001    /* EVolve - an Extensible Software Visualization Framework
002     * Copyright (C) 2001-2002 Qin Wang
003     *
004     * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
005     * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
006     * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
007     * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
008     *
009     * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
010     * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
011     * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
012     * Library General Public License for more details.
013     *
014     * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
015     * License along with this library; if not, write to the
016     * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
017     * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
018     */
019    
020    /*
021     * EVolve is distributed at http://www.sable.mcgill.ca/EVolve/
022     */
023    
024    package EVolve.visualization;
025    
026    /**
027     * Factory of visualizations.
028     */
029    public abstract class VisualizationFactory {
030        private VisualizationDefinition definition; // definition of the visualizations
031    
032        /**
033         * Creates a visualization factory.
034         */
035        public VisualizationFactory() {
036            definition = createDefinition();
037        }
038    
039        /**
040         * Gets the definition of the visualizations.
041         *
042         * @return  definition of the visualizations
043         */
044        public VisualizationDefinition getDefinition() {
045            return definition;
046        }
047    
048        /**
049         * Gets the name of the visualizations.
050         *
051         * @return  name of the visualizations
052         */
053        public abstract String getName();
054    
055        /**
056         * Gets the name of the visualization factory.
057         *
058         * @return  name of the visualization factory
059         */
060        public abstract String getFactoryName();
061    
062        /**
063         * Creates the definition of the visualizations.
064         *
065         * @return  definition of the visualizations
066         */
067        public abstract VisualizationDefinition createDefinition();
068    
069        /**
070         * Creates a visualization.
071         *
072         * @return  the visualization
073         */
074        public abstract Visualization createVisualization();
075    }