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 }