Module platform

Package org.jfree.chart.plot.dial

Interface DialFrame

All Superinterfaces:

DialLayer

All Known Implementing Classes:

ArcDialFrame, StandardDialFrame

public interface DialFrame
extends DialLayer

A dial frame is the face plate for a dial plot - it is always drawn last. JFreeChart includes a couple of implementations of this interface (StandardDialFrame and ArcDialFrame).

Classes that implement this interface should be Serializable, otherwise chart serialization may fail.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Shape	getWindow(Rectangle2D frame)	Returns the shape of the viewing window for the dial, or null if the dial is completely open.

Methods inherited from interface org.jfree.chart.plot.dial.DialLayer

addChangeListener, draw, hasListener, isClippedToWindow, isVisible, removeChangeListener

Method Details

getWindow

Shape getWindow(Rectangle2D frame)

Returns the shape of the viewing window for the dial, or null if the dial is completely open. Other layers in the plot will rely on their drawing to be clipped within this window.

Parameters:

frame - the reference frame for the dial.

Returns:

The window.