org.askalon.graph.chart
Interface SectionChart

All Superinterfaces:

Chart, Cleanable

All Known Subinterfaces:

HierarchyChart, LinearChart, LineBarChart, MultipleSurfaceChart, OrderedChart, PieChart, RibbonChart, XMLEventChart, XYChart, XYXMLChart

public interface SectionChart
extends Chart

The super-interface of all charts that support multiple sections with different colors.

Author:

Georg Schild and Franz Endstrasser

Method Summary

Color	getSectionColor(int index) Gets the color of a section if section is in range.
int	getSectionCount() Returns the number of sections of this chart
String	getSectionName(int index) Gets the name of the section specified by index.
boolean	isVisible(int section) Gets the visibility of a section.
void	setSectionColor(int section, Color c) Sets the color of a section if section is in range.
void	setSectionName(int index, String name) Sets the entitys name at the specified index.
void	setVisible(int section, boolean v) Enables or disables the visibility for a section.

Methods inherited from interface org.askalon.graph.chart.Chart

getChartConfiguration, getChartMenu, getChartName, getLegend, getUnit, getXAxisText, getYAxisText, isDisableUpdate, isEdgesVisible, refreshConfiguration, resetConfiguration, setChartConfiguration, setDisableUpdate, setEdgesVisible, setUnit, setXAxisText, setYAxisText

Methods inherited from interface org.askalon.graph.chart.base.Cleanable

cleanUp

Method Detail

getSectionColor

Color getSectionColor(int index)

Gets the color of a section if section is in range.

Parameters:

index - the index of the section whose color should be changed

Returns:

the new color of the specified section

See Also:

setSectionColor(int, Color), Color

setSectionColor

void setSectionColor(int section,
                     Color c)

Sets the color of a section if section is in range.

Parameters:

section - the index of the section whose color should be changed

c - the new color of the section

See Also:

Color, getSectionColor(int)

getSectionCount

int getSectionCount()

Returns the number of sections of this chart

Returns:

this chart's number of sections

getSectionName

String getSectionName(int index)

Gets the name of the section specified by index.

Parameters:

index - the index of the section whose name should be returned

Returns:

the name of the section as string

setSectionName

void setSectionName(int index,
                    String name)

Sets the entitys name at the specified index.

Parameters:

index - the index of the datapoint

name - the new name for this datapoint

setVisible

void setVisible(int section,
                boolean v)

Enables or disables the visibility for a section.

Parameters:

section - the index of the section whose visibility should be changed

v - true do display the section, false to hide it

isVisible

boolean isVisible(int section)

Gets the visibility of a section.

Parameters:

section - the index of the section whose visibility should be returned

Returns:

true if the section is visible, false otherwise