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+package com.sun.star.report;
+
+/**
+ * The report job is created by the report job factory and holds all properties
+ * required to complete the reporting task.
+ *
+ * @author Thomas Morgner
+ */
+public interface ReportJobDefinition
+{
+
+    /**
+     * The parameters of the root report definition. The report parameters are using
+     * by the query factory to parametrize the query statement.
+     *
+     * The query parameters for the subreports are defined using mappings, it would not
+     * make sense to define them here.
+     *
+     * @return a map containing the report parameters
+     */
+    ParameterMap getQueryParameters();
+
+    /**
+     * The report processing parameters control the behaviour of the report. There are
+     * several mandatory parameters, some optional and possibly some not-yet-understood
+     * parameters. Use the engine meta data to find out, which parameters are supported.
+     *
+     * @return the processing parameters
+     */
+    JobProperties getProcessingParameters();
+}