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21 
22 
23 package com.sun.star.report;
24 
25 import java.util.Map;
26 
27 /**
28  * Allows to query the data repository and returns a datasource for the
29  * specified name and parameters. The parameters-map can be null, if there
30  * are no parameters required.
31  *
32  * @author Thomas Morgner
33  */
34 public interface DataSourceFactory
35 {
36 
queryData(String name, Map parameter)37     public DataSource queryData(String name, Map parameter)
38             throws DataSourceException;
39 }
40