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*
* -------------------------
* CategoryURLGenerator.java
* -------------------------
* (C) Copyright 2002-2008, by Richard Atkinson and Contributors.
*
* Original Author: Richard Atkinson;
* Contributors: David Gilbert (for Object Refinery Limited);
*
* Changes:
* --------
* 05-Aug-2002 : Version 1, contributed by Richard Atkinson;
* 09-Oct-2002 : Fixed errors reported by Checkstyle (DG);
* 10-Apr-2003 : Replaced reference to CategoryDataset with
* KeyedValues2DDataset (DG);
* 23-Apr-2003 : Switched around CategoryDataset and KeyedValues2DDataset
* (again) (DG);
* 13-Aug-2003 : Added clone() method (DG);
* 14-Jun-2004 : Removed clone() method - classes that implement the interface
* should implement the PublicCloneable interface instead,
* wherever possible (DG);
* ------------- JFREECHART 1.0.x ---------------------------------------------
* 02-Feb-2007 : Removed author tags from all over JFreeChart sources (DG);
* 13-Dec-2007 : Updated API docs (DG);
*
*/
package org.jfree.chart.urls;
import org.jfree.data.category.CategoryDataset;
/**
* A URL generator for items in a {@link CategoryDataset}.
*/
public interface CategoryURLGenerator {
/**
* Returns a URL for one item in a dataset. As a guideline, the URL
* should be valid within the context of an XHTML 1.0 document. Classes
* that implement this interface are responsible for correctly escaping
* any text that is derived from the dataset, as this may be user-specified
* and could pose a security risk.
*
* @param dataset the dataset.
* @param series the series (zero-based index).
* @param category the category.
*
* @return A string containing the URL.
*/
public String generateURL(CategoryDataset dataset, int series,
int category);
}
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