# QwtRasterData Class Reference

QwtRasterData defines an interface to any type of raster data. More...

`#include <qwt_raster_data.h>`

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List of all members.

## Public Types

enum | ConrecAttribute { IgnoreAllVerticesOnLevel = 1, IgnoreOutOfRange = 2 }
typedef QMap< double, QPolygonF > | ContourLines

## Public Member Functions

QwtDoubleRect | boundingRect () const
virtual ContourLines | contourLines (const QwtDoubleRect &rect, const QSize &raster, const QList< double > &levels, int flags) const
virtual QwtRasterData * | copy () const =0
virtual void | discardRaster ()
virtual void | initRaster (const QwtDoubleRect &, const QSize &raster)
| QwtRasterData ()
| QwtRasterData (const QwtDoubleRect &)
virtual QwtDoubleInterval | range () const =0
virtual QSize | rasterHint (const QwtDoubleRect &) const
virtual void | setBoundingRect (const QwtDoubleRect &)
virtual double | value (double x, double y) const =0
virtual | ~QwtRasterData ()

## Detailed Description

QwtRasterData defines an interface to any type of raster data.

QwtRasterData is an abstract interface, that is used by QwtPlotRasterItem to find the values at the pixels of its raster.

Often a raster item is used to display values from a matrix. Then the derived raster data class needs to implement some sort of resampling, that maps the raster of the matrix into the requested raster of the raster item ( depending on resolution and scales of the canvas ).

## Member Enumeration Documentation

enum QwtRasterData::ConrecAttribute

Attribute to modify the contour algorithm.

## Constructor & Destructor Documentation

QwtRasterData::QwtRasterData | ( |  | ) |

Constructor.

QwtRasterData::QwtRasterData | ( | const QwtDoubleRect & | boundingRect | ) |

Constructor

Parameters:

  boundingRect | Bounding rectangle

See also:
  setBoundingRect()

QwtRasterData::~QwtRasterData | ( |  | ) | `[virtual]`

Destructor.

## Member Function Documentation

QwtDoubleRect QwtRasterData::boundingRect | ( |  | ) | const

Returns:
  Bounding rectangle

See also:
  boundingRect()

QwtRasterData::ContourLines QwtRasterData::contourLines | ( | const QwtDoubleRect & | rect,
|  | const QSize & | raster,
|  | const QList< double > & | levels,
|  | int | flags
| ) |  | const`[virtual]`

Calculate contour lines

An adaption of CONREC, a simple contouring algorithm. http://local.wasp.uwa.edu.au/~pbourke/papers/conrec/

virtual QwtRasterData* QwtRasterData::copy | ( |  | ) | const`[pure virtual]`

Clone the data.

void QwtRasterData::discardRaster | ( |  | ) | `[virtual]`

Discard a raster.

After the composition of an image QwtPlotSpectrogram calls discardRaster().

The default implementation does nothing, but if data has been loaded in initRaster(), it could deleted now.

See also:
  initRaster(), value()

void QwtRasterData::initRaster | ( | const QwtDoubleRect & | ,
|  | const QSize & | raster
| ) |  | `[virtual]`

Initialize a raster.

Before the composition of an image QwtPlotSpectrogram calls initRaster, announcing the area and its resolution that will be requested.

The default implementation does nothing, but for data sets that are stored in files, it might be good idea to reimplement initRaster, where the data is resampled and loaded into memory.

Parameters:

  rect | Area of the raster
  raster | Number of horizontal and vertical pixels

See also:
  initRaster(), value()

virtual QwtDoubleInterval QwtRasterData::range | ( |  | ) | const`[pure virtual]`

Returns:
  the range of the values

QSize QwtRasterData::rasterHint | ( | const QwtDoubleRect & |  | ) | const`[virtual]`

Find the raster of the data for an area.

The resolution is the number of horizontal and vertical pixels that the data can return for an area. An invalid resolution indicates that the data can return values for any detail level.

The resolution will limit the size of the image that is rendered from the data. F.e. this might be important when printing a spectrogram to a A0 printer with 600 dpi.

The default implementation returns an invalid resolution (size)

Parameters:

  rect | In most implementations the resolution of the data doesn't depend on the requested rectangle.

Returns:
  Resolution, as number of horizontal and vertical pixels

void QwtRasterData::setBoundingRect | ( | const QwtDoubleRect & | boundingRect | ) | `[virtual]`

Set the bounding rect ( == area, un plot coordinates )

Parameters:

  boundingRect | Bounding rectangle

See also:
  boundingRect()

virtual double QwtRasterData::value | ( | double | x,
|  | double | y
| ) |  | const`[pure virtual]`

Returns:
  the value at a raster position

Parameters:

  x | X value in plot coordinates
  y | Y value in plot coordinates