uk.ac.starlink.ttools.plot2.data

Interface CachedColumnFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

ByteStoreColumnFactory, MemoryColumnFactory, SmartColumnFactory

public interface CachedColumnFactory

Defines a capability for storing vectors of typed data.

Since:

4 Feb 2013

Author:

Mark Taylor

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
CachedColumn	createColumn(StorageType type, long nrow) Creates a data storage object capable of storing a vector of a given type.

Method Detail

createColumn

CachedColumn createColumn(StorageType type,
                          long nrow)

Creates a data storage object capable of storing a vector of a given type. Both fixed and unknown element counts are supported.

Parameters:

type - data type of elements to be stored

nrow - maximum number of elements to be stored; if a value <0 is supplied, an indeterminate number is permitted

Returns:

storage object