org.jfree.chart.labels
Class StandardCategoryToolTipGenerator

java.lang.Object
  org.jfree.chart.labels.AbstractCategoryItemLabelGenerator
      org.jfree.chart.labels.StandardCategoryToolTipGenerator

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable, CategoryToolTipGenerator, org.jfree.util.PublicCloneable

Direct Known Subclasses:

BoxAndWhiskerToolTipGenerator, IntervalCategoryToolTipGenerator

public class StandardCategoryToolTipGenerator
extends AbstractCategoryItemLabelGenerator
implements CategoryToolTipGenerator, java.io.Serializable

A standard tool tip generator that can be used with a CategoryItemRenderer.

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Serialized Form

Field Summary

static java.lang.String

DEFAULT_TOOL_TIP_FORMAT_STRING The default format string.

Constructor Summary

StandardCategoryToolTipGenerator()
Creates a new generator with a default number formatter.

StandardCategoryToolTipGenerator(java.lang.String labelFormat, java.text.DateFormat formatter)
Creates a new generator with the specified date formatter.

StandardCategoryToolTipGenerator(java.lang.String labelFormat, java.text.NumberFormat formatter)
Creates a new generator with the specified number formatter.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object obj) Tests this generator for equality with an arbitrary object.
java.lang.String	generateToolTip(CategoryDataset dataset, int row, int column) Generates the tool tip text for an item in a dataset.

Methods inherited from class org.jfree.chart.labels.AbstractCategoryItemLabelGenerator

clone, createItemArray, generateColumnLabel, generateLabelString, generateRowLabel, getDateFormat, getLabelFormat, getNumberFormat, hashCode

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

DEFAULT_TOOL_TIP_FORMAT_STRING

public static final java.lang.String DEFAULT_TOOL_TIP_FORMAT_STRING

The default format string.

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

StandardCategoryToolTipGenerator

public StandardCategoryToolTipGenerator()

Creates a new generator with a default number formatter.

StandardCategoryToolTipGenerator

public StandardCategoryToolTipGenerator(java.lang.String labelFormat,
                                        java.text.NumberFormat formatter)

Creates a new generator with the specified number formatter.

Parameters:

labelFormat - the label format string (null not permitted).

formatter - the number formatter (null not permitted).

StandardCategoryToolTipGenerator

public StandardCategoryToolTipGenerator(java.lang.String labelFormat,
                                        java.text.DateFormat formatter)

Creates a new generator with the specified date formatter.

Parameters:

labelFormat - the label format string (null not permitted).

formatter - the date formatter (null not permitted).

Method Detail

generateToolTip

public java.lang.String generateToolTip(CategoryDataset dataset,
                                        int row,
                                        int column)

Generates the tool tip text for an item in a dataset. Note: in the current dataset implementation, each row is a series, and each column contains values for a particular category.

Specified by:

generateToolTip in interface CategoryToolTipGenerator

Parameters:

dataset - the dataset (null not permitted).

row - the row index (zero-based).

column - the column index (zero-based).

Returns:

The tooltip text (possibly null).

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)

Tests this generator for equality with an arbitrary object.

Overrides:

equals in class AbstractCategoryItemLabelGenerator

Parameters:

obj - the object (null permitted).

Returns:

A boolean.