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 *
 * --------------------
 * CategoryDataset.java
 * --------------------
 * (C) Copyright 2000-2008, by Object Refinery Limited.
 *
 * Original Author:  David Gilbert (for Object Refinery Limited);
 * Contributor(s):   -;
 *
 * Changes (from 21-Aug-2001)
 * --------------------------
 * 21-Aug-2001 : Added standard header. Fixed DOS encoding problem (DG);
 * 18-Sep-2001 : Updated e-mail address in header (DG);
 * 15-Oct-2001 : Moved to new package (com.jrefinery.data.*) (DG);
 * 22-Oct-2001 : Renamed DataSource.java --> Dataset.java etc. (DG);
 * 17-Nov-2001 : Updated Javadoc comments (DG);
 * 04-Mar-2002 : Updated import statement (DG);
 * 23-Oct-2002 : Reorganised code (DG);
 * 10-Jan-2003 : Updated Javadocs (DG);
 * 21-Jan-2003 : Merged with TableDataset (which only existed in CVS) (DG);
 * 13-Mar-2003 : Added KeyedValues2DDataset interface (DG);
 * 23-Apr-2003 : Switched CategoryDataset and KeyedValues2DDataset so that
 *               CategoryDataset is the super interface (DG);
 * 18-Aug-2004 : Moved from org.jfree.data --> org.jfree.data.category (DG);
 *
 */

package org.jfree.data.category;

import org.jfree.data.KeyedValues2D;
import org.jfree.data.general.Dataset;

/**
 * The interface for a dataset with one or more series, and values associated
 * with categories.
 * <P>
 * The categories are represented by <code>Comparable</code> instance, with the
 * category label being provided by the <code>toString</code> method.
 */
public interface CategoryDataset extends KeyedValues2D, Dataset {

    // no additional methods required

}
