Package adams.gui.visualization.debug.objectrenderer

Interface ObjectRenderer

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractObjectRenderer, FlowContainerRenderer, ImageRenderer, MapRenderer, Mat5ArrayRenderer, PlainTextRenderer, PropertiesRenderer, ReportRenderer, SetRenderer, SpreadSheetRenderer, TimeseriesRenderer, WekaInstancesRenderer, WekEvaluationRenderer

public interface ObjectRenderer

Interface for classes that render objects visually.

Author:

fracpete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	canRenderCached(Object obj, JPanel panel)	Checks whether the renderer can use a cached setup to render an object.
boolean	handles(Class cls)	Checks whether the renderer can handle the specified class.
String	render(Object obj, JPanel panel, Integer limit)	Renders the object with a new renderer setup.
String	renderCached(Object obj, JPanel panel, Integer limit)	Renders the object using a cached setup (if available).
boolean	supportsLimit(Object obj)	Returns whether a limit is supported by the renderer.

Method Detail

supportsLimit

boolean supportsLimit(Object obj)

Returns whether a limit is supported by the renderer.

Parameters:

obj - the object to render

Returns:

true if supplying a limit has an effect

handles

boolean handles(Class cls)

Checks whether the renderer can handle the specified class.

Parameters:

cls - the class to check

Returns:

true if the renderer can handle this type of object

render

String render(Object obj,
              JPanel panel,
              Integer limit)

Renders the object with a new renderer setup.

Parameters:

obj - the object to render

panel - the panel to render into

limit - the limit to use for the rendering (if applicable), ignored if null

Returns:

null if successful, otherwise error message

canRenderCached

boolean canRenderCached(Object obj,
                        JPanel panel)

Checks whether the renderer can use a cached setup to render an object.

Parameters:

obj - the object to render

panel - the panel to render into

Returns:

true if possible

renderCached

String renderCached(Object obj,
                    JPanel panel,
                    Integer limit)

Renders the object using a cached setup (if available).

Parameters:

obj - the object to render

panel - the panel to render into

limit - the limit to use for the rendering (if applicable), ignored if null

Returns:

null if successful, otherwise error message