/*
* Copyright (c) 2005-2016 Vincent Vandenschrick. All rights reserved.
*
* This file is part of the Jspresso framework.
*
* Jspresso 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 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* Jspresso 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 Jspresso. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
package org.jspresso.framework.application.printing.model;
import java.util.Locale;
import org.jspresso.framework.application.printing.model.descriptor.IReportDescriptor;
import org.jspresso.framework.util.i18n.ITranslationProvider;
/**
* A factory to create report instances out of report descriptors.
*
* @author Vincent Vandenschrick
*/
public interface IReportFactory {
/**
* Creates a report instance based on a report descriptor.
*
* @param reportDescriptor
* the report descriptor to create the report for.
* @param translationProvider
* the translation provider to use.
* @param locale
* the locale to create the report for.
* @return the created report instance.
*/
IReport createReportInstance(IReportDescriptor reportDescriptor,
ITranslationProvider translationProvider, Locale locale);
}