/usr/local/CPAN/Chart-Graph/Chart/Graph/Xmgrace/Axis_Option.pm


#
# Chart::Graph::Xmgrace::Axis_Option.pm is a base class for all the axis options
#
## This software product is developed by Esmond Lee and David Moore,
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$VERSION = 3.2;

package Chart::Graph::Xmgrace::Axis_Option;
use Carp;

sub new {
    my $this = shift;
    my $class = ref($this) || $this;
    my $self = {};
    bless $self, $class;
    $self->_init(@_);
    return $self;
}

sub _printline ($$$$ ) { 
    my $self = shift;
    my ($handle, $string, $length) = @_;

    print $handle "@";
    print $handle ' ' x $length;
    print $handle "$string"; 

    return 1;                   # just for fun 
} 

sub print ($$$ ) {
    my $self = shift;
    my ($handle, $name) = @_;
    my $string = "";
    my $substr = "";

    foreach $option (@{ $self->{"print_order"} }) {
	my $option_ref = $self->{"options"};

	if ($option eq "status" or $option eq "in_out_status") {   
	  
	    # we first check the status of the option, whether it's on/off
	    # if it's off, we don't print it out
	    if ($option_ref->{"status"} eq "off") {
		$string = "$name  $self->{name} $option_ref->{$option}\n";
		$self->_printline($handle, $string, $self->{"length"});
		last;
	    }
	    $string = "$name  $self->{name} $option_ref->{$option}\n";
	    $self->_printline($handle, $string, $self->{"length"});

	} else {
	    
	    # print function handles both scalars and lists
	    if (ref($option_ref->{$option}) eq ARRAY) {
		$substr = join (", ", (@{ $option_ref->{$option} })); 
		$string = "$name  $self->{name} $option $substr\n";
	    } else {
		$string = "$name  $self->{name} $option $option_ref->{$option}\n";
	    }
	    $self->_printline($handle, $string, $self->{"length"}); 
	}
    }
}

sub AUTOLOAD {
    my $self = shift;
    my $type = ref($self) || croak "$self is not an object";
    my $name = $AUTOLOAD;
    $name =~ s/.*://; #strip fully-qualified portion
    unless (($name eq "DESTROY") or  (exists $self->{options}->{$name})) {
	croak "Can't access '$name' field in object of class $type";
    }

    if (@_) {
	return $self->{options}->{$name} = shift;
    } else {
	return $self->{options}->{$name};
    }
}

1;