ChartProvider.java

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 * Copyright (c) 2014-2017 by the respective copyright holders.
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
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 */
package org.eclipse.smarthome.ui.chart;

import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.util.Date;

import org.eclipse.smarthome.core.items.ItemNotFoundException;

/**
 * Defines the interface for chart providers. A chart provider interfaces with
 * the persistence store to get the data and receives parameters from the UI
 * chart servlet and returns a chart image object (PNG).
 *
 * @author Chris Jackson
 *
 *
 */
public interface ChartProvider {
    /**
     * Gets the name of this chart provider.
     * 
     * @return String containing the provider name
     */
    String getName();

    /**
     * Creates a chart object. This sets the initial parameters for the chart
     * before the items are added
     * 
     * @param service
     *            A string containing the name of the persistence service. May
     *            be null in which case the chart provider can decide itself
     *            which store to use.
     * @param widget
     *            The widget ID. This allows the chart provider to look up the
     *            widget and get the items directly from the sitemap definition.
     *            May be null.
     * @param theme
     *            A string containing a theme name for the chart. The provider
     *            should store its own themes. May be null to use a default
     *            theme.
     * @param height
     *            The height of the chart.
     * @param width
     *            The width of the chart.
     * @param startTime
     *            The start time of the chart
     * @param endTime
     *            The end time of the chart
     * @param height
     *            The height of the chart
     * @param width
     *            The width of the chart
     * @param items
     *            The items to display on the chart
     * @param groups
     *            The groups to display on the chart
     * 
     * @return BufferedImage object if the chart is rendered correctly,
     *         otherwise null.
     * 
     * @throws ItemNotFoundException if an item or group is not found
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if an invalid argument is passed
     */
    BufferedImage createChart(String service, String theme, Date startTime, Date endTime, int height, int width,
            String items, String groups) throws ItemNotFoundException;

    /**
     * Gets the type of data that will be written by the chart.
     * 
     * @return ImageType
     */
    ImageType getChartType();

    /**
     * Provides a list of image types
     *
     */
    public enum ImageType {
        png, jpg, gif;
    }
}