001 /* =========================================================== 002 * JFreeChart : a free chart library for the Java(tm) platform 003 * =========================================================== 004 * 005 * (C) Copyright 2000-2007, by Object Refinery Limited and Contributors. 006 * 007 * Project Info: http://www.jfree.org/jfreechart/index.html 008 * 009 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it 010 * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by 011 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or 012 * (at your option) any later version. 013 * 014 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 015 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY 016 * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public 017 * License for more details. 018 * 019 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public 020 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software 021 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, 022 * USA. 023 * 024 * [Java is a trademark or registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. 025 * in the United States and other countries.] 026 * 027 * -------------------------------- 028 * ToolTipTagFragmentGenerator.java 029 * -------------------------------- 030 * (C) Copyright 2003-2007, by Richard Atkinson and Contributors. 031 * 032 * Original Author: Richard Atkinson; 033 * 034 * $Id: ToolTipTagFragmentGenerator.java,v 1.4.2.2 2007/01/16 09:58:12 mungady Exp $ 035 * 036 * Changes 037 * ------- 038 * 12-Aug-2003 : Version 1 (RA); 039 * 040 */ 041 042 package org.jfree.chart.imagemap; 043 044 /** 045 * Interface for generating the tooltip fragment of an HTML image map area tag. 046 * The fragment should be <code>XHTML 1.0</code> compliant. 047 */ 048 public interface ToolTipTagFragmentGenerator { 049 050 /** 051 * Generates a tooltip string to go in an HTML image map. To allow for 052 * varying standards compliance among browsers, this method is expected 053 * to return an 'alt' attribute IN ADDITION TO whatever it does to create 054 * the tooltip (often a 'title' attribute). 055 * 056 * @param toolTipText the tooltip. 057 * 058 * @return The formatted HTML area tag attribute(s). 059 */ 060 public String generateToolTipFragment(String toolTipText); 061 062 }