Ptidej-v5.2-master/Ptidej Reporting Tests/src/net/sf/jasperreports/engine/JRStyleContainer.java
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package net.sf.jasperreports.engine;



/**
 * @author Teodor Danciu (teodord@users.sourceforge.net)
 * @version $Id: JRStyleContainer.java,v 1.1 2008/09/29 16:20:43 guehene Exp $
 */
public interface JRStyleContainer
{


	/**
	 *
	 */
	public JRDefaultStyleProvider getDefaultStyleProvider();

	/**
	 * Returns this object's style. 
	 * 
	 * @return this object's style
	 */
	public JRStyle getStyle();

	/**
	 * Returns the name of an external style which is to be used by this object.
	 * <p/>
	 * External styles are defined in {@link JRTemplate templates} and are resolved
	 * at fill time.
	 * This attribute is only effective if no direct style (as returned by {@link #getStyle() getStyle()}
	 * is specified for this object.
	 * 
	 * @return the name of an external style
	 */
	public String getStyleNameReference();

}
