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27  * ToolTipTagFragmentGenerator.java
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29  * (C) Copyright 2003-2005, by Richard Atkinson and Contributors.
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31  * Original Author: Richard Atkinson;
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33  * $Id: ToolTipTagFragmentGenerator.java,v 1.4 2005/03/07 10:54:49 mungady Exp $
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40  
41 package org.jfree.chart.imagemap;
42
43 /**
44  * Interface for generating the tooltip fragment of an HTML image map area tag.
45  * The fragment should be <code>XHTML 1.0</code> compliant.
46  *
47  * @author Richard Atkinson
48  */

49 public interface ToolTipTagFragmentGenerator {
50
51     /**
52      * Generates a tooltip string to go in an HTML image map. To allow for
53      * varying standards compliance among browsers, this method is expected
54      * to return an 'alt' attribute IN ADDITION TO whatever it does to create
55      * the tooltip (often a 'title' attribute).
56      *
57      * @param toolTipText the tooltip.
58      *
59      * @return The formatted HTML area tag attribute(s).
60      */

61     public String JavaDoc generateToolTipFragment(String JavaDoc toolTipText);
62
63 }
64
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