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+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+package com.sun.star.report;
+
+/**
+ * The job factory collects all required properties to build a reportJob
+ * object. Implementors should define a suitable set of properties to allow
+ * the configuration of the created report jobs.
+ *
+ * How these properties are collected is beyond the scope of this interface.
+ * For each type of Job, there should be separate job-factory (remote jobs
+ * vs. local jobs etc).
+ *
+ */
+public interface ReportEngine2
+{
+
+    public ReportJobDefinition createJobDefinition();
+
+    public ReportEngineMetaData getMetaData();
+
+    /**
+     * Open points: How to define scheduling?
+     *
+     * @param definition
+     * @return the report job definition for the job description.
+     * @throws JobDefinitionException
+     */
+    public ReportJob createJob(ReportJobDefinition definition)
+            throws JobDefinitionException;
+}