/* ================================================================

 * Cewolf : Chart enabling Web Objects Framework

 * ================================================================

 *

 * Project Info:  http://cewolf.sourceforge.net

 * Project Lead:  Guido Laures (guido@laures.de);

 *

 * (C) Copyright 2002, by Guido Laures

 *

 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms

 * of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation;

 * either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

 *

 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;

 * without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

 * See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.

 *

 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this

 * library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330,

 * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.

 */

package de.laures.cewolf.links;

/**

 * A link generator for category items. This interface is used by the 

 * tag library to produce image maps. Implement this if the dataset that

 * ths DatasetProducer produces is a CategoryDataset.

 * @see org.jfree.data.CategoryDataset

 * @author  Guido Laures

 * @since 0.8

 */

public interface CategoryItemLinkGenerator extends LinkGenerator {

    /**

     * Generates a link for a specific dataset/series/category triple.

     * @param dataset the dataset

     * @param series the series number

     * @param category the category

     * @see org.jfree.data.CategoryDataset

     */

    String generateLink(Object dataset, int series, Object category);

}