sos.reports
Interface ViewFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultReportEditorKit.DefaultViewFactory

public interface ViewFactory

An object that creates Views given a Element.

Since:

1.0

Method Summary

View	createView(Element element) Creates and returns a view of the specified report element.

Method Detail

createView

public View createView(Element element)

Creates and returns a view of the specified report element. The new view should return element if getElement is invoked on it.

Parameters:

element - the element for which to create a view

Returns:

a view of element

Throws:

java.lang.NullPointerException - if element is null

See Also:

View.getElement()