de.laures.cewolf
Interface ChartHolder

All Superinterfaces:

java.io.Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractChartDefinition, ChartImageDefinition, CombinedChartDefinition, OverlaidChartDefinition, SimpleChartDefinition

public interface ChartHolder
extends java.io.Serializable

An object of this type represents a full description of a chart. Therefore it is able to produce the chart and dataset object resulting out of this definition.

Author:

Guido Laures

Method Summary

org.jfree.chart.JFreeChart	getChart() Returns a chart.
org.jfree.data.general.Dataset	getDataset() Returns the dataset produced when using this definition.

Method Detail

getChart

org.jfree.chart.JFreeChart getChart()
                                    throws DatasetProduceException,
                                           PostProcessingException,
                                           ChartValidationException

Returns a chart.

Returns:

the chart object for this definition

Throws:

DatasetProduceException - if there could be no data produced for the cahrt

ConfigurationException - if there is something wrong in the Cewolf configuration

PostProcessingException - if a post processor failed to process the chart

ChartValidationException

getDataset

org.jfree.data.general.Dataset getDataset()
                                          throws DatasetProduceException

Returns the dataset produced when using this definition.

Returns:

Object the dataset for this definition

Throws:

DatasetProduceException - if the dataset could not be produced