Package uk.ac.starlink.topcat.plot2
Interface PlotTypeGui<P,A>
public interface PlotTypeGui<P,A>
Provides PlotType-specific aspects of the GUI, used by the
generic PlotWindow GUI.
- Since:
- 12 Mar 2013
- Author:
- Mark Taylor
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Method Summary
Modifier and TypeMethodDescriptionReturns a user panel for entering Area coordinates.Returns a user control for axis configuration.Returns a ZoneLayerManager for a given FormLayerControl.createPositionCoordPanel
(int npos) Returns a user panel for entering basic standard data positions.Returns a new zone ID factory for use with this plot.Returns an object that can characterise surfaces used by this plot type as hypercubes in data coordinate space.Returns a list of figure drawing modes that can be used for graphically marking out shapes on the plot surface.Returns the help ID describing the navigation actions for this plot.boolean
True if a histogram is to be treated in some sense like a scatter plot.boolean
Indicates whether this plot type supports selectable point positions.
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Method Details
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createAxesController
AxesController<P,A> createAxesController()Returns a user control for axis configuration.- Returns:
- new axis control for this plot type
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createPositionCoordPanel
Returns a user panel for entering basic standard data positions.- Parameters:
npos
- number of groups of positional coordinates for entry- Returns:
- new position entry panel for this plot type
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createAreaCoordPanel
PositionCoordPanel createAreaCoordPanel()Returns a user panel for entering Area coordinates. If this plot type does not support Area coordinates, an UnsupportedOperationException may be thrown.- Returns:
- new area position entry panel for this plot type
- Throws:
UnsupportedOperationException
- if plot type doesn't support area coordinates
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hasPositions
boolean hasPositions()Indicates whether this plot type supports selectable point positions. Normally the return is true, but if this plot type never plots points that can be identified by a screen X,Y position, return false.- Returns:
- false iff this plot type never supports selectable points
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getFigureModes
FigureMode[] getFigureModes()Returns a list of figure drawing modes that can be used for graphically marking out shapes on the plot surface.- Returns:
- available figure modes; may be empty
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createZoneFactory
ZoneFactory createZoneFactory()Returns a new zone ID factory for use with this plot. This determines how zone selection for multi-zone plots is done. A new instance should be acquired for each plot window.- Returns:
- zone id factory
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createLayerManager
Returns a ZoneLayerManager for a given FormLayerControl.- Parameters:
flc
- form layer control- Returns:
- zone layer manager
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getCartesianRanger
CartesianRanger getCartesianRanger()Returns an object that can characterise surfaces used by this plot type as hypercubes in data coordinate space. If it can't be done, null is returned.- Returns:
- Cartesian ranger for this plot type, or null
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hasExtraHistogram
boolean hasExtraHistogram()True if a histogram is to be treated in some sense like a scatter plot. This is a hacky intervention to accommodate matrix plots which can generate both scatter plots and histograms from the same input coordinates. In most cases the return value will be false.- Returns:
- true for plots which treat histograms a bit like scatter plots
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