ModePlotter (Starjava TTOOLS API)

All Superinterfaces:

Plotter<S>

All Known Subinterfaces:

ShapeModePlotter

All Known Implementing Classes:

ArrayShapePlotter, ShapePlotter
```
public interface ModePlotter<S extends Style>
extends Plotter<S>
```
Plotter sub-interface that marks a family of plotters as having similar characteristics. These are used by the TOPCAT GUI to group plotters together for display and user interaction. The Mode and Form can in principle be varied separately to form a family of plotters that can share a similar UI if the mode and form implement known subinterfaces of those interfaces.

Since:

18 Feb 2013

Author:

Mark Taylor

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type	Interface	Description
`static interface`	`ModePlotter.Form`	Marker interface for an object that is shared between plotters sharing characteristics that make it useful to group them.
`static interface`	`ModePlotter.Mode`	Marker interface for an object that is shared between plotters sharing characteristics that make it useful to group them.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`ModePlotter.Form`	`getForm()`	Returns the form of this plotter.
`ModePlotter.Mode`	`getMode()`	Returns the mode of this plotter.

Methods inherited from interface uk.ac.starlink.ttools.plot2.Plotter
createLayer, createStyle, getCoordGroup, getPlotterDescription, getPlotterIcon, getPlotterName, getRangeStyleKey, getStyleKeys, hasReports

- Method Detail
  - getMode
```
ModePlotter.Mode getMode()
```
    Returns the mode of this plotter.
    
    Returns:
    
    plotter mode
  - getForm
```
ModePlotter.Form getForm()
```
    Returns the form of this plotter.
    
    Returns:
    
    plotter form