com.jidesoft.chart.axis
Class NumericAxis

java.lang.Object
  com.jidesoft.chart.axis.Axis
      com.jidesoft.chart.axis.NumericAxis

All Implemented Interfaces:

PropertyChangeListener, EventListener

Direct Known Subclasses:

IntegerAxis

public class NumericAxis
extends Axis

An axis class specialised for numeric values.

For example, if you create a NumericAxis with the following code:

 NumericAxis axis = new NumericAxis(0, 100, "X Axis")
 

you generate an axis which, when used as the x axis, looks as follows:

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.jidesoft.chart.axis.Axis

MIN_RESOLUTION, PROPERTY_AXIS_COLOR, PROPERTY_LABEL, PROPERTY_MINOR_TICK_COLOR, PROPERTY_MINOR_TICK_LENGTH, PROPERTY_RANGE, PROPERTY_STROKE, PROPERTY_TICK_CALCULATOR, PROPERTY_TICK_COLOR, PROPERTY_TICK_FONT, PROPERTY_TICK_LABEL_COLOR, PROPERTY_TICK_LENGTH, PROPERTY_TICKS, PROPERTY_UPDATE_OTHER_AXES

Constructor Summary

NumericAxis()
The default constructor creates an axis that ranges from 0.0 to 1.0, and no axis label.

NumericAxis(AutoPositionedLabel label)
Creates an axis ranging from 0.0 to 1.0 and with the supplied object as the label

NumericAxis(double min, double max)
Creates an axis ranging from min to max, but without an axis label

NumericAxis(double min, double max, String text)
Creates an axis ranging from min to max, and the supplied text as the axis label

NumericAxis(Range<?> range)
Creates an axis using the supplied range

NumericAxis(Range<?> range, String text)
Creates an axis using the supplied range and the given text as the axis label

NumericAxis(String text)
Creates an axis ranging from 0.0 to 1.0 and with the supplied text as an axis label

Method Summary

AxisQuantity	getQuantity() Returns the NUMBER quantity
protected void	init()
void	setNumberFormat(NumberFormat numberFormat) Sets the number format used when rendering ticks on the axis
void	setNumberFormat(String numberFormat) Sets the number format used when rendering ticks on the axis.

Methods inherited from class com.jidesoft.chart.axis.Axis

addPropertyChangeListener, equals, getAxisColor, getAxisRenderer, getAxisTransform, getDomain, getFloatingPosition, getLabel, getLabelWidth, getMinorTickColor, getMinorTickLength, getOutputRange, getPlacement, getRange, getStroke, getTickCalculator, getTickColor, getTickFont, getTickLabelColor, getTickLabelOffset, getTickLabelRotation, getTickLength, getTicks, hashCode, isFlipped, isLabelVisible, isTicksVisible, isVisible, labelWidth, labelWidth, maximum, midPoint, minimum, propertyChange, removePropertyChangeListener, render, setAxisColor, setAxisRenderer, setAxisTransform, setDomain, setFlipped, setFloatingPosition, setLabel, setLabel, setLabelVisible, setLabelWidth, setMinorTickColor, setMinorTickLength, setPlacement, setRange, setRange, setRange, setRange, setStroke, setTickCalculator, setTickColor, setTickFont, setTickLabelColor, setTickLabelOffset, setTickLabelRotation, setTickLength, setTicksVisible, setVisible, toString, updateTicks, zoom, zoomFromPosition

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

NumericAxis

public NumericAxis()

The default constructor creates an axis that ranges from 0.0 to 1.0, and no axis label.

NumericAxis

public NumericAxis(String text)

Creates an axis ranging from 0.0 to 1.0 and with the supplied text as an axis label

Parameters:

text - the label for the axis

NumericAxis

public NumericAxis(AutoPositionedLabel label)

Creates an axis ranging from 0.0 to 1.0 and with the supplied object as the label

Parameters:

label - the label object that will be placed in the centre of the axis

NumericAxis

public NumericAxis(double min,
                   double max)

Creates an axis ranging from min to max, but without an axis label

Parameters:

min - the minimum value of the axis range

max - the maximum value of the axis range

NumericAxis

public NumericAxis(double min,
                   double max,
                   String text)

Creates an axis ranging from min to max, and the supplied text as the axis label

Parameters:

min - the minimum value of the axis range

max - the maximum value of the axis range

text - the text to use for the axis label

NumericAxis

public NumericAxis(Range<?> range)

Creates an axis using the supplied range

Parameters:

range - the range of the axis

NumericAxis

public NumericAxis(Range<?> range,
                   String text)

Creates an axis using the supplied range and the given text as the axis label

Parameters:

range - the range of the axis

text - the text to use as the axis label

Method Detail

init

protected void init()

setNumberFormat

public void setNumberFormat(NumberFormat numberFormat)

Sets the number format used when rendering ticks on the axis

Parameters:

numberFormat - the format to use

See Also:

NumberFormat

setNumberFormat

public void setNumberFormat(String numberFormat)

Sets the number format used when rendering ticks on the axis. For example, "#0.00" will display the string to 2 decimal places

Parameters:

numberFormat - the format string to use

See Also:

DecimalFormat

getQuantity

public AxisQuantity getQuantity()

Returns the NUMBER quantity

Overrides:

getQuantity in class Axis

Returns:

the NUMBER quantity