/**
 * =========================================================
 * Pentaho-Reporting-Classic : a free Java reporting library
 * =========================================================
 *
 * Project Info:  http://reporting.pentaho.org/
 *
 * (C) Copyright 2001-2007, by Object Refinery Ltd, Pentaho Corporation and Contributors.
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms
 * of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
 * either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
 * without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 * See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this
 * library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330,
 * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
 *
 * [Java is a trademark or registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.
 * in the United States and other countries.]
 *
 * ------------
 * Template.java
 * ------------
 * (C) Copyright 2001-2007, by Object Refinery Ltd, Pentaho Corporation and Contributors.
 */

package org.jfree.report.filter.templates;

import org.jfree.report.filter.DataSource;

/**
 * A template defines a common use case for a DataSource and one or more predefined
 * Filters.
 *
 * @author Thomas Morgner
 */
public interface Template extends DataSource
{
  /**
   * Sets the name of this template.
   *
   * @param name the name.
   */
  public void setName (String name);

  /**
   * Returns the template name.
   *
   * @return The name.
   */
  public String getName ();

  /**
   * Returns an instance of the template.
   *
   * @return A template instance.
   */
  public Template getInstance ();

}