java/cewolf-1.0/src/main/java/de/laures/cewolf/ChartPostProcessor.java
author František Kučera <franta-hg@frantovo.cz>
Sun, 01 Mar 2009 11:06:49 +0100
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     1 /* ================================================================
     2  * Cewolf : Chart enabling Web Objects Framework
     3  * ================================================================
     4  *
     5  * Project Info:  http://cewolf.sourceforge.net
     6  * Project Lead:  Guido Laures (guido@laures.de);
     7  *
     8  * (C) Copyright 2002, by Guido Laures
     9  *
    10  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms
    11  * of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
    12  * either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
    13  *
    14  * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
    15  * without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
    16  * See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
    17  *
    18  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this
    19  * library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330,
    20  * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
    21  */
    22 
    23 package de.laures.cewolf;
    24 
    25 import java.util.Map;
    26 
    27 /**
    28  * Postprocesses a generated chart instance. Objects of this class can be used to
    29  * customize a generated and afterwards rendered chart instance additionally.
    30  * To provide a postprocessor the &lt;chartpostprocessor&gt; tag is used. 
    31  * There can be an unlimited number of postprocessors registered.
    32  * @see de.laures.cewolf.taglib.tags.ChartPostProcessorTag
    33  * @author  Guido Laures
    34  */
    35 public interface ChartPostProcessor {
    36 
    37     /**
    38      * Processes a generated chart. This method is called by the ChartProducer
    39      * after a chart instance is generated and before it is rendered (if so).
    40      * The ChartProducer is responsible for post processing a chart dependant
    41      * on and only on the provided parameters. This means that the same parameters
    42      * should result in the same post processings.
    43      * @param chart the chart instnce. Concrete class depends on the rendering
    44      * implementation. Currently a org.jfree.chart.JFreeChart is passed.
    45      * @param params paramters passed to the postprocessor. These are defined in the JSP
    46      * @see de.laures.cewolf.taglib.tags.ChartPostProcessorTag
    47      */
    48     void processChart(Object chart, Map params);
    49 
    50 }