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027 * ----------------
028 * XisSymbolic.java
029 * ----------------
030 * (C) Copyright 2006-2008, by Anthony Boulestreau and Contributors.
031 *
032 * Original Author:  Anthony Boulestreau;
033 * Contributor(s):   David Gilbert (for Object Refinery Limited);
034 *
035 * Changes
036 * -------
037 * 29-Mar-2002 : First version (AB);
038 * 07-Oct-2002 : Fixed errors reported by Checkstyle (DG);
039 * 02-Feb-2007 : Removed author tags all over JFreeChart sources (DG);
040 *
041 */
042
043package org.jfree.data.xy;
044
045/**
046 * Represent a data set where X is a symbolic values. Each symbolic value is
047 * linked with an Integer.
048 */
049public interface XisSymbolic {
050
051    /**
052     * Returns the list of symbolic values.
053     *
054     * @return An array of symbolic values.
055     */
056    public String[] getXSymbolicValues();
057
058    /**
059     * Returns the symbolic value of the data set specified by
060     * <CODE>series</CODE> and <CODE>item</CODE> parameters.
061     *
062     * @param series  value of the serie.
063     * @param item  value of the item.
064     *
065     * @return The symbolic value.
066     */
067    public String getXSymbolicValue(int series, int item);
068
069    /**
070     * Returns the symbolic value linked with the specified
071     * <CODE>Integer</CODE>.
072     *
073     * @param val  value of the integer linked with the symbolic value.
074     *
075     * @return The symbolic value.
076     */
077    public String getXSymbolicValue(Integer val);
078
079}