Re: report IDL

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo linuxave net>]

Hi all!

Here is the report IDL reviewed after the input I've had about the first
one. Tell me what you think.

cheers

/* GDA Report Engine
 * Copyright (C) 2000 Rodrigo Moya
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Library General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free
 * Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
 */

#ifndef __gda_report_idl__
#define __gda_report_idl__

module GDA {
	
	/*
	 * Report I/O operations
	 */
	interface ReportStream {
		readonly attribute any contents;
		
		any getChunk (in long start, in long stop);
	};
	
	/*
	 * Report structure
	 */
	struct Attribute {
		string name;
		string value;
	};
	typedef sequence<Attribute> AttributeList;
	
	enum ContentType {
		AnElement,
		PCDATA
	};
	union VE switch (ContentType) {
		case AnElement:
			ElementList elem_list;
		case PCDATA:
			string contents;
	}
	interface ReportElement {
		attribute string name;
		attribute AttributeList attr_list;
		attribute VE contents;
		
		void      addAttribute (in string name, in string value);
		void      removeAttribute (in string name);
		Attribute getAttribute (in string name);
		void      setAttribute (in string name, in string value);
		
		ReportElement addChild (in string name);
		void          removeChild (in string name);
	};
	typedef sequence<ReportElement> ElementList;
	
	interface ReportFormat {
		readonly attribute string xml;
		
		ElementList  getStructure ();
		ReportStream getStream ();
	};
	
	/*
	 * Report output format
	 */
	enum Converter {
		TO_PDF,
		TO_PS,
		TO_HTML,
		TO_LATEX
	};
	interface ReportOutput : ReportFormat {
		ReportStream convert (in Converter format, in long flags);
	};
	
	struct Param {
		string name;
		any value;
	};
	typedef sequence<Param> ParamList;
	
	interface Report {
		attribute string       name;
		attribute string       description;
		attribute ReportFormat format;
		attribute boolean      is_locked;
		
		void         fromStream (in ReportStream stream);
		void         fromXML (in string xml);
		ReportOutput run (in ParamList params, in long flags);
		
		/* for shared I/O access */
		void lock   ();
		void unlock ();
	};
	typedef sequence<Report> ReportList;

	/*
	 * The report engine
	 */
	interface ReportEngine {
		ReportList queryReports (in string condition, in long flags);
		Report     openReport (in string rep_name);
		
		Report     addReport (in string rep_name, in string description);
		void       removeReport (in string rep_name);
	};
};

#endif