org.jfree.report

Class JFreeReportBoot


public class JFreeReportBoot
extends AbstractBoot

An utility class to safely boot and initialize the JFreeReport library. This class should be called before using the JFreeReport classes, to make sure that all subsystems are initialized correctly and in the correct order.

Application developers should make sure, that the booting is done, before JFreeReport objects are used. Although the boot process will be started automaticly if needed, this automated start may no longer guarantee the module initialization order.

Additional modules can be specified by defining the system property "org.jfree.report.boot.Modules". The property expects a comma-separated list of org.jfree.base.modules.Module implementations.

Booting should be done by aquirering a new boot instance using getInstance() and then starting the boot process with JFreeReportBoot.start().

Author:
Thomas Morgner

Method Summary

ModifiableConfiguration
getEditableConfig()
Returns the current global configuration as modifiable instance.
static JFreeReportBoot
getInstance()
Returns the singleton instance of the boot utility class.
protected BootableProjectInfo
getProjectInfo()
Returns the project info.
static Configuration
getUserConfig()
Returns the user supplied global configuration.
protected Configuration
loadConfiguration()
Loads the configuration.
protected void
performBoot()
Performs the actual boot process.
static void
setUserConfig(Configuration config)
Defines the global user configuration.

Method Details

getEditableConfig

public ModifiableConfiguration getEditableConfig()
Returns the current global configuration as modifiable instance. This is exactly the same as casting the global configuration into a ModifableConfiguration instance.

This is a convinience function, as all programmers are lazy.

Returns:
the global config as modifiable configuration.

getInstance

public static JFreeReportBoot getInstance()
Returns the singleton instance of the boot utility class.
Returns:
the boot instance.

getProjectInfo

protected BootableProjectInfo getProjectInfo()
Returns the project info.
Returns:
The project info.

getUserConfig

public static Configuration getUserConfig()
Returns the user supplied global configuration.
Returns:
the user configuration, if any.

loadConfiguration

protected Configuration loadConfiguration()
Loads the configuration. This will be called exactly once.
Returns:
The configuration.

performBoot

protected void performBoot()
Performs the actual boot process.

setUserConfig

public static void setUserConfig(Configuration config)
Defines the global user configuration.
Parameters:
config - the user configuration.