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+package de.intevation.gnv.chart;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+import org.jfree.chart.JFreeChart;
+
+/**
+ * The <code>Chart</code> interface should be implemented by each type of chart.
+ * The class must implement a method <code>generateChart</code> which returns a
+ * JFreeChart object.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:ingo.weinzierl@intevation.de">Ingo Weinzierl</a>
+ */
+public interface Chart
+extends          Serializable
+{
+    /**
+     * This method is used to create a JFreeChart of this object.
+     *
+     * @return JFreeChart object.
+     */
+    public JFreeChart generateChart();
+}
+// vim:set ts=4 sw=4 si et sta sts=4 fenc=utf8 :