01: /*
02: * ============================================================================
03: * GNU Lesser General Public License
04: * ============================================================================
05: *
06: * JasperReports - Free Java report-generating library.
07: * Copyright (C) 2001-2006 JasperSoft Corporation http://www.jaspersoft.com
08: *
09: * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
10: * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
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12: * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
13: *
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15: * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
16: * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
17: * Lesser General Public License for more details.
18: *
19: * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
20: * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
21: * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
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27: */
28: package net.sf.jasperreports.charts;
29:
30: import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRChart;
31:
32: /**
33: * Describes an axis that can be added to a multiple axis chart. The name
34: * "axis" is a bit of a misnomer, as it really contains information about
35: * a new dataset to plot, the axis to plot it against, and how to render that
36: * dataset.
37: *
38: * @author Barry Klawans (barry@users.sourceforge.net)
39: * @version $Id: JRChartAxis.java 1792 2007-07-30 08:57:32Z teodord $
40: */
41:
42: public interface JRChartAxis {
43: /**
44: * Position the axis to the left of a VERTICAL chart or on the top
45: * of a HORIZONTAL chart.
46: */
47: public static final byte POSITION_LEFT_OR_TOP = 1;
48:
49: /**
50: * Position the axis to the right of a VERTICAL chart or on the bottom
51: * of a HORIZONTAL chart.
52: */
53: public static final byte POSITION_RIGHT_OR_BOTTOM = 2;
54:
55: /**
56: * Returns the position of this axis.
57: *
58: * @return the position of this axis
59: */
60: public byte getPosition();
61:
62: /**
63: * Returns the chart that contains the dataset and plot to use for this
64: * axis. The plot is used to figure out how to render the dataset when
65: * adding to the multiple axis chart.
66: *
67: * @return the chart that contains the dataset and plot for this axis
68: */
69: public JRChart getChart();
70: }
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