All Implemented Interfaces:
    Cloneable, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:
    EllipseTemplate, ResourceMessageType, BandType, ComponentDrawableFilter, LabelType, GroupDataBodyType, VerticalLineTemplate, DrawableFieldTemplate, ShapeFieldTemplate, HorizontalLineType, ResourceLabelTemplate, ComponentFieldTemplate, StaticDataSource, StringFieldTemplate, ResourceMessageTemplate, ImageLoadFilter, ItemBandType, DrawableURLFieldTemplate, DateFormatParser, DateFieldTemplate, EmptyDataSource, DateFieldType, ImageURLFieldTemplate, WatermarkType, RelationalGroupType, AnchorFilter, ContentFieldType, NumberFieldType, VerticalLineType, NoDataBandType, MessageFieldTemplate, SectionType, ShapeFilter, FormatFilter, RoundRectangleTemplate, SubGroupBodyType, RawDataSource, NumberFieldTemplate, ImageFieldTemplate, DrawableLoadFilter, DrawableFilter, ResourceFileFilter, DataFilter, URLFilter, FormatParser, DecimalFormatFilter, ElementType, ResourceLabelType, ReportFooterType, ResourceMessageFormatFilter, AbstractTemplate, GroupFooterType, ReportHeaderType, ContentType, RectangleTemplate, MessageType, LegacyType, RectangleType, DataRowDataSource, StringFilter, ResourceFieldType, EllipseType, NumberFormatParser, SimpleDateFormatParser, TextFieldType, GroupHeaderType, SubReportType, DetailsFooterType, ImageRefFilter, AnchorFieldTemplate, DrawableURLElementTemplate, NumberFormatFilter, DecimalFormatParser, Template, SimpleDateFormatFilter, PageHeaderType, ImageURLElementTemplate, LabelTemplate, ResourceFieldTemplate, MasterReportType, DateFormatFilter, MessageFormatFilter, HorizontalLineTemplate, DetailsHeaderType, PageFooterType

All DataSources have to support the Cloneable interface so that a report can be completley cloned with all assigned filters and DataSources. Reports are cloned before they are processed to remove the side effect when having multiple report processors working on the same object.

author: Thomas - Morgner

 public Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException
Clones this DataSource.

 public Object getValue(ExpressionRuntime runtime,
    Element element)
Returns the current value for the data source.