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 * ------------------

 * SeriesDataset.java

 * ------------------

 * (C) Copyright 2000-2004, by Object Refinery Limited.

 *

 * Original Author:  David Gilbert (for Object Refinery Limited);

 * Contributor(s):   -;

 *

 * $Id: SeriesDataset.java,v 1.1 2004/08/31 15:27:03 mungady Exp $

 *

 * Changes

 * -------

 * 17-Nov-2001 : Version 1 (DG);

 * 07-Oct-2002 : Fixed errors reported by Checkstyle (DG);

 */



package org.jfree.data.general;



import org.jfree.data.category.CategoryDataset;

import org.jfree.data.xy.IntervalXYDataset;

import org.jfree.data.xy.IntervalXYZDataset;

import org.jfree.data.xy.XYDataset;

import org.jfree.data.xy.XYZDataset;



/**

 * The interface for a dataset consisting of one or many series of data.

 *

 * @see CategoryDataset

 * @see IntervalXYDataset

 * @see IntervalXYZDataset

 * @see XYDataset

 * @see XYZDataset

 *

 */

public interface SeriesDataset extends Dataset {



    /**

     * Returns the number of series in the dataset.

     *

     * @return the series count.

     */

    public int getSeriesCount();



    /**

     * Returns the name of a series.

     *

     * @param series  the series (zero-based index).

     *

     * @return the name of the series.

     */

    public String getSeriesName(int series);



}

