org.jfree.chart.axis
Class Tick

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.jfree.chart.axis.Tick
All Implemented Interfaces:
java.io.Serializable

public class Tick
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Serializable

Represents the dimensions of a tick on an axis (used during the process of drawing a chart, but not retained).

Author:
David Gilbert
See Also:
Serialized Form

Constructor Summary
Tick(java.lang.Object value, java.lang.String text, float x, float y)
          Standard constructor: creates a Tick with the specified properties.
Tick(java.lang.String text, float x, float y)
          Standard constructor: creates a Tick with the specified properties.
 
Method Summary
 double getNumericalValue()
          Returns the numerical value of the tick, or null if the value is not a number.
 java.lang.String getText()
          Returns the text version of the tick value.
 float getX()
          Returns the x-coordinate of the tick label.
 float getY()
          Returns the y-coordinate of the tick label.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

Tick

public Tick(java.lang.Object value,
            java.lang.String text,
            float x,
            float y)
Standard constructor: creates a Tick with the specified properties.

Parameters:
value - the tick value.
text - the formatted version of the tick value.
x - the x-coordinate of the tick label.
y - the y-coordinate of the tick label.

Tick

public Tick(java.lang.String text,
            float x,
            float y)
Standard constructor: creates a Tick with the specified properties.

Parameters:
text - the formatted version of the tick value.
x - the x-coordinate of the tick.
y - the y-coordinate of the tick.
Method Detail

getNumericalValue

public double getNumericalValue()
Returns the numerical value of the tick, or null if the value is not a number.

Returns:
the tick value.

getText

public java.lang.String getText()
Returns the text version of the tick value.

Returns:
the formatted version of the tick value;

getX

public float getX()
Returns the x-coordinate of the tick label.

Returns:
the x-coordinate of the tick label.

getY

public float getY()
Returns the y-coordinate of the tick label.

Returns:
the y-coordinate of the tick label.