Interface Points

  • All Known Subinterfaces:
    PointStore
    All Known Implementing Classes:
    CartesianPointStore, SphericalPolarPointStore

    public interface Points
    Encapsulates a list of N-dimensional points in data space, perhaps with additional information about error bounds.
    Since:
    16 June 2004
    Author:
    Mark Taylor (Starlink)
    • Method Summary

      All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods 
      Modifier and Type Method Description
      int getCount()
      Returns the number of points in this dataset.
      double[][] getErrors​(int ipoint)
      Reads the errors for one of the stored points.
      java.lang.String getLabel​(int ipoint)
      Returns a string associated with a given point.
      int getNdim()
      Returns the length of the coordinate array for each point.
      int getNerror()
      Returns the number of error points returned for each point.
      double[] getPoint​(int ipoint)
      Reads the coordinates of one of the stored points.
      boolean hasLabels()
      Indicates whether a string label is associated with some points.
    • Method Detail

      • getCount

        int getCount()
        Returns the number of points in this dataset.
        Returns:
        numer of points
      • getNdim

        int getNdim()
        Returns the length of the coordinate array for each point.
        Returns:
        number of coordinate values at each point
      • getPoint

        double[] getPoint​(int ipoint)
        Reads the coordinates of one of the stored points. The returned array may be modified by subsequent calls to this method. The caller is also permitted to modify it.
        Parameters:
        ipoint - point index
        Returns:
        coords an ndim-element array containing point coordinates
      • getNerror

        int getNerror()
        Returns the number of error points returned for each point.
        Returns:
        number of error values at each point
      • getErrors

        double[][] getErrors​(int ipoint)
        Reads the errors for one of the stored points. The returned value is an array of nerror double[] arrays, each of which has ndim elements and represents the coordinates of the end of an error bar. If any of these coordinate arrays is null, it represents an error bar of zero size, that is one whose end sits right on the data point. The ordering of these points is up to the user of this object, but typically they will be in pairs, e.g. (xlo,xhi, ylo,hi, ...). The content of the returned double[][] array and of its elements may be modified by subsequent calls to this method. The caller is also permitted to modify these.
        Parameters:
        ipoint - point index
        Returns:
        double[nerr][ndim] array with error extremum coordinates
      • hasLabels

        boolean hasLabels()
        Indicates whether a string label is associated with some points.
        Returns:
        true if getLabel(int) may return a non-null value for any point
      • getLabel

        java.lang.String getLabel​(int ipoint)
        Returns a string associated with a given point. May only return a non-null value if hasLabels() returns true.
        Parameters:
        ipoint - point index
        Returns:
        label associated with points