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* ----------------------------
* URLTagFragmentGenerator.java
* ----------------------------
* (C) Copyright 2003-2008, by Richard Atkinson and Contributors.
*
* Original Author: Richard Atkinson;
*
* Changes
* -------
* 12-Aug-2003 : Version 1 (RA);
* 13-Dec-2007 : Updated API docs (DG);
*
*/
package org.jfree.chart.imagemap;
import org.jfree.chart.urls.CategoryURLGenerator;
import org.jfree.chart.urls.PieURLGenerator;
import org.jfree.chart.urls.XYURLGenerator;
import org.jfree.chart.urls.XYZURLGenerator;
/**
* Interface for generating the URL fragment of an HTML image map area tag.
*/
public interface URLTagFragmentGenerator {
/**
* Generates a URL string to go in an HTML image map.
* <br><br>
* Note that the <code>urlText</code> will be created by a URL generator
* (such as {@link CategoryURLGenerator}, {@link PieURLGenerator},
* {@link XYURLGenerator} or {@link XYZURLGenerator}) and that generator is
* responsible for ensuring that the URL text is correctly escaped.
*
* @param urlText the URL text (fully escaped).
*
* @return The formatted HTML area tag attribute(s).
*/
public String generateURLFragment(String urlText);
}