/* Copyright (c) 2007-2014 by panayotis.com
*
* JavaPlot 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, version 2.
*
* JavaPlot is free in the hope that it will be useful,
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* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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*
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*
* Created on 15 Οκτώβριος 2007, 12:14 μμ
*/
package com.panayotis.gnuplot.dataset;
/**
* This is the generic interface which every data set object should provide. By
* implementing this interface the author can create his own data objects which
* can be used in JavaPlot
*
* @author teras
*/
public interface DataSet {
/**
* Retrieve how many points this data set has.
*
* @return the number of points
*/
public int size();
/**
* Retrieve how many dimensions this dataset refers to. Typically, for every
* point, this method informs JavaPlot how many "columns" of data this point
* has. Make sure that every point has at least as many dimensions as what
* is reported here .
*
* @return the number of dimensions
*/
public int getDimensions();
/**
* Retrieve data information from a point. To retrieve information for each
* point, a continuous call to this method will be executed, keeping the
* item number constant and increasing the dimension.
*
* @param point The point number
* @param dimension The point dimension (or "column") to request data from
* @return the point data for this dimension
*/
public String getPointValue(int point, int dimension);
}