TraceColourMap (InductiveVisualMiner)

All Known Implementing Classes:

TraceColourMapAttributeBoolean, TraceColourMapAttributeDuration, TraceColourMapAttributeNumber, TraceColourMapAttributeString, TraceColourMapAttributeTime, TraceColourMapFixed
```
public interface TraceColourMap
```
Interface to support trace colouring.

Author:

sander

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.awt.Color`	`getColour(int traceIndex)`	Warning: this method is called in the animation loop.
`java.awt.Color`	`getColour(IvMTrace trace)`
`java.lang.String`	`getValue(IvMTrace trace)`	This method is less critical than getColour() and is not executed in the animation thread.

- Method Detail
  - getColour
```
java.awt.Color getColour(int traceIndex)
```
    Warning: this method is called in the animation loop. Do -not- create new objects or variables, as the garbage collector -will- kick in and ruin the smoothness of the animation. DO NOT ACCESS TRACE ATTRIBUTES FROM THIS METHOD! Rather, prepare an array that contains a (link to) a colour for each trace index, in the constructor.
    
    Parameters:
    
    traceIndex -
    
    Returns:
    
    the colour that this bezier should have.
  - getColour
```
java.awt.Color getColour(IvMTrace trace)
```
    Parameters:
    
    trace -
    
    Returns:
    
    The colour of a trace.
  - getValue
```
java.lang.String getValue(IvMTrace trace)
```
    This method is less critical than getColour() and is not executed in the animation thread.
    
    Parameters:
    
    trace -
    
    Returns:
    
    The value on which the colour is to be computed.