/*
* IAxisTitlePainter.java of project jchart2d, interface for an painter of the
* title of an axis of the Chart2D.
* Copyright 2004 - 2011 (C) Achim Westermann.
*
* 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., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA*
* If you modify or optimize the code in a useful way please let me know.
* Achim.Westermann@gmx.de
*
*/
package info.monitorenter.gui.chart;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.io.Serializable;
/**
* Interface for an painter of the title of an axis of the Chart2D.
* <p>
*
* @author Achim Westermann
*
* @version $Revision: 1.11 $
*
* @since 2.2.1
*
*/
public interface IAxisTitlePainter extends Serializable {
/**
* Returns the height of this axis title in px with respect to the current
* title of the given axis title.
* <p>
*
* @param axis
* the instance this title painter is working for.
*
* @param g2d
* needed for size informations (e.g. font widths).
*
* @return the height of this axis title in px with respect to the current
* title of the given axis.
*/
public int getHeight(final IAxis<?> axis, final Graphics g2d);
/**
* Returns the width of this axis title in px with respect to the current
* title of the given axis.
* <p>
*
* @param axis
* the instance this title painter is working for.
*
* @param g2d
* needed for size informations (e.g. font widths).
*
* @return the width of this axis title in px with respect to the current
* title of the given axis.
*/
public int getWidth(final IAxis<?> axis, final Graphics g2d);
/**
* Invoked to let implementations paint the given title of the given axis.
* <p>
*
* Implementations should make use of the information about the axis
* coordinates (start pixel,end pixel) and the graphics context (for font
* dimensions) to do it right.
* <p>
*
* @param axis
* the axis to paint the title of.
* @param g
* needed for size informations.
*/
public void paintTitle(final IAxis<?> axis, final Graphics g);
}