uk.ac.starlink.topcat.plot2

Class TablePlotDisplay

java.lang.Object

uk.ac.starlink.topcat.plot2.TablePlotDisplay

public class TablePlotDisplay
extends Object

Opens a plot window with access to a table that can be supplied without loading it into the TOPCAT application. This table can be replaced, and the plot will update accordingly. It works best if the replacement tables are all similar in structure.

Since:

10 May 2018

Author:

Mark Taylor

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
TablePlotDisplay(Component parent, PlotWindowType plotType, String tableLabel, boolean isVisibleOnPlot) Constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
PlotWindowType	getPlotWindowType() Returns the plot window type for this display.
StackPlotWindow<?,?>	getWindow() Returns the plot window currently in use by this display.
void	showPlotWindow(uk.ac.starlink.table.StarTable table) Displays a plot window with access to a given unloaded table.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

TablePlotDisplay

public TablePlotDisplay(Component parent,
                        PlotWindowType plotType,
                        String tableLabel,
                        boolean isVisibleOnPlot)

Constructor.

Parameters:

parent - parent component

plotType - type of plot window to open

tableLabel - label for unloaded table as presented to user

isVisibleOnPlot - if true, the plot window is forcibly set visible every time the plot is displayed

Method Detail

showPlotWindow

public void showPlotWindow(uk.ac.starlink.table.StarTable table)

Displays a plot window with access to a given unloaded table. If a plot window already exists, it is reused and the table is inserted into it as a replacement for the one used last time.

Parameters:

table - table to display

getPlotWindowType

public PlotWindowType getPlotWindowType()

Returns the plot window type for this display.

Returns:

plot window type

getWindow

public StackPlotWindow<?,?> getWindow()

Returns the plot window currently in use by this display. If no display has so far been made, this may be null.

Returns:

plot window, may be null