hep.aida.ref.plotter

Class PlotterUtilities

java.lang.Object

hep.aida.ref.plotter.PlotterUtilities

public abstract class PlotterUtilities
extends java.lang.Object

Some utilities for using the JAIDA Plotter in other Java applications.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PlotterUtilities()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.awt.Component	componentForPlotter(IPlotter plotter) A method to enable the JAIDA plotter to be embedded inside a Java GUI.
static void	writeToFile(IPlotter plotter, java.io.OutputStream out, java.lang.String type, java.util.Properties props) Write a plot to an output stream, specifying extra properties
static void	writeToFile(IPlotter plotter, java.lang.String file, java.lang.String type, java.util.Properties props) Write a plot to a file, specifying extra properties

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

PlotterUtilities

public PlotterUtilities()

Method Detail

componentForPlotter

public static java.awt.Component componentForPlotter(IPlotter plotter)
                                              throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

A method to enable the JAIDA plotter to be embedded inside a Java GUI.

Parameters:

plotter - The plotter to be embedded

Returns:

The component associated with this IPlotter

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - If the plotter passed in was not created by JAIDA's default analysis factory

writeToFile

public static void writeToFile(IPlotter plotter,
                               java.lang.String file,
                               java.lang.String type,
                               java.util.Properties props)
                        throws java.io.IOException,
                               java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Write a plot to a file, specifying extra properties

Parameters:

plotter - The plotter to write

file - The file to write to

type - The format to write out. Supported types include cgm, emf, gif, pdf, ppm, ps, svg, swf, png and jpg. See the JAIDA release notes for required jar files to support different graphics formats.

props - Properties that control how the image is produced. Supported properties include plotWidth and plotHeight, as well as other format specific properties.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - If the plotter passed in was not created by JAIDA's default analysis factory

java.io.IOException

writeToFile

public static void writeToFile(IPlotter plotter,
                               java.io.OutputStream out,
                               java.lang.String type,
                               java.util.Properties props)
                        throws java.io.IOException,
                               java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Write a plot to an output stream, specifying extra properties

Parameters:

plotter - The plotter to write

out - The output stream to write to

type - The format to write out. Supported types include cgm, emf, gif, pdf, ppm, ps, svg, swf, png and jpg. See the JAIDA release notes for required jar files to support different graphics formats.

props - Properties that control how the image is produced. Supported properties include plotWidth and plotHeight, as well as other format specific properties.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - If the plotter passed in was not created by JAIDA's default analysis factory

java.io.IOException