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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();
}
