com.jrefinery.chart
Class TickUnits

java.lang.Object
  com.jrefinery.chart.TickUnits

public class TickUnits
extends java.lang.Object

A collection of tick units.

Field Summary

protected java.util.List

units Storage for the tick units.

Constructor Summary

TickUnits()
Constructs a new collection of tick units.

Method Summary

void	add(TickUnit unit) Adds a tick unit to the collection.
static TickUnits	createIntegerTickUnits() Returns a collection of tick units for integer values.
static TickUnits	createStandardTickUnits() Creates the standard tick units.
TickUnit	getCeilingTickUnit(double size) Returns the tick unit in the collection that is greater than or equal to the specified size.
TickUnit	getCeilingTickUnit(TickUnit unit) Returns the tick unit in the collection that is greater than or equal to (in size) the specified unit.
TickUnit	getLargerTickUnit(TickUnit unit) Returns a tick unit that is larger than the supplied unit.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

units

protected java.util.List units

Storage for the tick units.

Constructor Detail

TickUnits

public TickUnits()

Constructs a new collection of tick units.

Method Detail

add

public void add(TickUnit unit)

Adds a tick unit to the collection.

The tick units are maintained in ascending order.

getLargerTickUnit

public TickUnit getLargerTickUnit(TickUnit unit)

Returns a tick unit that is larger than the supplied unit.

Parameters:

unit - The unit.

getCeilingTickUnit

public TickUnit getCeilingTickUnit(TickUnit unit)

Returns the tick unit in the collection that is greater than or equal to (in size) the specified unit.

Parameters:

unit - The unit.

Returns:

A unit from the collection.

getCeilingTickUnit

public TickUnit getCeilingTickUnit(double size)

Returns the tick unit in the collection that is greater than or equal to the specified size.

Parameters:

size - The size.

Returns:

A unit from the collection.

createStandardTickUnits

public static TickUnits createStandardTickUnits()

Creates the standard tick units.

If you don't like these defaults, create your own instance of TickUnits and then pass it to the setStandardTickUnits(...) method in the NumberAxis class.

createIntegerTickUnits

public static TickUnits createIntegerTickUnits()

Returns a collection of tick units for integer values.