net.sf.jett.tag
Class TotalTag

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.jett.tag.BaseTag
      net.sf.jett.tag.TotalTag

All Implemented Interfaces:

Tag

public class TotalTag
extends BaseTag

A TotalTag represents an aggregate value calculated from a List of values already exposed to the context. This uses jAgg functionality.

Attributes:

• Inherits all attributes from BaseTag.
• items (required): List
• value (required): String
• parallel (optional): int

Author:

Randy Gettman

Field Summary

static java.lang.String	ATTR_ITEMS Attribute that specifies the List of items to aggregate.
static java.lang.String	ATTR_PARALLEL Attribute that specifies the degree of parallelism to use.
static java.lang.String	ATTR_VALUE Attribute that specifies the aggregator to use.

Fields inherited from class net.sf.jett.tag.BaseTag

ATTR_ON_PROCESSED, SPEC_SEP

Constructor Summary

TotalTag()

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getName() Returns this Tag's name.
protected java.util.List<java.lang.String>	getOptionalAttributes() Returns a List of optional attribute names.
protected java.util.List<java.lang.String>	getRequiredAttributes() Returns a List of required attribute names.
boolean	process() Run a "group by" operation on the specified Aggregator, get the result, and set the cell value appropriately.
void	validateAttributes() Validates the attributes for this Tag.

Methods inherited from class net.sf.jett.tag.BaseTag

checkAttributes, clearBlock, deleteBlock, getAttributes, getContext, getWorkbookContext, isBodiless, processTag, removeBlock, setAttributes, setBodiless, setContext, setWorkbookContext

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

ATTR_ITEMS

public static final java.lang.String ATTR_ITEMS

Attribute that specifies the List of items to aggregate.

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Constant Field Values

ATTR_VALUE

public static final java.lang.String ATTR_VALUE

Attribute that specifies the aggregator to use.

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Constant Field Values

ATTR_PARALLEL

public static final java.lang.String ATTR_PARALLEL

Attribute that specifies the degree of parallelism to use.

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

TotalTag

public TotalTag()

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Returns this Tag's name.

Returns:

This Tag's name.

getRequiredAttributes

protected java.util.List<java.lang.String> getRequiredAttributes()

Returns a List of required attribute names.

Overrides:

getRequiredAttributes in class BaseTag

Returns:

A List of required attribute names.

getOptionalAttributes

protected java.util.List<java.lang.String> getOptionalAttributes()

Returns a List of optional attribute names.

Overrides:

getOptionalAttributes in class BaseTag

Returns:

A List of optional attribute names.

validateAttributes

public void validateAttributes()
                        throws TagParseException

Validates the attributes for this Tag. The "items" attribute must be a List. The "parallel" attribute must be a positive integer (defaults to 1). The "value" attribute must be a valid Aggregator specification string. The "total" tag must not have a body.

Overrides:

validateAttributes in class BaseTag

Throws:

TagParseException - If the attribute values are illegal or unacceptable.

process

public boolean process()

Run a "group by" operation on the specified Aggregator, get the result, and set the cell value appropriately.

Specified by:

process in class BaseTag

Returns:

Whether the first Cell in the Block associated with this Tag was processed.