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 * JasperReports - Free Java Reporting Library.
 * Copyright (C) 2001 - 2016 TIBCO Software Inc. All rights reserved.
 * http://www.jaspersoft.com
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 *
 * This program is part of JasperReports.
 *
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 */
package net.sf.jasperreports.engine.export;

import java.util.Map;

import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRAbstractExporter;
import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JasperPrint;
import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JasperReportsContext;
import net.sf.jasperreports.export.Exporter;


/**
 * A context that represents information about an export process.
 * 
 * @author Lucian Chirita (lucianc@users.sourceforge.net)
 */
public interface JRExporterContext
{

	/**
	 * @deprecated Replaced by {@link #getExporterRef()}.
	 */
	net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRExporter  getExporter();

	/**
	 * Returns the current exporter.
	 * 
	 * @return current exporter
	 */
	Exporter getExporterRef();

	/**
	 *
	 */
	public JasperReportsContext getJasperReportsContext();

	/**
	 * Returns the report which is currently exported.
	 * 
	 * @return currently exported report
	 */
	JasperPrint getExportedReport();

	/**
	 * @deprecated Replaced by {@link JRAbstractExporter#getExporterPropertiesPrefix()}.
	 */
	String getExportPropertiesPrefix();
	
	/**
	 * Returns the map of export parameters.
	 * 
	 * <p>
	 * The map uses {@link net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRExporterParameter} instances as keys.
	 * 
	 * @return the map of export parameters
	 * @deprecated To be removed.
	 */
	Map<net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRExporterParameter,Object> getExportParameters();

	/**
	 * Returns the current X-axis offset at which elements should be exported.
	 * 
	 * @return the current X-axis offset
	 */
	int getOffsetX();

	/**
	 * Returns the current Y-axis offset at which elements should be exported.
	 * 
	 * @return the current Y-axis offset
	 */
	int getOffsetY();

	/**
	 *
	 */
	public Object getValue(String key);

	/**
	 *
	 */
	public void setValue(String key, Object value);

	/**
	 *
	 */
	public Map<String, Object> getValues();
}
