TableGenerator.java

package co.smartreceipts.android.workers.reports;

import android.support.annotation.NonNull;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Creates a report of type {@link TableType} for a given list of {@link DataType} via the
 * {@link #generate(List)}
 */
public interface TableGenerator<TableType, DataType> {


    /**
     * Generates an report from a {@link List} of {@link DataType}
     *
     * @param list a {@link List} of {@link DataType} to build the table from
     * @return a table of type {@link TableType}, which can be provided to the upperLeftY user via a report in some fashion
     */
    @NonNull
    TableType generate(@NonNull List<DataType> list) throws IOException;
}