com.sapportals.wcm.service.reporting

Interface IReportFollowup

public interface IReportFollowup

Copyright (c) SAP AG 2004

Method Summary

IReportInput	getFollowupInput(IName report, IReportResult result, IResultIterator selected) Calculate an appropriate IReportInput useable for executing the given IReport as follow-up on the given IReportResult.
List	getFollowupReports(IReportResult result) Get the list of INames of IReports which are applicable to the given IReportResult.

Method Detail

getFollowupReports

public List getFollowupReports(IReportResult result)
                        throws ResourceException

Get the list of INames of IReports which are applicable to the given IReportResult. In case there are no applicable reports, an empty list is returned.

Parameters:

result - of another report execution

Returns:

list of INames of applicable reports

Throws:

ResourceException - on general failure

getFollowupInput

public IReportInput getFollowupInput(IName report,
                                     IReportResult result,
                                     IResultIterator selected)
                              throws ResourceException

Calculate an appropriate IReportInput useable for executing the given IReport as follow-up on the given IReportResult. The selected IResultItems are intended as target of the follow-up report. That is, assuming the report result holds resource A, B and C and only B is selected, then any input to a follow-up report should act on B and not on A or C.

Parameters:

report - to generate input for

result - on which follow-up is performed

selected - items in given result

Returns:

input to execute on given report

Throws:

ResourceException - on general failure