uk.ac.starlink.ttools.plot2

Interface Ticker

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicTicker, PrefixTicker, SlaveTicker

public interface Ticker

Provides tick marks to label plot axes.

Since:

17 Oct 2013

Author:

Mark Taylor

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Tick[]	getTicks(double dlo, double dhi, boolean withMinor, Captioner captioner, Orientation orient, int npix, double crowding) Generates tick marks for labelling a plot axis.

Method Detail

getTicks

Tick[] getTicks(double dlo,
                double dhi,
                boolean withMinor,
                Captioner captioner,
                Orientation orient,
                int npix,
                double crowding)

Generates tick marks for labelling a plot axis.

Parameters:

dlo - minimum axis data value

dhi - maximum axis data value

withMinor - if true minor axes are included, if false only major (labelled) ones are

captioner - caption painter

orient - label orientation

npix - number of pixels along the axis

crowding - 1 for normal tick density on the axis, lower for fewer labels, higher for more

Returns:

tick array