categoryurlgenerator.java

Web图形化的Java库

/* ======================================
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 * -------------------------
 * CategoryURLGenerator.java
 * -------------------------
 * (C) Copyright 2002, 2003, by Richard Atkinson and Contributors.
 *
 * Original Author:  Richard Atkinson ([e-mail]);
 * Contributors:     David Gilbert (for Object Refinery Limited);
 *
 * $Id: CategoryURLGenerator.java,v 1.6 2003/09/03 15:08:51 mungady Exp $
 *
 * Changes:
 * --------
 * 05-Aug-2002 : Version 1, contributed by Richard Atkinson;
 * 09-Oct-2002 : Fixed errors reported by Checkstyle (DG);
 * 10-Apr-2003 : Replaced reference to CategoryDataset with KeyedValues2DDataset (DG);
 * 23-Apr-2003 : Switched around CategoryDataset and KeyedValues2DDataset (again) (DG);
 * 13-Aug-2003 : Added clone() method (DG);
 *
 */

package org.jfree.chart.urls;

import org.jfree.data.CategoryDataset;

/**
 * A URL generator for items in a {@link CategoryDataset}.
 *
 * @author Richard Atkinson
 */
public interface CategoryURLGenerator extends URLGenerator {

    /**
     * Returns a URL for one item in a dataset.
     *
     * @param data  the dataset.
     * @param series  the series (zero-based index).
     * @param category  the category.
     *
     * @return a string containing the URL.
     */
    public String generateURL(CategoryDataset data, int series, int category);
    
    /**
     * Returns an independent copy of the URL generator.
     * 
     * @return A clone.
     * 
     * @throws CloneNotSupportedException if the generator does not support cloning.
     */
    public Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException;

}