org.jfree.chart.axis
Class SymbolicTickUnit

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.jfree.chart.axis.TickUnit
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        +--org.jfree.chart.axis.NumberTickUnit
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              +--org.jfree.chart.axis.SymbolicTickUnit

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Comparable, java.io.Serializable

public class SymbolicTickUnit

extends NumberTickUnit

implements java.io.Serializable

A symbolic tick unit.

Author:

Anthony Boulestreau

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

SymbolicTickUnit(double size, java.lang.String[] sv)
Creates a new symbolic tick unit.

Method Summary

java.lang.String

valueToString(double value) Converts a value to a string, using the list of symbolic values.

Methods inherited from class org.jfree.chart.axis.TickUnit

compareTo, equals, getSize

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SymbolicTickUnit

public SymbolicTickUnit(double size,
                        java.lang.String[] sv)

Creates a new symbolic tick unit.

Parameters:

size - the size of the tick unit.

sv - the list of symbolic value to display instead of the numeric value.

Method Detail

valueToString

public java.lang.String valueToString(double value)

Converts a value to a string, using the list of symbolic values. ex: if the symbolic value list is ["up", "down"] then 0 is convert to "up" and 1 to "down".

Overrides:

valueToString in class NumberTickUnit

Parameters:

value - value to convert.

Returns:

the symbolic value.