org.pepstock.charba.client.positioner

Class Positioner

java.lang.Object

org.pepstock.charba.client.positioner.Positioner

public final class Positioner
extends Object

Manages the custom tooltip positioner. With a custom positioner you can decide where the tooltip can appear returning the point in the canvas.

Author:

Andrea "Stock" Stocchero

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Positioner	get() Singleton object to get the tooltip positioner instance
IsTooltipPosition	getTooltipPosition(String name) Returns the tooltip positioner implementation by tooltip position name.
boolean	hasTooltipPosition(String name) Returns true if the custom positioner has been registered, otherwise false.
void	register(TooltipPositioner positioner) Register the tooltips positioner to CHART.JS.
void	unregister(CustomTooltipPosition position) Unregister the tooltips positioner to CHART.JS. Pay attention that when a tooltip positioner is unregistered, if any charts, which still have the tooltip position of the positioner, will fail.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

get

public static Positioner get()

Singleton object to get the tooltip positioner instance

Returns:

tooltip positioner instance.

hasTooltipPosition

public boolean hasTooltipPosition(String name)

Returns true if the custom positioner has been registered, otherwise false.

Parameters:

name - the name of custom tooltip position to use in the tooltip

Returns:

true if the custom positioner has been registered, otherwise false

getTooltipPosition

public IsTooltipPosition getTooltipPosition(String name)

Returns the tooltip positioner implementation by tooltip position name. If not exists, returns null.

Parameters:

name - the name of custom tooltip position to use in the tooltip

Returns:

the tooltip positioner implementation. If not exists, returns null.

register

public void register(TooltipPositioner positioner)

Register the tooltips positioner to CHART.JS.

Parameters:

positioner - tooltip positioner instance to invoke

unregister

public void unregister(CustomTooltipPosition position)

Unregister the tooltips positioner to CHART.JS.
Pay attention that when a tooltip positioner is unregistered, if any charts, which still have the tooltip position of the positioner, will fail.

Parameters:

position - custom tooltip position instance