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package net.sf.jasperreports.crosstabs;

import net.sf.jasperreports.crosstabs.type.CrosstabTotalPositionEnum;
import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRCloneable;
import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRVariable;


/**
 * Base interface for crosstab row and column groups.
 * 
 * @author Lucian Chirita (lucianc@users.sourceforge.net)
 * @version $Id: JRCrosstabGroup.java 3500 2010-03-03 15:56:41Z teodord $
 */
public interface JRCrosstabGroup extends JRCloneable
{
  /**
   * Returns the name of the group.
   * 
   * @return the name of the group
   * @see #getVariable()
   */
  public String getName();
  
  /**
   * @deprecated Replaced by {@link #getTotalPositionValue()}.
   */
  public byte getTotalPosition();
  
  
  /**
   * Returns the position of the total row/column for this group.
   * <p>
   * A group can have a total row/column summing the values for all the
   * entries in the group.  E.g. if there is a Year group having Month as
   * a subgroup, the total row/column for the Year group would sum the values
   * for all the years and the total row/column for the Month group would sum
   * the values for all the months of an year.
   * <p>
   * Possible values for this attribute are:
   * <ul>
   *   <li>{@link CrosstabTotalPositionEnum#NONE CrosstabTotalPositionEnum.NONE}
   * - the group will not display a total row/column</li>
   *   <li>{@link CrosstabTotalPositionEnum#START CrosstabTotalPositionEnum.START}
   * - the group will display the total row/column before the group rows/columns</li>
   *   <li>{@link CrosstabTotalPositionEnum#END CrosstabTotalPositionEnum.END}
   * - the group will display the total row/column at the end of the group rows/columns</li>
   * 
   * @return the position of the total row/column for this group
   */
  public CrosstabTotalPositionEnum getTotalPositionValue();
  
  
  /**
   * Returns the bucketing information for this group.
   * <p>
   * The bucketing information consists of grouping expression and  
   * group ordering.
   * 
   * @return the bucketing information for this group
   */
  public JRCrosstabBucket getBucket();
  
  
  /**
   * Returns the group header cell.
   * <p>
   * The size of the header cell is computed based on the following rules
   * (only the row header rules are listed, the ones for columns can be
   * deducted by simmetrical duality):
   * <ul>
   *   <li>the width of the header is given by {@link JRCrosstabRowGroup#getWidth() JRCrosstabRowGroup.getWidth()}</li>
   *   <li>the height of the last row group header is given by the height of the base cell</li>
   *   <li>the height of a non-last row group header is the sum of the next group header's height and
   * the next group total header's height (0 if the next group doesn't have a total header)</li>  
   * </ul>
   * <p>
   * Should never return null, but empty cell contents instead.
   * 
   * @return the group header cell
   */
  public JRCellContents getHeader();
  
  
  /**
   * Returns the group total header cell.
   * <p>
   * The size of a row group total header is computed based on the following rules:
   * <ul>
   *   <li>the width is the sum the widths of this and subsequent row groups</li>
   *   <li>the height is the height of the base cell for this total row</li>
   * </ul>
   * <p>
   * Should never return null, but empty cell contents instead.
   * 
   * @return the group total header cell
   */
  public JRCellContents getTotalHeader();
  
  
  /**
   * Returns the variable associated to this group.
   * <p>
   * Each group in the crosstab has a variable that can be used
   * inside the group header as the current group value.
   * The variable has the same name as the group and the same type
   * as the bucket expression of the group.
   * 
   * @return the variable associated to this group
   */
  public JRVariable getVariable();
  
  
  /**
   * Returns whether the group has a total row/column.
   * <p>
   * This method is currently equivalent to 
   * <code>getTotalPosition() != Bucket.TOTAL_POSITION_NONE</code> and is therefore
   * redundant.
   * 
   * @return whether the group has a total row/column
   */
  public boolean hasTotal();
}
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