hep.aida
Interface IBaseStyle

All Known Subinterfaces:

IAxisStyle, IBrushStyle, IDataStyle, IFillStyle, IInfoStyle, ILineStyle, IMarkerStyle, IPlotterStyle, ITextStyle, ITitleStyle

public interface IBaseStyle

Superclass for all styles in AIDA Plotting package. All styles can be reset to their original values at construction time. In the case of styles which 'contain' other styles (like IStyle or IAxisStyle), reset() calls reset() on the aggregated styles too. All styles are hierarchical, so the plotter's current style is overridden by the region's current style, which is overridden by any 'associated' style which is overwritten by any style passed in explicitly at plotting time. Parameters and options which have been explicitly set to non-default (or default!) values are 'sticky'. For example, if a style has the default 'red' and this has been set explicitly to 'blue' at the Plotter level, then it will override the default 'red' at the Region level. IF the user explicitly sets the region to 'green' (or 'red'!) then it will not be overridden by the 'parent' style.

Author:

The AIDA team (http://aida.freehep.org/)

Method Summary

String[]	availableParameterOptions(String paramName) Get list of the available options for a given parameter (implementation-dependent).
String[]	availableParameters() Get list of the available parameters (implementation-dependent)
String	parameterValue(String parameter) Get value of a parameter.
void	reset() Return to original (construction time) state.
boolean	setParameter(String paramName) Set a parameter.
boolean	setParameter(String paramName, String options) Set a parameter.

Method Detail

reset

public void reset()

Return to original (construction time) state. Explicitly set parameters will be set to defaults and may be overridden

setParameter

public boolean setParameter(String paramName)

Set a parameter.

Parameters:

paramName - Name of the parameter.

Returns:

false if parameter (or its options) unknown or invalid.

setParameter

public boolean setParameter(String paramName,
                            String options)

Set a parameter.

Parameters:

paramName - Name of the parameter.

options - String of options.

Returns:

false if parameter (or its options) unknown or invalid.

parameterValue

public String parameterValue(String parameter)

Get value of a parameter.

Returns:

the value.

availableParameters

public String[] availableParameters()

Get list of the available parameters (implementation-dependent)

availableParameterOptions

public String[] availableParameterOptions(String paramName)

Get list of the available options for a given parameter (implementation-dependent).