001 /** 002 * www.jcoverage.com 003 * Copyright (C)2003 jcoverage ltd. 004 * 005 * This file is part of jcoverage. 006 * 007 * jcoverage is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify 008 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published 009 * by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, 010 * or (at your option) any later version. 011 * 012 * jcoverage is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 013 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 014 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 015 * General Public License for more details. 016 * 017 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License 018 * along with jcoverage; if not, write to the Free Software 019 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 020 * USA 021 * 022 */ 023 package com.jcoverage.reporting; 024 025 import java.util.*; 026 import org.apache.log4j.Logger; 027 028 /** 029 * Instances of this class are analogous to a database table, but not 030 * the same. A database table contains its columns, whereas lines only 031 * reference their categories, such that categories can be used by two 032 * different lines which belong in different pages. 033 */ 034 public interface LineCategory { 035 036 /** 037 * Return the columns that are associated with this category. 038 */ 039 Collection getColumns(); 040 041 }