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package com.sun.star.report;

public interface ReportEngineMetaData
{

    /**
     * Checks, whether a certain output type is available.
     * Feed the mime-type of the output type in and you'll get
     * a true or false back.
     *
     * @param mimeType
     * @return true, if the output type is supported; false otherwise.
     */
    boolean isOutputSupported(String mimeType);

    /**
     * Lists all supported output parameters for the given mime-type.
     * This listing can be used to build a generic user interface for
     * configuring a certain output.
     *
     * @param mimeType
     * @return
     */
    String[] getOutputParameters(String mimeType);

    Class getParameterType(String parameter);

    boolean isMandatory(String parameter);

    boolean isEnumeration(String parameter);

    Object[] getEnumerationValues(String parameter);
}