com.approximatrix.charting.coordsystem.ticklocator
Class ObjectTickLocator

java.lang.Object
  com.approximatrix.charting.coordsystem.ticklocator.ObjectTickLocator

Direct Known Subclasses:

ObjectXTickLocator

public class ObjectTickLocator
extends java.lang.Object

Class for calculating the position of tick marks along an axis which uses simple integer values for positioning, like an axis plotting arbitrary Object labels.

Author:

armstrong

Field Summary

private int	first
private boolean	forceAll
private int	last
private int	maxTics

Constructor Summary

ObjectTickLocator(int first, int last, int maxTics)
Constructs the locator object based on the first and last index of objects to be displayed.

ObjectTickLocator(int first, int last, int maxTics, boolean forceAll)
Constructs the locator object based on the first and last index of objects to be displayed.

Method Summary

int[]

getTickMarkLocations() Returns an array of indices to display on the axes

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

first

private int first

last

private int last

maxTics

private int maxTics

forceAll

private boolean forceAll

Constructor Detail

ObjectTickLocator

public ObjectTickLocator(int first,
                         int last,
                         int maxTics)

Constructs the locator object based on the first and last index of objects to be displayed. Constrains ticks to the maximum number.

Parameters:

first - the smallest index to allow

last - the largest index to allow

maxTics - the maximum number of ticks to display

ObjectTickLocator

public ObjectTickLocator(int first,
                         int last,
                         int maxTics,
                         boolean forceAll)

Constructs the locator object based on the first and last index of objects to be displayed. Constrains ticks to the maximum number. Setting forceAll allows all indices to be displayed.

Parameters:

first - the smallest index to allow

last - the largest index to allow

maxTics - the maximum number of ticks to display

forceAll - true to display all indices

Method Detail

getTickMarkLocations

public int[] getTickMarkLocations()

Returns an array of indices to display on the axes

Returns:

an array of indices to display on the axis