uk.ac.starlink.ttools.plot2.data
Interface CachedColumnFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:
MemoryColumnFactory, SmartColumnFactory

public interface CachedColumnFactory

Defines a capability for storing vectors of typed data.

Since:
4 Feb 2013
Author:
Mark Taylor

Method Summary
 CachedColumn createColumn(StorageType type, long nrow)
          Creates a data storage object capable of storing a vector of a given type.
 

Method Detail

createColumn

CachedColumn createColumn(StorageType type,
                          long nrow)
Creates a data storage object capable of storing a vector of a given type. Both fixed and unknown element counts are supported.

Parameters:
type - data type of elements to be stored
nrow - number of elements to be stored; if a value <0 is supplied, an indeterminate number will be stored
Returns:
storage object


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