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 * JasperReports - Free Java Reporting Library.
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package net.sf.jasperreports.components.map;

import java.util.List;

import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRCloneable;
import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRElementDataset;

/**
 * The ItemData interface
 * @author Teodor Danciu (teodord@users.sourceforge.net)
 * @deprecated Replaced by {@link net.sf.jasperreports.components.items.ItemData}.
 */
public interface ItemData extends JRCloneable
{

	/**
	 * Returns a list of {@link net.sf.jasperreports.components.map.Item Item} 
	 * objects. Each item in the list provides a collection of item properties.
	 * 
	 * @return a list of items
	 * 
	 * @see net.sf.jasperreports.components.map.Item
	 * @see net.sf.jasperreports.components.map.ItemProperty
	 */
	public List<Item> getItems();
	
	/**
	 * Returns the dataset information that will be used by the {@link net.sf.jasperreports.components.map.ItemData ItemData} object.
	 * <p>
	 * This information is required either to use the main dataset or to instantiate a 
	 * subdataset from the report. The data produced by the subdataset is fed to the items list.
	 * 
	 * @return the dataset
	 * @see net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRElementDataset
	 */
	public JRElementDataset getDataset();

}
