xyurlgenerator.java

JfreeChart 常用图表例子

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 * -------------------
 * XYURLGenerator.java
 * -------------------
 * (C) Copyright 2002-2005, by Richard Atkinson and Contributors.
 *
 * Original Author:  Richard Atkinson;
 * Contributors:     David Gilbert (for Object Refinery Limited);
 *
 * $Id: XYURLGenerator.java,v 1.4 2005/03/09 13:45:32 mungady Exp $
 *
 * Changes:
 * --------
 * 05-Aug-2002 : Version 1, contributed by Richard Atkinson;
 * 09-Oct-2002 : Fixed errors reported by Checkstyle (DG);
 * 20-Jan-2005 : Minor Javadoc update (DG);
 * 
 */

package org.jfree.chart.urls;

import org.jfree.data.xy.XYDataset;

/**
 * Interface for a URL generator for plots that uses data from an 
 * {@link XYDataset}.
 *
 * @author Richard Atkinson
 */
public interface XYURLGenerator {

    /**
     * Generates a URL for a particular item within a series. As a guideline, 
     * the URL should be valid within the context of an XHTML 1.0 document.
     *
     * @param dataset  the dataset (<code>null</code> not permitted).
     * @param series  the series index (zero-based).
     * @param item  the item index (zero-based).
     *
     * @return A string containing the generated URL (possibly 
     *         <code>null</code>).
     */
    public String generateURL(XYDataset dataset, int series, int item);

}