public Section() 
{

}

 protected ElementDefaultStyleSheet createGlobalDefaultStyle() 
{
    return ReportSectionDefaultStyleSheet.getSectionDefault();
}

Creates the global stylesheet for this element type. The global stylesheet is an immutable stylesheet that provides reasonable default values for some of the style keys.

The global default stylesheet is always the last stylesheet that will be queried for values.

 abstract public ReportElement getElement(int index)

 abstract public int getElementCount()

 protected  void registerAsChild(Element element) 
{
    element.setParent(this);
}

 abstract protected  void removeElement(Element element)

 protected  void unregisterAsChild(Element element) 
{
    element.setParent(null);
}

 protected boolean unregisterParent(Element element) 
{
    // remove the element from its old parent ..
    // this is the default AWT behaviour when adding Components to Container
    final Section parentSection = element.getParentSection();
    if (parentSection != null)
    {
      if (parentSection == this)
      {
        // already a child, wont add twice ...
        return true;
      }
      parentSection.removeElement(element);
    }
    return false;
}

 protected  void validateLooping(Element element) 
{
    // check for component loops ...
    if (element instanceof Section)
    {
      Section band = this;
      while (band != null)
      {
        if (band == element)
        {
          throw new IllegalArgumentException("adding container's parent to itself");
        }
        band = band.getParentSection();
      }
    }
}