/* 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,
* 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.
*
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* along with CrossMobile; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
*
* Created on October 14, 2007, 1:59 PM
*/
package com.panayotis.gnuplot.plot;
/**
* This interface is used by JavaPlot to handle various plot arguments. It can
* be implemented to provide other entries for the plot command
*
* @author teras
*/
public interface Plot {
/**
* Retrieve the definition part of the plot command. This is the part that
* is given to the plot command, separated by commas. Commas and newlines
* are automatically added
*
* @param buffer The buffer to store the argument of the plot command
*/
public abstract void retrieveDefinition(StringBuilder buffer);
/**
* Retrieve the data set of this plot command. It is used only in data-set
* plots and it is usually a set of numbers separated by space and newline
* and terminated by the 'e' character. These data are appended at the end
* of the actual plot command. If a plot argument does not require
* additional data sets, then this method should do nothing.
*
* @param buffer The buffer to store the data set
*/
public abstract void retrieveData(StringBuilder buffer);
}