Constructor Detail

• Suffixer

  public Suffixer​()

Method Detail

• createSuffixes

  public abstract java.util.List<java.lang.String> createSuffixes​(int n)

  Returns a list of suffixes according to this object's policy. Note that, because of the way that these suffixes are used in STILTS plotting commands, no suffix in the returned list should contain any other suffix as a leading substring. Making all the elements the same length and unique is a straightforward way to ensure this, for instance by using something like leading zeroes.

  Parameters:

  n - number of suffixes required

  Returns:

  n-element list

• createNumericSuffixer

  public static Suffixer createNumericSuffixer​(java.lang.String name,
                                               java.lang.String separator,
                                               boolean isBlank1)

  Returns an instance that generates numeric suffixes 1, 2, 3, ... prepended with an optional supplied separator string. Leading zeroes are used when the number of suffixes requied is greater than 9.

  Parameters:

  name - suffixer name

  separator - string to prepend to all non-blank suffixes, may be null

  isBlank1 - if true, then a request for a single-element suffix list will be treated specially, giving an empty string

  Returns:

  new suffixer

• createAlphaSuffixer

  public static Suffixer createAlphaSuffixer​(java.lang.String name,
                                             java.lang.String separator,
                                             boolean isBlank1,
                                             boolean isUpper)

  Returns an instance that generates alphabetic suffixes a, b, c, ... If there are more than 26, letters are repeated (the output is actually in base 26 with digits 'a'-'z').

  Parameters:

  name - suffixer name

  separator - string to prepend to all non-blank suffixes, may be null

  isBlank1 - if true, then a request for a single-element suffix list will be treated specially, giving an empty string

  isUpper - true for upper case letters, false for lower case

  Returns:

  new suffixer