/**************************************************************************
/* This class is part of the Java Plotlib Toolkit.
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package de.bablokb.plotlib.core;

import java.util.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.geom.*;

/**
   An abstract class with basic behaviour for composite plottable objects.
   The difference to AbstractPlottable is that CompositePlottable has no
   properties object, therefore does not have to save state before plotting
   and have to restore state afterwards.

   @see de.bablokb.plotlib.core.AbstractPlottable

   @version $Revision: 1.2 $
   @author  $Author: bablokb $
*/

public abstract class CompositePlottable implements Plottable {

  /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

  /**
     Implement Plottable.plot(). This is just a wrapper for plotObjects(),
     which must be overridden by sublcasses.
  */

  public void plot(PlottingContext pc) {
    plotObjects(pc);
  }

  /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

  /**
     Plot current object. Must be overridden by subclasses.
  */

  public abstract void plotObjects(PlottingContext pc);
}