com.panayotis.gnuplot.terminal
Class ExpandableTerminal

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

GNUPlotTerminal, Serializable, Cloneable, Map<String,String>

Direct Known Subclasses:

CustomTerminal, FileTerminal

public abstract class ExpandableTerminal
extends PropertiesHolder
implements GNUPlotTerminal

This is the base class of all special terminals found in JavaPlot. It provides support for terminal types and consumes unwanted gnuplot output.

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

NL

Constructor Summary

ExpandableTerminal(String type)
Create a new Terminal with a given type

Method Summary

String	getType() Get the type of this terminal
String	processOutput(InputStream stdout) This method only consumes gnuplot stdout input stream.

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.terminal.GNUPlotTerminal

getOutputFile

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Map

equals, hashCode

Constructor Detail

ExpandableTerminal

public ExpandableTerminal(String type)

Create a new Terminal with a given type

Parameters:

type - The terminal to use

Method Detail

getType

public String getType()

Get the type of this terminal

Specified by:

getType in interface GNUPlotTerminal

Returns:

String representation of this terminal type

processOutput

public String processOutput(InputStream stdout)

This method only consumes gnuplot stdout input stream. It is performed to prevent a possible thread lockup.

Specified by:

processOutput in interface GNUPlotTerminal

Parameters:

stdout - The output of GNUPlot. It will be consumed.

Returns:

The definition of the error, if something went wrong. If everything is OK, it is necessary to return null.