de.jstacs.utils.graphics

Class GraphicsAdaptor

java.lang.Object

de.jstacs.utils.graphics.GraphicsAdaptor

Direct Known Subclasses:

EPSAdaptor, RasterizedAdaptor, SVGAdaptor

public abstract class GraphicsAdaptor
extends Object

Generic class for different adaptors for plotting graphics to a file using different graphics formats.

Author:

Jan Grau

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
GraphicsAdaptor()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract void	generateOutput(File file) Generates the outputs and saves the results to the supplied file.
void	generateOutput(String filename) Generates the outputs and saves the results to a file with the supplied name.
abstract Graphics2D	getGraphics(int width, int height) Returns a Graphics2D object for this GraphicsAdaptor of the given width and height.
abstract String	getGraphicsExtension() Returns the file extension for the graphics file format of this GraphicsAdaptor.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

GraphicsAdaptor

public GraphicsAdaptor()

Method Detail

getGraphics

public abstract Graphics2D getGraphics(int width,
                     int height)
                                throws IOException

Returns a Graphics2D object for this GraphicsAdaptor of the given width and height. This object may be used for plotting using the standard Graphics2D methods.

Parameters:

width - the width

height - the height

Returns:

the Graphics2D object

Throws:

IOException - if the graphics device could not be created (only applies to some adaptors)

generateOutput

public void generateOutput(String filename)
                    throws IOException

Generates the outputs and saves the results to a file with the supplied name.

Parameters:

filename - the file name

Throws:

IOException - if the output could not be written

generateOutput

public abstract void generateOutput(File file)
                             throws IOException

Generates the outputs and saves the results to the supplied file.

Parameters:

file - the file

Throws:

IOException - if the output could not be written

getGraphicsExtension

public abstract String getGraphicsExtension()

Returns the file extension for the graphics file format of this GraphicsAdaptor.

Returns:

the file extension