com.hyjavacharts.model.highcharts

Class XAxis

java.lang.Object

com.hyjavacharts.model.common.BaseOption

com.hyjavacharts.model.highcharts.XAxis

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class XAxis
extends BaseOption

The X axis or category axis. Normally this is the horizontal axis, though if the chart is inverted this is the vertical axis. In case of multiple axes, the xAxis node is an array of configuration objects.

See the Axis class for programmatic access to the axis.

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Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static XAxis	NULL

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
XAxis()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
List<String>	getCategories() If categories are present for the xAxis, names are used instead of numbers for that axis.
XAxis	setCategories(List<String> categories) If categories are present for the xAxis, names are used instead of numbers for that axis.

Methods inherited from class com.hyjavacharts.model.common.BaseOption

set_hcNulledOption

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

NULL

public static final XAxis NULL

Constructor Detail

XAxis

public XAxis()

Method Detail

getCategories

public List<String> getCategories()

If categories are present for the xAxis, names are used instead of numbers for that axis.

Since Highcharts 3.0, categories can also be extracted by giving each point a name and setting axis type to category. However, if you have multiple series, best practice remains defining the categories array.

Example: categories: ['Apples', 'Bananas', 'Oranges']

Returns:

the categories option.

setCategories

public XAxis setCategories(List<String> categories)

If categories are present for the xAxis, names are used instead of numbers for that axis.

Since Highcharts 3.0, categories can also be extracted by giving each point a name and setting axis type to category. However, if you have multiple series, best practice remains defining the categories array.

Example: categories: ['Apples', 'Bananas', 'Oranges']

Parameters:

categories - the value for the categories option.

Returns:

the XAxis object.