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package net.sf.jasperreports.charts;
import net.sf.jasperreports.charts.type.AxisPositionEnum;
import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRChart;
import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRCloneable;
/**
* Describes an axis that can be added to a multiple axis chart. The name
* "axis" is a bit of a misnomer, as it really contains information about
* a new dataset to plot, the axis to plot it against, and how to render that
* dataset.
*
* @author Barry Klawans (barry@users.sourceforge.net)
* @version $Id: JRChartAxis.java 3582 2010-03-12 10:28:51Z shertage $
*/
public interface JRChartAxis extends JRCloneable
{
/**
* @deprecated Replaced by {@link AxisPositionEnum#LEFT_OR_TOP}
*/
public static final byte POSITION_LEFT_OR_TOP = 1;
/**
* @deprecated Replaced by {@link AxisPositionEnum#LEFT_OR_TOP}
*/
public static final byte POSITION_RIGHT_OR_BOTTOM = 2;
/**
* @deprecated Replaced by {@link #getPositionValue()}
*/
public byte getPosition();
/**
* @deprecated Replaced by {@link #getPositionValue()}
*/
public Byte getPositionByte();
/**
* Gets the position of this axis.
*
* @return the position of this axis
*/
public AxisPositionEnum getPositionValue();
/**
* Returns the chart that contains the dataset and plot to use for this
* axis. The plot is used to figure out how to render the dataset when
* adding to the multiple axis chart.
*
* @return the chart that contains the dataset and plot for this axis
*/
public JRChart getChart();
}