package de.intevation.gnv.chart;

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Locale;

import org.jfree.chart.JFreeChart;
import org.jfree.chart.ChartTheme;

/**
 * Abstract chart class to define the basic fields used for chart creation.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:ingo.weinzierl@intevation.de">Ingo Weinzierl</a>
 */
public abstract class AbstractChart
implements            Chart
{
    /**
     * JFreeChart object. Created after {@link #generateChart()} is called.
     */
    protected JFreeChart  chart;

    /**
     * Field storing the visibility of lines in the chart plot.
     */
    protected boolean     linesVisible;

    /**
     * Field storing the visibility of points in the chart plot.
     */
    protected boolean     shapesVisible;

    /**
     * Locale object used for i18n support.
     */
    protected Locale      locale;

    /**
     * ChartLabels
     */
    protected ChartLabels labels;

    /**
     * ChartTheme
     */
    protected ChartTheme  theme;

    /**
     * Collection which contains a bunch of parameters.
     */
    protected Collection  parameters;

    /**
     * Collection which contains a bunch of measurements.
     */
    protected Collection  measurements;

    /**
     * Collection which contains all data objects used to be displayed in the
     * chart. It contains different series and different datasets which is not
     * very elegant.
     */
    protected Collection  resultSet;

    /**
     * Collection which contains a bunch of date objects.
     */
    protected Collection  dates;

    /**
     * Collection which contains a bunch of time gap definitions used to
     * detect gaps in timeseries charts.
     */
    protected Collection  timeGaps;

    /**
     * Abstract method which needs to be implemented by concrete subclasses.
     * This method triggers the JFreeChart creation process. After calling this
     * method {@link #chart} should be a valid <code>JFreeChart</code> object.
     */
    public abstract JFreeChart generateChart();
}
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