jview
Interface DataCanvasProviding

All Known Implementing Classes:

JDataCanvas, JDataModelDisplay, JExpressionCanvas, JGuiderOffsets, JSpectrumCanvas, JSplittedDataDisplay, JTrackingFrequencies, JWeatherCanvas, ShapePrincipal

public interface DataCanvasProviding

A helper interface to allow objects to get a grip on some display canvas for data. The most prominent implemntation is JDataCanvas itself.

Method Summary

Collection<JDataCanvas>	getComposingCanvases() Only for specialized objects, this method will return more than the main canvas.
JDataCanvas	getMainCanvas() Grabs a whole canvas of display data.

Method Detail

getMainCanvas

JDataCanvas getMainCanvas()

Grabs a whole canvas of display data. For objects that want to dump their data into some display, this method retrieves the main data canvas. Only very specified objects may need also the second method, getComposingCanvases().

getComposingCanvases

Collection<JDataCanvas> getComposingCanvases()

Only for specialized objects, this method will return more than the main canvas.