org.eobjects.analyzer.beans.api
Interface Renderer<I extends Renderable,O>

Type Parameters:

I - the input of the renderer, ie. the result type (or Renderable in general) to render

O - the output type of the renderer. This should be the same as or a subclass of the output class of the matching RenderingFormat.

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractRenderer, CrosstabHtmlRenderer, CrosstabTextRenderer, DateGapTextRenderer, DefaultTextRenderer, PatternFinderResultHtmlRenderer, PatternFinderResultTextRenderer, ValueDistributionResultHtmlRenderer

public interface Renderer<I extends Renderable,O>

Interface for renderers of analyzer results. Renderers are used to transform the logical results into readable results such as HTML pages, Swing components, Text or XML files.

Author:

Kasper Sørensen

See Also:

RendererBean, RenderingFormat

Method Summary

RendererPrecedence	getPrecedence(I renderable) Checks whether this renderer is capable of rendering a particular renderable.
O	render(I renderable) Renders an analyzer result.

Method Detail

getPrecedence

RendererPrecedence getPrecedence(I renderable)

Checks whether this renderer is capable of rendering a particular renderable. This method allows renderers to respond to specific state available in the renderables.

Parameters:

renderable -

Returns:

render

O render(I renderable)

Renders an analyzer result.

Parameters:

renderable - the Renderable to render.

Returns:

the outcoming, rendered result.