statdialog.statistics.graphics
Class QualitativeDataPlotDialog

java.lang.Object
  statdialog.statistics.graphics.QualitativeDataPlotDialog

public class QualitativeDataPlotDialog
extends java.lang.Object

Creates a dialog used for graphical display of qualitative data.

Example:
String [] st=new String[]{"Soft Drink"};

// non-null constructor
new QualitativeDataPlotDialog("Bar",st).qualitativeDataPlotDialog.setVisible(true);
new QualitativeDataPlotDialog("Pie",st).qualitativeDataPlotDialog.setVisible(true);

// null constructor
new QualitativeDataPlotDialog().createDialog("bar",st).setVisible(true);
new QualitativeDataPlotDialog().createDialog("pie",st).setVisible(true);

Field Summary

java.awt.Frame	frame The frame from which the dialog is displayed.
boolean	modal True for a modal dialog, false for one that allows other windows to be active at the same time.
java.lang.String	plotChoice The type of the plot with the choices "bar" or "pie".
AbstractDialog	qualitativeDataPlotDialog The dialog for graphical display of qualitative data.
java.util.Hashtable	qualitativeDataPlotDialogInfo The hashtable contains information about the components in the dialog.
java.lang.String[]	selectedVariables The texts to be selected in the list, ususally the input variables, selectedVariables[i]: the text for the (i+1)'th variable.
java.lang.String	title The string to be displayed in the dialog's title bar.

Constructor Summary

QualitativeDataPlotDialog()
Default QualitativeDataPlotDialog constructor.

QualitativeDataPlotDialog(java.awt.Frame frame, java.lang.String title, boolean modal, java.lang.String plotChoice, java.lang.String[] selectedVariables)
Constructs the dialog for the use in generating the plots for qualitative data.

QualitativeDataPlotDialog(java.lang.String plotChoice, java.lang.String[] selectedVariables)
Constructs the dialog with the defalut frame, title and which allows other windows to be active at the same time.

Method Summary

AbstractDialog	createDialog(java.awt.Frame frame, java.lang.String title, boolean modal, java.lang.String plotChoice, java.lang.String[] selectedVariables) The method to construct the dialog for the use in generating the plots for qualitative data.
AbstractDialog	createDialog(java.lang.String plotChoice, java.lang.String[] selectedVariables) The method to construct the dialog with the defalut frame, title and which allows other windows to be active at the same time.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

qualitativeDataPlotDialogInfo

public java.util.Hashtable qualitativeDataPlotDialogInfo

The hashtable contains information about the components in the dialog. The key specifies the components while the values are the texts displayed within the components.

qualitativeDataPlotDialog

public AbstractDialog qualitativeDataPlotDialog

The dialog for graphical display of qualitative data.

frame

public java.awt.Frame frame

The frame from which the dialog is displayed.

title

public java.lang.String title

The string to be displayed in the dialog's title bar.

modal

public boolean modal

True for a modal dialog, false for one that allows other windows to be active at the same time.

plotChoice

public java.lang.String plotChoice

The type of the plot with the choices "bar" or "pie".

selectedVariables

public java.lang.String[] selectedVariables

The texts to be selected in the list, ususally the input variables,
selectedVariables[i]: the text for the (i+1)'th variable.

Constructor Detail

QualitativeDataPlotDialog

public QualitativeDataPlotDialog()

Default QualitativeDataPlotDialog constructor.

QualitativeDataPlotDialog

public QualitativeDataPlotDialog(java.awt.Frame frame,
                                 java.lang.String title,
                                 boolean modal,
                                 java.lang.String plotChoice,
                                 java.lang.String[] selectedVariables)

Constructs the dialog for the use in generating the plots for qualitative data.

Parameters:

frame - the frame from which the dialog is displayed.

title - the string to be displayed in the dialog's title bar.

modal - true for a modal dialog, false for one that allows other windows to be active at the same time.

plotChoice - the specification of the plot with the choices "bar" or "pie".

selectedVariables - the texts to be selected in the list,
selectedVariables[i]: the text for the (i+1)'th variable.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException, - the vector of selected variables can not be empty.

QualitativeDataPlotDialog

public QualitativeDataPlotDialog(java.lang.String plotChoice,
                                 java.lang.String[] selectedVariables)

Constructs the dialog with the defalut frame, title and which allows other windows to be active at the same time.

Parameters:

plotChoice - the specification of the plot with the choices "bar" or "pie".

selectedVariables - the texts to be selected in the list,
selectedVariables[i]: the text for the (i+1)'th variable.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException, - the vector of selected variables can not be empty.

Method Detail

createDialog

public AbstractDialog createDialog(java.awt.Frame frame,
                                   java.lang.String title,
                                   boolean modal,
                                   java.lang.String plotChoice,
                                   java.lang.String[] selectedVariables)

The method to construct the dialog for the use in generating the plots for qualitative data.

Parameters:

frame - the frame from which the dialog is displayed.

title - the string to be displayed in the dialog's title bar.

modal - true for a modal dialog, false for one that allows other windows to be active at the same time.

plotChoice - the specification of the plot with the choices "bar" or "pie".

selectedVariables - the texts to be selected in the list,
selectedVariables[i]: the text for the (i+1)'th variable.

Returns:

the created dialog.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException, - the vector of selected variables can not be empty.

createDialog

public AbstractDialog createDialog(java.lang.String plotChoice,
                                   java.lang.String[] selectedVariables)

The method to construct the dialog with the defalut frame, title and which allows other windows to be active at the same time.

Parameters:

plotChoice - the specification of the plot with the choices "bar" or "pie".

selectedVariables - the texts to be selected in the list,
selectedVariables[i]: the text for the (i+1)'th variable.

Returns:

the created dialog.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException, - the vector of selected variables can not be empty.