domaininfo.java

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 * ---------------
 * DomainInfo.java
 * ---------------
 * (C) Copyright 2000-2007, by Object Refinery Limited.
 *
 * Original Author:  David Gilbert (for Object Refinery Limited);
 * Contributor(s):   -;
 *
 * Changes (from 18-Sep-2001)
 * --------------------------
 * 18-Sep-2001 : Added standard header and fixed DOS encoding problem (DG);
 * 15-Nov-2001 : Moved to package com.jrefinery.data.* (DG);
 *               Updated Javadoc comments (DG);
 * 22-Apr-2002 : Added getValueRange() method (DG);
 * 12-Jul-2002 : Renamed getValueRange() --> getDomainRange() (DG);
 * 06-Oct-2004 : Renamed getDomainRange() --> getDomainBounds() (DG);
 * 17-Nov-2004 : Added 'includeInterval' argument to all methods (DG);
 * 11-Jan-2005 : Removed deprecated code in preparation for the 1.0.0 
 *               release (DG);
 * 
 */

package org.jfree.data;

/**
 * An interface (optional) that can be implemented by a dataset to assist in
 * determining the minimum and maximum values.
 */
public interface DomainInfo {

    /**
     * Returns the minimum x-value in the dataset.
     *
     * @param includeInterval  a flag that determines whether or not the
     *                         x-interval is taken into account.
     * 
     * @return The minimum value.
     */
    public double getDomainLowerBound(boolean includeInterval);

    /**
     * Returns the maximum x-value in the dataset.
     *
     * @param includeInterval  a flag that determines whether or not the
     *                         x-interval is taken into account.
     * 
     * @return The maximum value.
     */
    public double getDomainUpperBound(boolean includeInterval);

    /**
     * Returns the range of the values in this dataset's domain.
     *
     * @param includeInterval  a flag that determines whether or not the
     *                         x-interval is taken into account.
     * 
     * @return The range.
     */
    public Range getDomainBounds(boolean includeInterval);

}