IXDocReportFactoryDiscovery.java

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package fr.opensagres.xdocreport.document.discovery;

import fr.opensagres.xdocreport.converter.MimeMapping;
import fr.opensagres.xdocreport.core.discovery.IBaseDiscovery;
import fr.opensagres.xdocreport.core.io.XDocArchive;
import fr.opensagres.xdocreport.document.IXDocReport;

/**
 * Discovery used to register report factory in the {@link XDocReportLoader}. When report is loaded with
 * {@link XDocReportLoader#loadReport(java.io.InputStream)} discovery is used to create the well instance report
 * (ODTReport, DocxReport...) switch the type of ziped XML document coming from teh stream.
 * <p>
 * An implementation report factory discovery is declared in the xdocreport-discovery.properties with 'class' property.
 * Example for ODT report factory :
 * 
 * <pre>
 * -------------------------
 *  class=fr.opensagres.xdocreport.document.odt.discovery.ODTReportFactoryDiscovery
 *  -------------
 * </pre>
 * 
 * </p>
 */
public interface IXDocReportFactoryDiscovery
    extends IBaseDiscovery
{

    /**
     * Returns true if loaded document archive support this discovery and false otherwise.
     * 
     * @param archive
     * @return
     */
    boolean isAdaptFor( XDocArchive archive );

    /**
     * Returns true if file extension support this discovery and false otherwise.
     * 
     * @param archive
     * @return
     */
    boolean isAdaptFor( String fileExtension );

    /**
     * Create a new instance of {@link IXDocReport}.
     * 
     * @return
     */
    IXDocReport createReport();

    /**
     * Returns mime mapping switch the kind of the report (odt, docx...).
     * 
     * @return
     */
    MimeMapping getMimeMapping();

    /**
     * Returns class report created with this factory.
     * 
     * @return
     */
    Class<?> getReportClass();

}