1 /* ====================================== 2 * JFreeChart : a free Java chart library 3 * ====================================== 4 * 5 * Project Info: http://www.jfree.org/jfreechart/index.html 6 * Project Lead: David Gilbert (david.gilbert@object-refinery.com); 7 * 8 * (C) Copyright 2000-2003, by Object Refinery Limited and Contributors. 9 * 10 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms 11 * of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; 12 * either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. 13 * 14 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; 15 * without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 16 * See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. 17 * 18 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this 19 * library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, 20 * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. 21 * 22 * ------------------ 23 * SeriesDataset.java 24 * ------------------ 25 * (C) Copyright 2000-2003, by Object Refinery Limited. 26 * 27 * Original Author: David Gilbert (for Object Refinery Limited); 28 * Contributor(s): -; 29 * 30 * $Id: SeriesDataset.java,v 1.2 2003/06/04 22:58:28 mungady Exp $ 31 * 32 * Changes 33 * ------- 34 * 17-Nov-2001 : Version 1 (DG); 35 * 07-Oct-2002 : Fixed errors reported by Checkstyle (DG); 36 */ 37 38 package org.jfree.data; 39 40 /** 41 * The interface for a dataset consisting of one or many series of data. 42 * 43 * @see CategoryDataset 44 * @see IntervalXYDataset 45 * @see IntervalXYZDataset 46 * @see XYDataset 47 * @see XYZDataset 48 * 49 * @author David Gilbert 50 */ 51 public interface SeriesDataset extends Dataset { 52 53 /** 54 * Returns the number of series in the dataset. 55 * 56 * @return the series count. 57 */ 58 public int getSeriesCount(); 59 60 /** 61 * Returns the name of a series. 62 * 63 * @param series the series (zero-based index). 64 * 65 * @return the name of the series. 66 */ 67 public String getSeriesName(int series); 68 69 } 70