/**
 * Copyright 2010-2012 Jingjing Li.
 *
 * This file is part of jplot2d.
 *
 * jplot2d is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
 * License, or any later version.
 *
 * jplot2d is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 * See the GNU General Lesser Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * along with jplot2d. If not, see .
 */
package org.jplot2d.element.impl;

import org.jplot2d.element.AxisTransform;
import org.jplot2d.transform.NormalTransform;
import org.jplot2d.transform.TransformType;
import org.jplot2d.util.Range;

/**
 * @author Jingjing Li
 * 
 */
public interface AxisTransformEx extends AxisTransform, ElementEx, Joinable {

	public AxisTickManagerEx getParent();

	public AxisTickManagerEx[] getTickManagers();

	public AxisRangeLockGroupEx getLockGroup();

	public int indexOfTickManager(AxisTickManagerEx tickManager);

	/**
	 * Sets the normal transform of this axis
	 * 
	 * @param ntf
	 *            the normal transform
	 */
	public void setNormalTransfrom(NormalTransform ntf);

	public void addTickManager(AxisTickManagerEx tickManager);

	public void removeTickManager(AxisTickManagerEx tickManager);

	public LayerEx[] getLayers();

	/**
	 * Called when a layer attach to this viewport axis
	 * 
	 * @param layer
	 *            the layer
	 */
	public void addLayer(LayerEx layer);

	/**
	 * Called when a layer detach from this viewport axis
	 * 
	 * @param layer
	 *            the layer
	 */
	public void removeLayer(LayerEx layer);

	public void linkLayer(LayerEx layer);

	public Range expandRangeToTick(Range ur);

	public void changeTransformType(TransformType txfType);

}