uk.ac.starlink.topcat.plot2

Class PlotExporter

java.lang.Object

uk.ac.starlink.topcat.plot2.PlotExporter

public class PlotExporter
extends Object

Provides a GUI for exporting a plot to an external format, generally to a file.

Since:

12 Mar 2013

Author:

Mark Taylor

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static interface	PlotExporter.IconFactory Defines an object that can supply an icon for exporting.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PlotExporter() Constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	attemptSave(Icon icon, File file, uk.ac.starlink.ttools.plot.GraphicExporter exporter) Attempts to write a given icon to a file in a particular graphics format.
void	exportPlot(Component parent, PlotExporter.IconFactory ifact) Offers the user a GUI to export a supplied plot icon in a user-chosen format.
static PlotExporter	getInstance() Returns a single instance of this class.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

PlotExporter

public PlotExporter()

Constructor.

Method Detail

exportPlot

public void exportPlot(Component parent,
                       PlotExporter.IconFactory ifact)

Offers the user a GUI to export a supplied plot icon in a user-chosen format.

Parameters:

parent - parent component for dialogue window

ifact - supplies the icon to export

attemptSave

public void attemptSave(Icon icon,
                        File file,
                        uk.ac.starlink.ttools.plot.GraphicExporter exporter)
                 throws IOException

Attempts to write a given icon to a file in a particular graphics format.

Parameters:

icon - image to paint

file - destination file

exporter - output graphics format handler

Throws:

IOException - in case of write error

getInstance

public static PlotExporter getInstance()

Returns a single instance of this class. You don't have to use it as a singleton, but doing it like that allows it to retain current directory for output file etc.

Returns:

shared instance