JKQtPlotter/lib/jkqtplotter/jkqtpgraphsbase.h

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#include <QString>
#include <QPainter>
#include <QPair>
#include "jkqtplotter/jkqtpbaseelements.h"
#include "jkqtplotter/jkqtpbaseplotter.h"
#include "jkqtplotter/jkqtptools.h"
#include "jkqtplotter/jkqtplotter_imexport.h"
#include "jkqtplotter/jkqtpimagetools.h"

#ifndef JKQTPGRAPHSBASE_H
#define JKQTPGRAPHSBASE_H

// forward declarations
class JKQTPlotter;
class JKQTPDatastore;
class JKQTPGraphErrorStyleMixin;

/** \brief this virtual base class of every element, which is part of a JKQTPlotter plot and may appear in its key
 *         (basically any type of graph, except overlay elements!)
 * \ingroup jkqtplotter_basegraphs
 *
 * Each possible graph is represented by a child of this class. So additional plots may be created by
 * deriving new JKQTPGraph classes. To do so implement/overwrite these functions:
 *   - void draw(JKQTPEnhancedPainter& painter);
 *   - void drawKeyMarker(JKQTPEnhancedPainter& painter, QRectF& rect);
 *   - bool getXMinMax(double& minx, double& maxx, double& smallestGreaterZero);
 *   - bool getYMinMax(double& miny, double& maxy, double& smallestGreaterZero);
 *   - QColor getKeyLabelColor() const=0;
  * .
 *
 * Optionally you may also overwrite these functions to draw elements outside the actual plot area (like e.g. colorbars):
 *   - void getOutsideSize(JKQTPEnhancedPainter& painter, int& leftSpace, int& rightSpace, int& topSpace, int& bottomSpace);
 *   - void drawOutside(JKQTPEnhancedPainter& painter, QRect leftSpace, QRect rightSpace, QRect topSpace, QRect bottomSpace);
 * .
 *
 * In addition this class provudes protected
 * functions that do coordinate transforms based on the current coordinate system, of the paren
 * JKQTPlotter (i.e. using the axes JKQTPLott:xAxis and JKQTPlotter::yAxis as basis for the plotting).
 *
 * \see \ref jkqtplotter_graphsgroup_classstructure
 */
class JKQTPLOTTER_LIB_EXPORT JKQTPPlotElement: public QObject {
        Q_OBJECT
    public:

        /** \brief class constructor */
        explicit JKQTPPlotElement(JKQTBasePlotter* parent=nullptr);
        /** \brief class constructor */
        explicit JKQTPPlotElement(JKQTPlotter* parent);

        /** \brief default wirtual destructor */
        virtual ~JKQTPPlotElement() = default;

        /** \brief plots the graph to the plotter object specified as parent */
        virtual void draw(JKQTPEnhancedPainter& painter)=0;

        /** \brief plots a key marker inside the specified rectangle \a rect */
        virtual void drawKeyMarker(JKQTPEnhancedPainter& painter, QRectF& rect)=0;

        /** \brief returns an image with a key marker inside  */
        QImage generateKeyMarker(QSize size=QSize(16,16));

        /** \brief get the maximum and minimum x-value of the graph
         *
         * The result is given in the two parameters which are call-by-reference parameters!
         */
        virtual bool getXMinMax(double& minx, double& maxx, double& smallestGreaterZero)=0;
        /** \brief get the maximum and minimum y-value of the graph
         *
         * The result is given in the two parameters which are call-by-reference parameters!
         */
        virtual bool getYMinMax(double& miny, double& maxy, double& smallestGreaterZero)=0;
        /** \brief returns the color to be used for the key label */
        virtual QColor getKeyLabelColor() const=0;

        /** \brief sets the title of the plot (for display in key!).
         *
         * \note If no title is supplied, no key entry is drawn. */
        virtual void setTitle(const QString & __value);
        /*! \brief returns the the title of the plot */
        virtual QString getTitle() const;
        /*! \brief sets whether the graph is visible in the plot */
        void virtual setVisible(bool __value);
        /*! \brief returns whether the graph is visible in the plot */
        bool virtual isVisible() const;
        /*! \brief sets whether the graph is drawn in a highlighted style in the plot */
        void virtual setHighlighted(bool __value);
        /*! \brief returns whether the graph is shown in a highlighted style in the plot */
        bool virtual isHighlighted() const;

        /** \brief returns the parent painter class */
        inline JKQTBasePlotter* getParent() { return parent; }
        /** \brief sets the parent painter class */
        virtual void setParent(JKQTBasePlotter* parent);
        /** \brief sets the parent painter class */
        virtual void setParent(JKQTPlotter* parent);

        /*! \brief if the graph plots outside the actual plot field of view (e.g. color bars, scale bars, ...)

            \note If you want to draw outside, then you'll also have to implement drawOutside()
         */
        virtual void getOutsideSize(JKQTPEnhancedPainter& painter, int& leftSpace, int& rightSpace, int& topSpace, int& bottomSpace);

        /*! \brief plots outside the actual plot field of view (e.g. color bars, scale bars, ...)

            \note If you want to draw outside, then you'll also have to implement getOutsideSize(), so enough space is reserved

            The four value supplied tell the method where to draw (inside one of the rectangles).
         */
        virtual void drawOutside(JKQTPEnhancedPainter& painter, QRect leftSpace, QRect rightSpace, QRect topSpace, QRect bottomSpace);

        /** \brief modes of operation for the function hitTest() */
        enum HitTestMode {
            HitTestXY,      /*!< \brief find closest point in x- and y-direction simulatneously (i.e. measure direct distance) */
            HitTestXOnly,   /*!< \brief find closest point in x-direction only */
            HitTestYOnly,   /*!< \brief find closest point in y-direction only */
        };

        /*! \brief returns the closest distance of the plot element to the (screen pixel) position \a pos, or \c NAN

            This function is used to implement hit tests, i.e. to test whether a graph is close to a given position \a posSystem.
            The function will then return the distance of the closes graph-point and a label for this point. An example of what
            can be done with this function is the tooltip tool that JKQTPlotter provides via its context-menu/toolbar. This tool
            uses just the information of the closest point and its label to display a tooltip for that datapoint:

            \see jkqtpmdaToolTipForClosestDataPoint for details.


            \param posSystem position to test in system coordinates
            \param[out] closestSpotSystem optional output of the closest point found on the plot element in system coordinates
            \param[out] label optional output of a label for the closest point (that might e.g. be used in a tooltip)
            \param mode search mode, i.e. use sqrt(dx*dx+dy*dy) as distance, or just the absoulte values along one of the
                        two coordinate axes. Note that the returned distance depends on this parameter!
            \return NAN if not implemented, or if \a pos is very far from the plot element, or the closest distance (in screen pixels)
                    of \a pos from the plot element. Note that the returned distance depends on the choosen \a mode !!!
                    You can use JKQTPIsOKFloat() to check whether a valid distance was returned!


            Since tha graph base class does not have any knowledge about how to perform a hit test on you specific graph, there is only a
            very general implementation in this class, which does not actually search through the graph itself, but searches through
            extra data that hs to be written during draw() and is stored in m_hitTestData. The implentation this base-class only searches this
            list of points+metadata to implement a basic hit-test. If the list is empty, of no close-by points are found (default), then
            hitTest() will simply return \a NAN.

            When writing a new graph, you can therefore implement hitTest() in one of these ways:
               # You simply fill m_hitTestData with appropriate data and rely on the implementation in JKQTPPlotElement to do the work for you:
                 You then need to call clearHitTestData() at the start of your draw() function and whenever you draw a datapoint, you add
                 its location and metadata to the internal storage with addHitTestData()
               # You derive from a graph class that already has an implementation. JKQTPXYGraph is an example of this. That class searches
                 through all x-/y-coordinates in the internally known columns and even takes into account possible graph errors in the label,
                 when the graph is also derived from JKQTPXGraphErrorData or JKQTPYGraphErrorData. This implementation therefore covers
                 most graph types pre-packaged with JKQTPlotter
               # You implement the function from scratch
            .

            \see addHitTestData(), clearHitTestData(), m_hitTestData, HitTestLocation

         */
        virtual double hitTest(const QPointF & posSystem, QPointF* closestSpotSystem=nullptr, QString* label=nullptr, HitTestMode mode=HitTestXY) const;

        /** \brief Dataset for a single point on the graph, associated with its data-column index and a label that can be used by a basic implementation of hitTest()
         *
         * \see hitTest()
         */
        struct HitTestLocation {
            inline HitTestLocation(): pos(JKQTP_NAN, JKQTP_NAN), index(-1), label("") {}
            inline HitTestLocation(double x_, double y_, const QString& label_): pos(x_,y_), index(-1), label(label_) {}
            inline HitTestLocation(const QPointF& pos_, const QString& label_): pos(pos_), index(-1), label(label_) {}
            inline HitTestLocation(double x_, double y_, int index_, const QString& label_): pos(x_,y_), index(index_), label(label_) {}
            inline HitTestLocation(const QPointF& pos_, int index_, const QString& label_): pos(pos_), index(index_), label(label_) {}
            /** \brief position of the hit-test point */
            QPointF pos;
            /** \brief index of the hit-test point in the linked data-columns (or -1) */
            int index;
            /** \brief label for that specific hit-test point */
            QString label;
        };

    protected:



        /** \brief tool routine that transforms an x-coordinate (plot coordinate --> pixels) for this plot element */
        virtual double transformX(double x) const;

        /** \brief tool routine that transforms a y-coordinate (plot coordinate --> pixels) for this plot element */
        virtual double transformY(double y) const;

        /** \brief tool routine that backtransforms an x-coordinate (pixels --> plot coordinate) for this plot element */
        virtual double backtransformX(double x) const;

        /** \brief tool routine that backtransforms a y-coordinate (pixels --> plot coordinate) for this plot element */
        virtual double backtransformY(double y) const;


        /** \brief tool routine that transforms a QPointF according to the parent's transformation rules (plot coordinate --> pixels) */
        inline QPointF transform(const QPointF& x) const {
            return QPointF(transformX(x.x()), transformY(x.y()));
        }

        /** \brief tool routine that back-transforms a QPointF according to the parent's transformation rules (pixels --> plot coordinate) */
        inline QPointF backTransform(const QPointF& x) const {
            return QPointF(backtransformX(x.x()), backtransformY(x.y()));
        }

        /** \brief tool routine that transforms a QPointF according to the parent's transformation rules (plot coordinate --> pixels) */
        inline QPointF transform(double x, double y) const {
            return transform(QPointF(x,y));
        }
        /** \brief tool routine that back-transforms a QPointF according to the parent's transformation rules (pixels --> plot coordinate) */
        inline QPointF backTransform(double x, double y) const {
            return backTransform(QPointF(x,y));
        }
        /** \brief tool routine that transforms a QVector<QPointF> according to the parent's transformation rules (plot coordinate --> pixels) */
        QVector<QPointF> transform(const QVector<QPointF>& x) const;

        /** \brief tool routine that transforms a QVector<QPointF> according to the parent's transformation rules
         *         and returns a (non-closed) path consisting of lines (plot coordinate --> pixels) */
        QPainterPath transformToLinePath(const QVector<QPointF>& x) const;

        /** \brief tool routine that transforms a QVector<QPointF> according to the parent's transformation rules
         *         and returns a polygon (plot coordinate --> pixels) */
        inline QPolygonF transformToPolygon(const QVector<QPointF>& x) const {
            return QPolygonF(transform(x));
        }

        /** \brief transform all x-coordinates in a vector \a x */
        QVector<double> transformX(const QVector<double>& x) const;
        /** \brief transform all y-coordinates in a vector \a x */
        QVector<double> transformY(const QVector<double>& x) const;


        /** \brief clear the internal datastore for hitTest()
         *
         *  \note This function has to be called at the start of draw()
         *  \see hitTest(), addHitTestData(), m_hitTestData, HitTestLocation
         */
        inline void clearHitTestData() { m_hitTestData.clear(); }
        /** \brief reserve list entries for up to \a points graph points in the internal datastore for hitTest()
         *
         *  \note Call this after clearHitTestData() for improved speed of subsequent addHitTestData() calls!
         *  \see hitTest(), addHitTestData(), m_hitTestData, HitTestLocation
         */
        inline void reserveHitTestData(int points) { m_hitTestData.reserve(qMax(10, abs(points))); }
        /** \brief clear the internal datastore for hitTest()
         *
         *  \note This function has to be called at the start of draw()
         *  \see hitTest(), clearHitTestData(), m_hitTestData, HitTestLocation, reserveHitTestData()
         */
        inline void addHitTestData(const HitTestLocation& loc) { m_hitTestData<<loc; }
        /** \brief add a new point on the graph to the internal datastore for hitTest()
         *
         *  \param x_ x-position of the graph point in system coordinates
         *  \param y_ y-position of the graph point in system coordinates
         *  \param label_ a label for this datapoint, that can e.g. be displayed in a tooltip for this point
         *
         *  \see hitTest(), clearHitTestData(), m_hitTestData, HitTestLocation, reserveHitTestData()
         */
        inline void addHitTestData(double x_, double y_, const QString& label_) { addHitTestData(HitTestLocation(x_,y_,label_)); }
        /** \brief clear the internal datastore for hitTest()
         *
         *  \param pos_ position of the graph point in system coordinates
         *  \param label_ a label for this datapoint, that can e.g. be displayed in a tooltip for this point
         *
         *  \see hitTest(), clearHitTestData(), m_hitTestData, HitTestLocation, reserveHitTestData()
         */
        inline void addHitTestData(const QPointF& pos_, const QString& label_) { addHitTestData(HitTestLocation(pos_,label_)); }
        /** \brief add a new point on the graph to the internal datastore for hitTest(),
         *         this variant uses formatHitTestDefaultLabel() to auto-generate the label
         *
         *  \param x_ x-position of the graph point in system coordinates
         *  \param y_ y-position of the graph point in system coordinates
         *  \param index_ index of the graph point in the internal data columns, or -1
         *  \param datastore datastore for formatHitTestDefaultLabel()
         *
         *  \see hitTest(), clearHitTestData(), m_hitTestData, HitTestLocation, reserveHitTestData()
         */
        inline void addHitTestData(double x_, double y_, int index_=-1, JKQTPDatastore* datastore=nullptr) { addHitTestData(HitTestLocation(x_,y_,formatHitTestDefaultLabel(x_,y_, index_, datastore))); }
        /** \brief clear the internal datastore for hitTest(),
         *         this variant uses formatHitTestDefaultLabel() to auto-generate the label
         *
         *  \param pos_ position of the graph point in system coordinates
         *  \param index_ index of the graph point in the internal data columns, or -1
         *  \param datastore datastore for formatHitTestDefaultLabel()
         *
         *  \see hitTest(), clearHitTestData(), m_hitTestData, HitTestLocation, reserveHitTestData()
         */
        inline void addHitTestData(const QPointF& pos_, int index_=-1, JKQTPDatastore* datastore=nullptr) { addHitTestData(HitTestLocation(pos_,formatHitTestDefaultLabel(pos_.x(), pos_.y(), index_, datastore))); }
        /** \brief clear the internal datastore for hitTest()
         *
         *  \param x_ x-position of the graph point in system coordinates
         *  \param y_ y-position of the graph point in system coordinates
         *  \param index_ index of the graph point in the internal data columns
         *  \param label_ a label for this datapoint, that can e.g. be displayed in a tooltip for this point
         *
         *  \see hitTest(), clearHitTestData(), m_hitTestData, HitTestLocation, reserveHitTestData()
         */
        inline void addHitTestData(double x_, double y_, int index_, const QString& label_) { addHitTestData(HitTestLocation(x_,y_,index_,label_)); }
        /** \brief clear the internal datastore for hitTest()
         *
         *  \param pos_ position of the graph point in system coordinates
         *  \param index_ index of the graph point in the internal data columns
         *  \param label_ a label for this datapoint, that can e.g. be displayed in a tooltip for this point
         *
         *  \see hitTest(), clearHitTestData(), m_hitTestData, HitTestLocation, reserveHitTestData()
         */
        inline void addHitTestData(const QPointF& pos_, int index_, const QString& label_) { addHitTestData(HitTestLocation(pos_,index_,label_)); }

        /** \brief tool-function for hitTest(), which formats a default label, taking into account the x- and y-position (both provided)
         *         and optionally the errors of these positions.
         *
         * \param x x-position of the datapoint in system coordinates
         * \param y y-position of the datapoint in system coordinates
         * \param index the index of the data point in the associated data column(s), or -1 (optional!)
         * \param datastore The datastore to read error data from (optional!)
         * \returns a LaTeX formatted label
         */
        virtual QString formatHitTestDefaultLabel(double x, double y, int index=-1, JKQTPDatastore *datastore=nullptr) const;

        /** \brief the plotter object this object belongs to */
        JKQTBasePlotter* parent;

        /** \brief title of the plot (for display in key!). If no title is supplied, no key entry is drawn. */
        QString title;

        /** \brief indicates whether the graph is visible in the plot */
        bool visible;
        /** \brief indicates whether the graph is shown in a "highlghted" in the plot */
        bool highlighted;
        /** \brief internal storage for the used parent plot style */
        int parentPlotStyle;


        /** \brief dataset with graph-points and associated data fro the function hitTest()
         * \see hitTest(), HitTestLocation
         */
        QVector<HitTestLocation> m_hitTestData;


};

/** \brief this virtual base class of the (data-column based) graphs,
 *         which are part of a JKQTPlotter plot and which use the coordinate system
 *         of the JKQTPlotter (i.e. the two coordinate axes getXAxis() and getYAxis())
 *         as basis for the graphs
 * \ingroup jkqtplotter_basegraphs
 *
 * This class adds features to work with data columns.
 *   - There are two properties datarange_start and datarange_end. By default they are -1 and therefore ignored.
 *     if they are != -1 the plotter only displays the datapoints with the indexes [datarange_start .. datarange_end]
 *     although there might be more data points available (range [0 .. maxDataPoints]). The datarange is cut at the
 *     full range, i.e. if datarange_end>maxDataPoints the plotter displays [datarange_start .. maxDataPoints].
 *   - Also there is a virtual function  usesColumn() which checks whether a given column is used by this graph.
 *     Override this function in your derived graphs to indicate to JKQTPlotter / JKQTBasePlotter , which columns
 *     from the internal JKQTPDatastore are actually used. This information can be used e.g. for graph-specific data-export.
 * .
 *
 * \see \ref jkqtplotter_graphsgroup_classstructure
 */
class JKQTPLOTTER_LIB_EXPORT JKQTPGraph: public JKQTPPlotElement {
        Q_OBJECT
    public:
        /** \brief class constructor */
        explicit JKQTPGraph(JKQTBasePlotter* parent=nullptr);
        /** \brief class constructor */
        explicit JKQTPGraph(JKQTPlotter* parent);

        /** \brief default wirtual destructor */
        virtual ~JKQTPGraph() = default ;


        /** \brief returns \c true if the given column is used by the graph
         *
         * This virtual function indicates whether a given column is used by this graph.
         * Override this function in your derived graphs to indicate to JKQTPlotter / JKQTBasePlotter , which columns
         * from the internal JKQTPDatastore are actually used. This information can be used e.g. for graph-specific data-export.
         */
        virtual bool usesColumn(int column) const;

    protected:
        /** \brief this function is used to plot error inidcators before plotting the graphs.
         *
         * By default this function does nothing. But children of this class may overwrite it to implement
         * drawing error indicators.
         */
        virtual void drawErrorsBefore(JKQTPEnhancedPainter& /*painter*/);
        /** \brief this function is used to plot error inidcators after plotting the graphs.
         *
         * By default this function does nothing. But children of this class may overwrite it to implement
         * drawing error indicators.
         */
        virtual void drawErrorsAfter(JKQTPEnhancedPainter& /*painter*/);

        /** \brief get the maximum and minimum value of the given column
         *
         * The result is given in the two parameters which are call-by-reference parameters!
         */
        bool getDataMinMax(int column, double& minx, double& maxx, double& smallestGreaterZero);



    protected:


        friend class JKQTPGraphErrorStyleMixin;

};


/** \brief this is the virtual base class of all JKQTPPlotElement's in a JKQTPlotter plot that
 *         represent geometric forms or annotations. They have extended coordinate transform capabilities, because
 *         in addition to using the plot coordinates, you can also choose to use different other
 *         coordinate systems
 * \ingroup jkqtplotter_basegraphs
 *
 * \see \ref jkqtplotter_graphsgroup_classstructure
 *
 */
class JKQTPLOTTER_LIB_EXPORT JKQTPPlotObject: public JKQTPPlotElement {
        Q_OBJECT
    public:
        /** \brief class constructor */
        explicit JKQTPPlotObject(JKQTBasePlotter* parent=nullptr);
        /** \brief class constructor */
        explicit JKQTPPlotObject(JKQTPlotter* parent);

        /** \brief default wirtual destructor */
        virtual ~JKQTPPlotObject() ;


    protected:


};



/*! \brief This virtual JKQTPGraph descendent may be used as base for all graphs that use at least two columns
           that specify x and y coordinates for the single plot points.
    \ingroup jkqtplotter_basegraphs

    This class implements basic management facilities for the data columns:
      - setXColumn(), setYColumn() to set the columns to be used for the graph data
      - setDataSortOrder() to specify whether and how the data should be sorted before drawing
        \image html jkqtplotter_unsorted.png "Unsorted Data"
        \image html jkqtplotter_sortedx.png "Data sorted along x-axis (DataSortOrder::SortedX)"
    .
    ... and overrides/implements the functions:
      - getXMinMax()
      - getYMinMax()
      - usesColumn()
    .

 */
class JKQTPLOTTER_LIB_EXPORT JKQTPXYGraph: public JKQTPGraph {
        Q_OBJECT
    public:
        /** \brief specifies how to sort the data in a JKQTPXYGraph before drawing
         *
         * \image html jkqtplotter_unsorted.png "Unsorted Data"
         *
         * \image html jkqtplotter_sortedx.png "Data sorted along x-axis (DataSortOrder::SortedX)"
         */
        enum DataSortOrder {
            Unsorted=0, /*!< \brief the data for a JKQTPXYGraph is not sorted before drawing */
            SortedX=1, /*!< \brief the data for a JKQTPXYGraph is sorted so the x-values appear in ascending before drawing */
            SortedY=2 /*!< \brief the data for a JKQTPXYGraph is sorted so the y-values appear in ascending before drawing */
        };


        /** \brief class constructor */
        JKQTPXYGraph(JKQTBasePlotter* parent=nullptr);
        /** \brief class constructor */
        JKQTPXYGraph(JKQTPlotter* parent);

        /** \brief get the maximum and minimum x-value of the graph
         *
         * The result is given in the two parameters which are call-by-reference parameters!
         */
        virtual bool getXMinMax(double& minx, double& maxx, double& smallestGreaterZero) override;
        /** \brief get the maximum and minimum y-value of the graph
         *
         * The result is given in the two parameters which are call-by-reference parameters!
         */
        virtual bool getYMinMax(double& miny, double& maxy, double& smallestGreaterZero) override;

        /** \copydoc JKQTPGraph::usesColumn() */
        virtual bool usesColumn(int column) const override;

        /*! \copydoc xColumn */ 
        void setXColumn(int __value);
        /*! \copydoc xColumn */ 
        int getXColumn() const;
        /*! \copydoc xColumn */ 
        void setXColumn (size_t __value);
        /*! \copydoc yColumn */ 
        void setYColumn(int __value);
        /*! \copydoc yColumn */ 
        int getYColumn() const;
        /*! \copydoc yColumn */ 
        void setYColumn (size_t __value);
        /*! \copydoc sortData */ 
        void setDataSortOrder(DataSortOrder  __value);
        /*! \copydoc sortData */ 
        DataSortOrder getDataSortOrder() const;
        /*! \copydoc sortData */
        void setDataSortOrder(int __value);

        /** \brief sets xColumn and yColumn at the same time */
        void setXYColumns(size_t xCol, size_t yCol);
        /** \brief sets xColumn and yColumn at the same time */
        void setXYColumns(int xCol, int yCol);
        /** \brief sets xColumn and yColumn at the same time */
        void setXYColumns(std::pair<int,int> xyColPair);
        /** \brief sets xColumn and yColumn at the same time */
        void setXYColumns(std::pair<size_t,size_t> xyColPair);
        /** \brief sets xColumn and yColumn at the same time */
        void setXYColumns(QPair<int,int> xyColPair);
        /** \brief sets xColumn and yColumn at the same time */
        void setXYColumns(QPair<size_t,size_t> xyColPair);


        /** \brief Implmentation of JKQTPPlotElement::hitTest(), which searches through all graph points defined by xColumn and yColumn
         *         and returns a general x/y-label, also taking into account possibly known errors to the graphs (if it is derived
         *         from JKQTPXGraphErrorData and/or JKQTPYGraphErrorData
         *
         * \note This function first checks whether JKQTPPlotElement::hitTest() returns any result, so you can use the basic implementation
         *       in JKQTPPlotElement to override the behaviour here, by simply calling addHitTestData() during your draw() implementation
         *
         * \see See JKQTPPlotElement::hitTest() for details on the function definition!
         */
        virtual double hitTest(const QPointF &posSystem, QPointF* closestSpotSystem=nullptr, QString* label=nullptr, HitTestMode mode=HitTestXY) const override;

    protected:

        /** \brief the column that contains the x-component of the datapoints */
        int xColumn;
        /** \brief the column that contains the y-component of the datapoints */
        int yColumn;

        /** \brief if \c !=Unsorted, the data is sorted before plotting */
        DataSortOrder sortData;
        /** \brief this array contains the order of indices, in which to access the data in the data columns */
        QVector<int> sortedIndices;
        virtual void intSortData();
        /** \brief returns the index of the i-th datapoint (where i is an index into the SORTED datapoints)
         *
         * This function can beu used to get the correct datapoint after sorting the datapoints,
         * As sorting is done by sorting an index and not reordering the data in the columns themselves.
         *
         * \see setDataSortOrder(), getDataSortOrder()
         * */
        inline int getDataIndex(int i) {
            if (sortData==Unsorted) return i;
            return sortedIndices.value(i,i);
        }

        /** \brief determines the range of row indexes available in the data columns of this graph
         *
         * \param[out] imin first usable row-index
         * \param[out] imax last usable row-index
         *  \return \c true on success and \c false if the information is not available
         */
        virtual bool getIndexRange(int &imin, int &imax) const;
};


/*! \brief This virtual JKQTPGraph descendent may be used as base for all graphs that use at least one column
           of data
    \ingroup jkqtplotter_basegraphs


    \see \ref jkqtplotter_graphsgroup_classstructure

 */
class JKQTPLOTTER_LIB_EXPORT JKQTPSingleColumnGraph: public JKQTPGraph {
        Q_OBJECT
    public:
        /** \brief specifies how to sort the data for a JKQTPSingleColumnGraph before drawing
         *
         * \image html jkqtplotter_unsorted.png "Unsorted Data"
         *
         * \image html jkqtplotter_sortedx.png "Data sorted along x-axis (DataSortOrder::SortedX)"
         */
        enum DataSortOrder {
            Unsorted=0, /*!< \brief the data for a JKQTPSingleColumnGraph is not sorted before drawing */
            Sorted=1 /*!< \brief the data for a JKQTPSingleColumnGraph is sorted (in ascending order) before drawing */
        };

        /** \brief specifies whether the data for a JKQTPSingleColumnGraph represent x-axis or y-axis values */
        enum class DataDirection {
            X, /*!< \brief the data for a JKQTPSingleColumnGraph is data belonging to the x-axis of the plot */
            Y /*!< \brief the data for a JKQTPSingleColumnGraph is data belonging to the y-axis of the plot */
        };

        /** \brief class constructor */
        JKQTPSingleColumnGraph(JKQTBasePlotter* parent=nullptr);
        JKQTPSingleColumnGraph(JKQTPlotter* parent);

        /*! \copydoc dataColumn */ 
        void setDataColumn(int __value);
        /*! \copydoc dataColumn */ 
        int getDataColumn() const;
        /*! \copydoc dataColumn */ 
        void setDataColumn (size_t __value);

        /*! \copydoc sortData */ 
        void setDataSortOrder(DataSortOrder  __value);
        /*! \copydoc sortData */ 
        DataSortOrder getDataSortOrder() const;
        /*! \copydoc sortData */
        void setDataSortOrder(int __value);


        /*! \copydoc dataDirection */
        void setDataDirection(DataDirection __value);
        /*! \copydoc dataDirection */
        DataDirection getDataDirection() const;

        /** \copydoc JKQTPGraph::usesColumn() */
        virtual bool usesColumn(int c) const override;

    protected:
        /** \brief the column that contains the datapoints */
        int dataColumn;
        /** \brief interpret the data from dataColumn either as X- or Y-data */
        DataDirection dataDirection;


        /** \brief if \c !=Unsorted, the data is sorted before plotting */
        DataSortOrder sortData;
        /** \brief this array contains the order of indices, in which to access the data in the data columns */
        QVector<int> sortedIndices;
        virtual void intSortData();
        /** \brief returns the index of the i-th datapoint (where i is an index into the SORTED datapoints)
         *
         * This function can beu used to get the correct datapoint after sorting the datapoints,
         * As sorting is done by sorting an index and not reordering the data in the columns themselves.
         * */
        inline int getDataIndex(int i) {
            if (sortData==Unsorted) return i;
            return sortedIndices.value(i,i);
        }

        /** \brief determines the range of row indexes available in the data columns of this graph
         *
         * \param[out] imin first usable row-index
         * \param[out] imax last usable row-index
         *  \return \c true on success and \c false if the information is not available
         */
        virtual bool getIndexRange(int &imin, int &imax) const;

};




#endif // JKQTPGRAPHSBASE_H