001/*
002 * Sonar, open source software quality management tool.
003 * Copyright (C) 2008-2012 SonarSource
004 * mailto:contact AT sonarsource DOT com
005 *
006 * Sonar is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
007 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
008 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
009 * version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
010 *
011 * Sonar is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
012 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
013 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
014 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
015 *
016 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
017 * License along with Sonar; if not, write to the Free Software
018 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02
019 */
020package org.sonar.api.charts;
021
022import org.sonar.api.ServerExtension;
023
024import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
025
026/**
027 * An Extension to create charts
028 *
029 * @since 1.10
030 */
031public interface Chart extends ServerExtension {
032  String getKey();
033
034  /**
035   * The method to implement to generate the chart
036   *
037   * @param params the chart parameters
038   * @return the image generated
039   */
040  BufferedImage generateImage(ChartParameters params);
041}