Constructor Detail

• PlotExporter

  public PlotExporter()

  Constructor.

Method Detail

• exportPlot

  public void exportPlot(java.awt.Component parent,
                         PlotExporter.IconFactory ifact)

  Offers the user a GUI to export a supplied plot icon in a user-chosen format.

  Parameters:

  parent - parent component for dialogue window

  ifact - supplies the icon to export

• attemptSave

  public void attemptSave(javax.swing.Icon icon,
                          java.io.File file,
                          uk.ac.starlink.ttools.plot.GraphicExporter exporter)
                   throws java.io.IOException

  Attempts to write a given icon to a file in a particular graphics format.

  Parameters:

  icon - image to paint

  file - destination file

  exporter - output graphics format handler

  Throws:

  java.io.IOException - in case of write error

• getInstance

  public static PlotExporter getInstance()

  Returns a single instance of this class. You don't have to use it as a singleton, but doing it like that allows it to retain current directory for output file etc.

  Returns:

  shared instance