org.axsl.graphicR
Interface GraphicServer

public interface GraphicServer

Interface for creating Graphic objects.

Method Summary

Graphic

makeGraphic(java.lang.String href, java.net.URL[] baseURLs, boolean cachingThisGraphic) Finds or creates a Graphic instance.

Method Detail

makeGraphic

public Graphic makeGraphic(java.lang.String href,
                           java.net.URL[] baseURLs,
                           boolean cachingThisGraphic)
                    throws GraphicException

Finds or creates a Graphic instance.

Parameters:

href - The graphic URL as a String. Note that this String should not be enclosed in a url(), but should be just a valid URI reference as defined in RFC2396.

baseURLs - An array of URLs containing, in order, the base locations that should be tried when resolving an href that indicates a relative path. Element 0 will be tried first, then element 1, etc.

cachingThisGraphic - Set to true if a pointer to this instance should be kept for later reuse. Set to false if you don't want to spend the memory for this. (Note: This is done in the makeGraphic method so that this decision can conceivably be made separately for each graphic.)

Returns:

The Graphic instance.

Throws:

GraphicException - For errors an error occured during construction.