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package net.sf.jasperreports.engine;
/**
* An abstract representation of a data source field. Each row in a dataset consists of one or more fields with unique
* names. These names can be used in report expressions.
* @author Teodor Danciu (teodord@users.sourceforge.net)
* @version $Id: JRField.java 3033 2009-08-27 11:46:22Z teodord $
*/
public interface JRField extends JRPropertiesHolder, JRCloneable
{
/**
* Gets the field unique name.
*/
public String getName();
/**
* Gets the field optional description.
*/
public String getDescription();
/**
* Sets the field description.
*/
public void setDescription(String description);
/**
* Gets the field value class. Field types cannot be primitives.
*/
public Class getValueClass();
/**
* Gets the field value class name.
*/
public String getValueClassName();
}