public StandardXYZToolTipGenerator() 
{
                         
        this(
            DEFAULT_TOOL_TIP_FORMAT,
            NumberFormat.getNumberInstance(),
            NumberFormat.getNumberInstance(),
            NumberFormat.getNumberInstance()
        );
}

Creates a new tool tip generator using default number formatters for the x, y and z-values.

 public StandardXYZToolTipGenerator(String formatString,
    NumberFormat xFormat,
    NumberFormat yFormat,
    NumberFormat zFormat) 
{
        super(formatString, xFormat, yFormat);
        if (zFormat == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Null 'zFormat' argument.");   
        }
        this.zFormat = zFormat;
}

Constructs a new tool tip generator using the specified number formatters.

Parameters:

formatString - the format string.

xFormat - the format object for the x values (null not permitted).

yFormat - the format object for the y values (null not permitted).

zFormat - the format object for the z values (null not permitted).

 public StandardXYZToolTipGenerator(String formatString,
    DateFormat xFormat,
    DateFormat yFormat,
    DateFormat zFormat) 
{
        super(formatString, xFormat, yFormat);
        if (zFormat == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Null 'zFormat' argument.");   
        }
        this.zDateFormat = zFormat;
}

Constructs a new tool tip generator using the specified date formatters.

Parameters:

formatString - the format string.

xFormat - the format object for the x values (null not permitted).

yFormat - the format object for the y values (null not permitted).

zFormat - the format object for the z values (null not permitted).

 protected Object[] createItemArray(XYZDataset dataset,
    int series,
    int item) 
{
        Object[] result = new Object[4];
        result[0] = dataset.getSeriesKey(series).toString();
        Number x = dataset.getX(series, item);
        DateFormat xf = getXDateFormat();
        if (xf != null) {
            result[1] = xf.format(x);   
        }
        else {
            result[1] = getXFormat().format(x);
        }
        Number y = dataset.getY(series, item);
        DateFormat yf = getYDateFormat();
        if (yf != null) {
            result[2] = yf.format(y);
        }
        else {
            result[2] = getYFormat().format(y);
        }
        Number z = dataset.getZ(series, item);
        if (this.zDateFormat != null) {
            result[3] = this.zDateFormat.format(z);   
        }
        else {
            result[3] = this.zFormat.format(z);   
        }
        return result;
}

Creates the array of items that can be passed to the MessageFormat class for creating labels.

 public boolean equals(Object obj) 
{
        if (obj == this) {
            return true;
        }
        if (!(obj instanceof StandardXYZToolTipGenerator)) {
            return false;
        }
        if (!super.equals(obj)) {
            return false;
        }
        StandardXYZToolTipGenerator that = (StandardXYZToolTipGenerator) obj;
        if (!ObjectUtilities.equal(this.zFormat, that.zFormat)) {
            return false;
        }
        if (!ObjectUtilities.equal(this.zDateFormat, that.zDateFormat)) {
            return false;
        }
        return true;
}

Tests this object for equality with an arbitrary object.

 public String generateLabelString(XYDataset dataset,
    int series,
    int item) 
{
        String result = null;    
        Object[] items = createItemArray((XYZDataset) dataset, series, item);
        result = MessageFormat.format(getFormatString(), items);
        return result;
}

Generates a label string for an item in the dataset.

 public String generateToolTip(XYZDataset dataset,
    int series,
    int item) 
{
        return generateLabelString(dataset, series, item);
}

Generates a tool tip text item for a particular item within a series.

 public DateFormat getZDateFormat() 
{
        return this.zDateFormat;
}

Returns the date formatter for the z-values.

 public NumberFormat getZFormat() 
{
        return this.zFormat;
}

Returns the number formatter for the z-values.