ingo@297: package de.intevation.gnv.chart;
ingo@297: 
ingo@297: import org.jfree.chart.JFreeChart;
ingo@297: 
sascha@446: import java.io.Serializable;
sascha@446: 
ingo@297: 
ingo@297: /**
ingo@767:  * The <code>Chart</code> interface should be implemented by each type of chart. 
ingo@767:  * The class must implement a method <code>generateChart</code> which returns a 
ingo@767:  * JFreeChart object.
ingo@767:  *
ingo@767:  * @author <a href="mailto:ingo.weinzierl@intevation.de">Ingo Weinzierl</a>
ingo@297:  */
sascha@446: public interface Chart
sascha@446: extends          Serializable
sascha@446: {
ingo@767:     /**
ingo@767:      * This method is used to create a JFreeChart of this object.
ingo@767:      *
ingo@767:      * @return JFreeChart object.
ingo@767:      */
ingo@297:     public JFreeChart generateChart();
ingo@297: }