Source code: com/dghda/kent/ReportEnvironment.java
1 /* Copyright (C) 2001 Duane Griffin <duanegriffin@users.sourceforge.net>
2 This file is part of Kent.
3
4 Kent is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
5 modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
6 published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
7 License, or (at your option) any later version.
8
9 Kent is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
12 General Public License for more details.
13
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
15 License along with Kent; see the file COPYING. If not,
16 write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
17 Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
18 */
19
20 package com.dghda.kent;
21
22 /**
23 An interface which encapsulates the environment the engine is running in.
24 Provides a mechanism to get properties, access files, etc.
25 */
26 public interface ReportEnvironment extends com.dghda.log.Logger {
27
28 /** Path to report providers. */
29 public String getReportPath();
30
31 /** Path to action providers. */
32 public String getActionPath();
33
34 /** Path to transform providers. */
35 public String getTransformPath();
36
37 /** Returns the path to the given DTD. */
38 public String getDTDPath (String dtd);
39
40 /** Returns an input stream reading from the given resource. */
41 public java.io.InputStream getResource (String path) throws java.io.IOException;
42
43 /** Returns a Property object containing all configuration parameters. */
44 public java.util.Properties getProperties();
45
46 /** Returns the value of the given property, or null if it is not set. */
47 public String getProperty (String property);
48 }