com.panayotis.gnuplot.plot
Class AbstractPlot

java.lang.Object
  java.util.AbstractMap<K,V>
      java.util.HashMap<String,String>
          com.panayotis.gnuplot.PropertiesHolder
              com.panayotis.gnuplot.plot.AbstractPlot

All Implemented Interfaces:

Plot, Serializable, Cloneable, Map<String,String>

Direct Known Subclasses:

DataSetPlot, FunctionPlot

public abstract class AbstractPlot
extends PropertiesHolder
implements Plot

This is the base class of all plot objects. It is used to define the basic caracteristics of plot handling, such as definition and styles

Author:

teras

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.util.AbstractMap

AbstractMap.SimpleEntry<K,V>, AbstractMap.SimpleImmutableEntry<K,V>

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.panayotis.gnuplot.PropertiesHolder

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Constructor Summary

AbstractPlot()
General purpose contructor of a generic plot object

Method Summary

PlotStyle	getPlotStyle() Retrieve the style of this Plot command
void	retrieveDefinition(StringBuffer buf) Retrieve the definition of this Plot object.
protected void	setDefinition(String definition) Set the plot definition for this plot object.
void	setPlotStyle(PlotStyle style) Set how this plot will be presented.
void	setSmooth(Smooth smooth) Define if this plot should be smoothed.
void	setTitle(String title) A convinient method to set the title of this plot

Methods inherited from class com.panayotis.gnuplot.PropertiesHolder

appendProperties, set, set, unset

Methods inherited from class java.util.HashMap

clear, clone, containsKey, containsValue, entrySet, get, isEmpty, keySet, put, putAll, remove, size, values

Methods inherited from class java.util.AbstractMap

equals, hashCode, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface com.panayotis.gnuplot.plot.Plot

retrieveData

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Map

equals, hashCode

Constructor Detail

AbstractPlot

public AbstractPlot()

General purpose contructor of a generic plot object

Method Detail

setDefinition

protected void setDefinition(String definition)

Set the plot definition for this plot object. It is the part that the plot command parses.

Parameters:

definition - The string representing the plot definition.

retrieveDefinition

public void retrieveDefinition(StringBuffer buf)

Retrieve the definition of this Plot object. If styles or smoothing engines were used, the appropriate arguments are appended

Specified by:

retrieveDefinition in interface Plot

Parameters:

buf - The buffer to store the data set.

setPlotStyle

public void setPlotStyle(PlotStyle style)

Set how this plot will be presented. Provide information about colors and sizes, in accordance with the selected terminal. Give "null" if you want to turn off this deafure.

Parameters:

style - The style to use

getPlotStyle

public PlotStyle getPlotStyle()

Retrieve the style of this Plot command

Returns:

The style being used

setSmooth

public void setSmooth(Smooth smooth)

Define if this plot should be smoothed.

Parameters:

smooth - The smooth definition. Give "null" if you want to turn off this deafure.

setTitle

public void setTitle(String title)

A convinient method to set the title of this plot

Parameters:

title - The title to use for this plot