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* --------------------------------
* ToolTipTagFragmentGenerator.java
* --------------------------------
* (C) Copyright 2003-2008, by Richard Atkinson and Contributors.
*
* Original Author: Richard Atkinson;
*
* Changes
* -------
* 12-Aug-2003 : Version 1 (RA);
* 05-Dec-2007 : Updated API docs (DG);
*
*/
package org.jfree.chart.imagemap;
/**
* Interface for generating the tooltip fragment of an HTML image map area tag.
* The fragment should be <code>XHTML 1.0</code> compliant.
*/
public interface ToolTipTagFragmentGenerator {
/**
* Generates a tooltip string to go in an HTML image map. To allow for
* varying standards compliance among browsers, this method is expected
* to return an 'alt' attribute IN ADDITION TO whatever it does to create
* the tooltip (often a 'title' attribute).
* <br><br>
* Note that the <code>toolTipText</code> may have been generated from
* user-defined data, so care should be taken to filter/escape any
* characters that may corrupt the HTML tag.
*
* @param toolTipText the tooltip.
*
* @return The formatted HTML area tag attribute(s).
*/
public String generateToolTipFragment(String toolTipText);
}