Package jcckit.plot

Interface SymbolFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractSymbolFactory, BarFactory, CircleSymbolFactory, ErrorBarFactory, SquareSymbolFactory

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

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static String	ATTRIBUTES_KEY	Common configuration parameter key need by implementing classes.
static double	DEFAULT_SIZE	Default size of a symbol = 0.01.
static String	SIZE_KEY	Common configuration parameter key need by implementing classes.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
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

static final String SIZE_KEY

Common configuration parameter key need by implementing classes.

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Constant Field Values

ATTRIBUTES_KEY

static final String ATTRIBUTES_KEY

Common configuration parameter key need by implementing classes.

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Constant Field Values

DEFAULT_SIZE

static final double DEFAULT_SIZE

Default size of a symbol = 0.01.

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

createSymbol

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

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.