com.jrefinery.chart
Class CategoryAxis

java.lang.Object
  com.jrefinery.chart.Axis
      com.jrefinery.chart.CategoryAxis

All Implemented Interfaces:

AxisConstants

Direct Known Subclasses:

HorizontalCategoryAxis, VerticalCategoryAxis

public abstract class CategoryAxis
extends Axis

An axis that displays categories.

The axis needs to rely on the plot for placement of labels, since the plot controls how the categories are distributed.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.jrefinery.chart.Axis

fixedDimension, label, labelFont, labelInsets, labelPaint, listeners, plot, tickLabelFont, tickLabelInsets, tickLabelPaint, tickLabelsVisible, tickMarkStroke, tickMarksVisible, ticks, visible

Fields inherited from interface com.jrefinery.chart.AxisConstants

DEFAULT_AXIS_LABEL_FONT, DEFAULT_AXIS_LABEL_INSETS, DEFAULT_AXIS_LABEL_PAINT, DEFAULT_TICK_LABEL_FONT, DEFAULT_TICK_LABEL_INSETS, DEFAULT_TICK_LABEL_PAINT, DEFAULT_TICK_STROKE

Constructor Summary

protected	CategoryAxis(java.lang.String label) Constructs a category axis, using default values where necessary.
protected	CategoryAxis(java.lang.String label, java.awt.Font labelFont, java.awt.Paint labelPaint, java.awt.Insets labelInsets, boolean categoryLabelsVisible, java.awt.Font categoryLabelFont, java.awt.Paint categoryLabelPaint, java.awt.Insets categoryLabelInsets, boolean tickMarksVisible, java.awt.Stroke tickMarkStroke) Constructs a category axis.

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class com.jrefinery.chart.Axis

addChangeListener, configure, draw, getFixedDimension, getLabel, getLabelFont, getLabelInsets, getLabelPaint, getMaxTickLabelWidth, getPlot, getTickLabelFont, getTickLabelInsets, getTickLabelPaint, getTickMarkStroke, isCompatiblePlot, isTickLabelsVisible, isTickMarksVisible, isVisible, notifyListeners, refreshTicks, removeChangeListener, setFixedDimension, setLabel, setLabelFont, setLabelInsets, setLabelPaint, setPlot, setTickLabelFont, setTickLabelInsets, setTickLabelPaint, setTickLabelsVisible, setTickMarkStroke, setTickMarksVisible, setVisible

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

CategoryAxis

protected CategoryAxis(java.lang.String label,
                       java.awt.Font labelFont,
                       java.awt.Paint labelPaint,
                       java.awt.Insets labelInsets,
                       boolean categoryLabelsVisible,
                       java.awt.Font categoryLabelFont,
                       java.awt.Paint categoryLabelPaint,
                       java.awt.Insets categoryLabelInsets,
                       boolean tickMarksVisible,
                       java.awt.Stroke tickMarkStroke)

Constructs a category axis.

Parameters:

label - The axis label.

labelFont - The font for displaying the axis label.

labelPaint - The paint used to draw the axis label.

labelInsets - Determines the amount of blank space around the label.

categoryLabelsVisible - Flag indicating whether or not category labels are visible.

categoryLabelFont - The font used to display category (tick) labels.

categoryLabelPaint - The paint used to draw category (tick) labels.

categoryLabelInsets - The insets for the category labels.

tickMarksVisible - Flag indicating whether or not tick marks are visible.

tickMarkStroke - The stroke used to draw tick marks (if visible).

CategoryAxis

protected CategoryAxis(java.lang.String label)

Constructs a category axis, using default values where necessary.

Parameters:

label - The axis label.