildren

java.util.Collection getChildren()

Get the children of the element, or return null if the element is in leaf level.

Returns:

the children of the element.