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

    • Method Detail

      • createAxisController

        AxisController<P,​A> createAxisController()
        Returns a user control for axis configuration.
        Returns:
        new axis control for this plot type

      • createPositionCoordPanel

        PositionCoordPanel createPositionCoordPanel​(int npos)
        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

      • 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

      • isPlanar

        boolean isPlanar()
        Indicates whether this plot type's surface factory produces surfaces implementing the PlanarSurface interface.
        Returns:
        true for plane surface plot types

      • getGangerFactory

        uk.ac.starlink.ttools.plot2.GangerFactory getGangerFactory()
        Returns the GangerFactory used by this plot. It controls how multi-zone plots are arranged.
        Returns:
        ganger factory

      • 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

      • getNavigatorHelpId

        java.lang.String getNavigatorHelpId()
        Returns the help ID describing the navigation actions for this plot.
        Returns:
        navigator help id