Divides a given range of input values into useful intervals. This can be used, for example, to determine the locations of tick marks on an axis. Implementations will vary their behavior based on a number of factors including the type of data in question.
Note that the intervals need not be uniformly sized. For example, this would be the case when dividing a time interval into months, or into log spaced intervals.
Implementations should have protected constructors so factory methods in
DomainDividerUtil can access them.
Returns the boundaries between intervals on the given data range. When min or max lay on a boundary, it should be returned. Note this is inconsistent with DatumRange logic, where the max is exclusive. If min>&eq;max, then an empty list should be returned.
DatumVector containing the boundary values
Compute the number of intervals produced by this DomainDivider
on the given range. This allows the DomainDivider to indicate the number
of intervals (e.g. a zillion) without having to enumerate them. When
min or max lay on a boundary, it should be counted (inclusive max). If
min>&eq;max, then zero should be returned.
Return a new divider with larger intervals. If the superset
parameter is true, the interval boundaries of the new divider are
guaranteed to align with (some) interval boundaries of the existing one.
In other words, the existing divider will subdivide the new one.
DomainDivider.
For a given range, the boundaries will be aligned.
Return a new divider with smaller intervals. If the superset
parameter is true, the interval boundaries of the existing divider are
guaranteed to align with (some) intervals of the new one. In other
words, the new divider will subdivide the existing one.
DomainDivider
For a given range, the boundaries will be aligned.
Return a DatumRange representing the interval containing
the given value.