A workaround for creating a Plot2D with a multi-line title

MultiLinePlotTitleExample.java

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package com.metsci.glimpse.examples.basic;

import com.metsci.glimpse.examples.Example;
import com.metsci.glimpse.layout.GlimpseLayout;
import com.metsci.glimpse.painter.info.SimpleTextPainter;
import com.metsci.glimpse.painter.info.SimpleTextPainter.HorizontalPosition;
import com.metsci.glimpse.painter.info.SimpleTextPainter.VerticalPosition;
import com.metsci.glimpse.plot.Plot2D;

/**
 * A 'hack' to easily display three title lines in a Plot2D. This should go away
 * once Plot2D.setTitle( ) accepts a string with '\n' markers indicating line
 * breaks.
 * 
 * @author ulman
 */
public class MultiLinePlotTitleExample extends EmptyPlotExample {
	public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
		Example.showWithSwing(new MultiLinePlotTitleExample());
	}

	@Override
	public GlimpseLayout getLayout() {
		Plot2D plot = (Plot2D) super.getLayout();

		// don't paint the title through the plot
		plot.setTitle("");

		// create our own painters to display three stacked title lines
		SimpleTextPainter p1 = new SimpleTextPainter();
		p1.setText("Plot Title Line 1");
		p1.setHorizontalPosition(HorizontalPosition.Center);
		p1.setVerticalPosition(VerticalPosition.Top);

		SimpleTextPainter p2 = new SimpleTextPainter();
		p2.setText("A Second Plot Title Line");
		p2.setHorizontalPosition(HorizontalPosition.Center);
		p2.setVerticalPosition(VerticalPosition.Center);

		SimpleTextPainter p3 = new SimpleTextPainter();
		p3.setText("Last Line");
		p3.setHorizontalPosition(HorizontalPosition.Center);
		p3.setVerticalPosition(VerticalPosition.Bottom);

		// add the painters to the GlimpseLayout which defines the top
		// area of the plot where the title is usually drawn
		plot.getLayoutTitle().addPainter(p1);
		plot.getLayoutTitle().addPainter(p2);
		plot.getLayoutTitle().addPainter(p3);

		// increase the height of the title area to accomodate additional lines
		plot.setTitleHeight(70);

		return plot;
	}
}