source: branches/HeuristicLab.Problems.GaussianProcessTuning/ILNumerics.2.14.4735.573/Drawing/Interfaces/IILGraphFactory.cs @ 9426

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using System;
using ILNumerics.Drawing.Graphs;
using System.Collections.Generic; 
using ILNumerics.Drawing.Shapes; 

namespace ILNumerics.Drawing.Interfaces {
    /// <summary>
    /// interface for a painter factory, capable of creating device dependend axes and graphs 
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>The interface is implemented by (device dependent) panel implementations. 
    /// It is used to create the ILPanel's object hirarchy on startup. </remarks>
    internal interface IILCreationFactory { 
        /// <summary>
        /// create an axis 
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="name">axis name</param>
        /// <param name="clippingView">clipping of the host</param>
        /// <param name="parameters">additional parameters</param>
        /// <returns>newly created axis object</returns>
        ILAxis CreateAxis(AxisNames name, ILClippingData clippingView, params object[] parameters);
        /// <summary>
        /// Create a new specific ILGraph object (device dependent)
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="data">numeric data for the new graph</param>
        /// <param name="graphType">type of graph</param>
        /// <param name="additionalParams">additional parameter</param>
        /// <returns>newly created graph instance</returns>
        ILGraph CreateGraph(ILInArray<float> data, GraphType graphType, params ILArray<float>[] additionalParams);
        /// <summary>
        /// create a new device dependant scene graph
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>scene graph</returns>
        ILSceneGraph CreateSceneGraph();

        /// <summary>
        /// create vertex renderer for rendering arbitrary vertices. 
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="vertexType">underlying vertex type (value type)</param>
        /// <returns>vertex renderer</returns>
        ILVertexRenderer CreateVertexRenderer(Type vertexType, ILShape shape);
    }
}