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package com.sun.star.report;

/**
 * The report job is created by the report job factory and holds all properties
 * required to complete the reporting task.
 *
 * @author Thomas Morgner
 */
public interface ReportJobDefinition
{

    /**
     * The parameters of the root report definition. The report parameters are using
     * by the query factory to parametrize the query statement.
     *
     * The query parameters for the subreports are defined using mappings, it would not
     * make sense to define them here.
     *
     * @return a map containing the report parameters
     */
    ParameterMap getQueryParameters();

    /**
     * The report processing parameters control the behaviour of the report. There are
     * several mandatory parameters, some optional and possibly some not-yet-understood
     * parameters. Use the engine meta data to find out, which parameters are supported.
     *
     * @return the processing parameters
     */
    JobProperties getProcessingParameters();
}