Programming using the BIRT Reporting APIs : Programming the structure of a report design : Accessing a data source and data set with the API : About data set classes
 
About data set classes
DataSetHandle is a subclass of ReportElementHandle. Get and set properties for a data set in the same way as for any other report element. DataSetHandle also provides methods to access properties specific to a data set, such as the data source, the data set fields, and the scripting methods of the data set.
The two subclasses of DataSetHandle, OdaDataSetHandle and ScriptDataSetHandle, provide the functionality for the two families of BIRT data sets. For more information about ODA data sets, see the Javadoc for the ODA API.