org.biojava.bio.gui

Interface SymbolStyle

All Known Implementing Classes:

DNAStyle, PlainStyle, SimpleSymbolStyle

public interface SymbolStyle

The interface for things that say how to paint a symbol.

Given a symbol, this allows you to get the color to outline or fill the glyphs for rendering the symbol. This may be something as simple as colouring dots on a scatter-plot, or labeling a key, or it may be as complicated as sequence logos.

Author:

Matthew Pocock

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Paint	fillPaint(Symbol s) Return the fill paint for a symbol.
Paint	outlinePaint(Symbol s) Return the outline paint for a symbol.

Method Detail

outlinePaint

Paint outlinePaint(Symbol s)
                   throws IllegalSymbolException

Return the outline paint for a symbol.

Parameters:

s - the symbol to outline

Returns:

the Paint to use

Throws:

IllegalSymbolException - if this SymbolStyle can not handle the symbol

fillPaint

Paint fillPaint(Symbol s)
                throws IllegalSymbolException

Return the fill paint for a symbol.

Parameters:

s - the symbol to fill

Returns:

the Paint to use

Throws:

IllegalSymbolException - if this SymbolStyle can not handle the symbol