package de.intevation.gnv.chart;

import org.jfree.chart.JFreeChart;

import java.io.Serializable;


/**
 * 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();
}