All Known Subinterfaces:

ModePlotter<S>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractKernelDensityPlotter, AbstractPlotter, ContourPlotter, DensogramPlotter, FillPlotter, FixedKernelDensityPlotter, FunctionPlotter, GridPlotter, HealpixPlotter, HistogramPlotter, KnnKernelDensityPlotter, LabelPlotter, Line3dPlotter, LinearFitPlotter, LinePlotter, Pixel1dPlotter, ShapePlotter, ShapePlotter.ShapeModePlotter, SimpleDecalPlotter, SkyDensityPlotter, SkyGridPlotter, SpectrogramPlotter, SphereGridPlotter, SpotPlotter, Stats1Plotter, TracePlotter
```
public interface Plotter<S extends Style>
```
A Plotter can produce PlotLayers given data and appropriate configuration. It can also report what data coordinates and style configuration information are needed for the plot. This self-describing nature means that a plotting framework can largely build a user interface automatically from a Plotter instance.
A Plotter also acts as part of an identifier for the type of plot being performed, which is necessary for determining PlotLayer equality; two PlotLayers are equivalent if they match in point of DataSpec, Style and Plotter.

Since:

11 Feb 2013

Author:

Mark Taylor

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`PlotLayer`	`createLayer(DataGeom pointDataGeom, DataSpec dataSpec, S style)`	Creates a PlotLayer based on the given geometry, data and style.
`S`	`createStyle(ConfigMap config)`	Creates a style that can be used when creating a plot layer.
`CoordGroup`	`getCoordGroup()`	Returns an object describing which data coordinates are used for this plotter and how they are arranged in supplied DataSpec objects.
`java.lang.String`	`getPlotterDescription()`	Returns an XML description of this plotter.
`javax.swing.Icon`	`getPlotterIcon()`	Returns an icon for this plotter for use in user interface.
`java.lang.String`	`getPlotterName()`	Returns the name of this plotter for use in user interface.
`ConfigKey<?>[]`	`getStyleKeys()`	Returns the configuration keys used to configure style for this plotter.
`boolean`	`hasReports()`	Indicates whether the drawings produced by this plotter will return general interest report information to upstream plotting code.

- Method Detail
  - getPlotterName
```
java.lang.String getPlotterName()
```
    Returns the name of this plotter for use in user interface.
    
    Returns:
    
    user-directed plotter name
  - getPlotterIcon
```
javax.swing.Icon getPlotterIcon()
```
    Returns an icon for this plotter for use in user interface.
    
    Returns:
    
    plotter icon
  - getPlotterDescription
```
java.lang.String getPlotterDescription()
```
    Returns an XML description of this plotter.
    Note: really this should appear at the LayerType level.
    
    Returns:
    
    one or more <p> elements
  - getCoordGroup
```
CoordGroup getCoordGroup()
```
    Returns an object describing which data coordinates are used for this plotter and how they are arranged in supplied DataSpec objects.
    
    Returns:
    
    coordinate group
  - getStyleKeys
```
ConfigKey<?>[] getStyleKeys()
```
    Returns the configuration keys used to configure style for this plotter. The keys in the return value are used in the map supplied to the createStyle(uk.ac.starlink.ttools.plot2.config.ConfigMap) method.
    
    Returns:
    
    keys used when creating a style for this plotter.
  - createStyle
```
S createStyle(ConfigMap config)
       throws ConfigException
```
    Creates a style that can be used when creating a plot layer. The keys that are significant in the supplied config map are those returned by getStyleKeys(). The return value can be used as input to createLayer(uk.ac.starlink.ttools.plot2.DataGeom, uk.ac.starlink.ttools.plot2.data.DataSpec, S).
    
    Parameters:
    
    config - map of style configuration items
    
    Returns:
    
    plotter-specific plot style
    
    Throws:
    
    ConfigException
  - hasReports
```
boolean hasReports()
```
    Indicates whether the drawings produced by this plotter will return general interest report information to upstream plotting code.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the plot report may return interesting information
    
    See Also:
    
    Drawing.getReport(java.lang.Object)
  - createLayer
```
PlotLayer createLayer(DataGeom pointDataGeom,
                      DataSpec dataSpec,
                      S style)
```
    Creates a PlotLayer based on the given geometry, data and style.
    The style parameter is the result of a call to createStyle(uk.ac.starlink.ttools.plot2.config.ConfigMap).
    The dataSpec parameter must contain the coordinates defined by this plotter's CoordGroup.
    The pointDataGeom parameter is only used if getCoordGroup(). getPositionCount returns a non-zero value, otherwise the plot does not have point positions.
    It is legal to supply null for any of the parameters; if insufficient data is supplied to generate a plot, then the method should return null.
    Creating a layer should be cheap; layers may be created and not used.
    
    Parameters:
    
    pointDataGeom - indicates base position coordinates and their mapping to points in the data space; if non-null, the data geom's DataGeom.hasPosition() method will return true
    
    dataSpec - specifies the data required for the plot
    
    style - data style as obtained from createStyle
    
    Returns:
    
    new plot layer, or null if no drawing will take place

Interface Plotter<S extends Style>

Method Summary

Method Detail

getPlotterName

getPlotterIcon

getPlotterDescription

getCoordGroup

getStyleKeys

createStyle

hasReports

createLayer