Package org.jfree.chart.axis

Class SymbolicTickUnit

java.lang.Object

org.jfree.chart.axis.TickUnit

org.jfree.chart.axis.NumberTickUnit

org.jfree.chart.axis.SymbolicTickUnit

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable

public class SymbolicTickUnit
extends NumberTickUnit
implements Serializable

A symbolic tick unit.

Author:

Anthony Boulestreau

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

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

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
int	getSymbolCount()	Returns the number of symbols in this unit.
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

getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

SymbolicTickUnit

public SymbolicTickUnit(double size,
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 Details

valueToString

public 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.

getSymbolCount

public int getSymbolCount()

Returns the number of symbols in this unit.

Returns:

the symbol count.