jfreechart example source code file (URLTagFragmentGenerator.java)

This example jfreechart source code file (URLTagFragmentGenerator.java) is included in the DevDaily.com "Java Source Code Warehouse" project. The intent of this project is to help you "Learn Java by Example" ^TM.

Java - jfreechart tags/keywords

string, string, urltagfragmentgenerator, urltagfragmentgenerator

The jfreechart URLTagFragmentGenerator.java source code

/* ===========================================================
 * JFreeChart : a free chart library for the Java(tm) platform
 * ===========================================================
 *
 * (C) Copyright 2000-2008, by Object Refinery Limited and Contributors.
 *
 * Project Info:  http://www.jfree.org/jfreechart/index.html
 *
 * This library 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; either version 2.1 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed 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.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301,
 * USA.
 *
 * [Java is a trademark or registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.
 * in the United States and other countries.]
 *
 * ----------------------------
 * 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>

     * Note that the <code>urlText 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);

}