Package noaa.coastwatch.render.lines

Interface LineLabelFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

CenteredLabelFactory, EdgeLabelFactory

public interface LineLabelFactory

The LineLabelFactory interface is implemented by classes that need to produce a set of labels for a line composed of line segments.

Since:

3.3.1

Author:

Peter Hollemans

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
List<TextElement>	create(List<Line2D> segments, String text, Dimension imageDims)	Creates a set of line labels.

Method Details

create

List<TextElement> create(List<Line2D> segments,
 String text,
 Dimension imageDims)

Creates a set of line labels.

Parameters:

segments - the line segments for the line to label.

text - the label for the line.

imageDims - the image dimensions for the box whose edges contain the entire line and all its segments. This would typically be the view.

Returns:

the set of labels created by the factory, or null if no segments are inside the image boundaries.