This extension point specifies how the extended report item prepares its nested report elements. In a server environment, the plugin registry uses this extension point registration to discover supported report item extensions. name of the extension item, such as "chart" for chart. class that implements IReportItemPreparation 2.3 The following is a sample usage of the reportItemPrepare extension point: <p> <pre> <extension point="org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.reportItemPreparation" name="chart prepare extension"> <reportItem name="org.eclipse.birt.chart" class="an event hanndler implementation from org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.extension.IReportItemPreparation" /> </extension> </pre> </p> [Enter API information here.] [Enter information about supplied implementation of this extension point.] Copyright (c) 2008 Actuate Corporation. All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution, and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html<br><br> Contributors: Actuate Corporation - initial API and implementation