jcckit.plot
Interface SymbolFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractSymbolFactory, ErrorBarFactory

public interface SymbolFactory

Interface of a symbol factory. A symbol is a GraphicalElement or GraphicalComposite. A symbol factory creates the same type of symbols. In general, they have all the same size. But they are distinguished from each other by their positions. In addition they may also differ in other properties which will be determined by Hints.

Author:

Franz-Josef Elmer

Field Summary

static java.lang.String	ATTRIBUTES_KEY Common configuration parameter key need by implementing classes.
static double	DEFAULT_SIZE Default size of a symbol = 0.01.
static java.lang.String	SIZE_KEY Common configuration parameter key need by implementing classes.

Method Summary

GraphicalElement	createLegendSymbol(GraphPoint centerPosition, double size) Creates a symbol for the legend at the specified position.
Symbol	createSymbol(GraphPoint point, Hint hintFromPreviousPoint, Hint hintFromPreviousCurve) Creates a symbol for the specified point taking into account the specified hints.

Field Detail

SIZE_KEY

public static final java.lang.String SIZE_KEY

Common configuration parameter key need by implementing classes.

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Constant Field Values

ATTRIBUTES_KEY

public static final java.lang.String ATTRIBUTES_KEY

Common configuration parameter key need by implementing classes.

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Constant Field Values

DEFAULT_SIZE

public static final double DEFAULT_SIZE

Default size of a symbol = 0.01.

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

createSymbol

public Symbol createSymbol(GraphPoint point,
                           Hint hintFromPreviousPoint,
                           Hint hintFromPreviousCurve)

Creates a symbol for the specified point taking into account the specified hints.

Parameters:

point - The position of the symbol. In general it is a transformation of a corresponding DataPoint into a GraphPoint.

hintFromPreviousPoint - Hint from the previous point of the same Curve or null.

hintFromPreviousCurve - Hint from the previous Curve or null.

createLegendSymbol

public GraphicalElement createLegendSymbol(GraphPoint centerPosition,
                                           double size)

Creates a symbol for the legend at the specified position.

Parameters:

centerPosition - Center position of the symbol.

size - The size of the symbol. Will not be used if the symbol of the curve points have all the same size. In this case the symbol for the legend has the size of the curve symbols.