Class: Plotrb::Scale

Inherits:
Object show all
Includes:
Base
Defined in:
lib/plotrb/scales.rb

Overview

Scales are functions that transform a domain of data values to a range of

visual values.

See https://github.com/trifacta/vega/wiki/Scales

Defined Under Namespace

Classes: DataRef

Constant Summary collapse

TYPES = 
%i(linear log pow sqrt quantile quantize threshold ordinal time utc)
SCALE_PROPERTIES = 
[:name, :type, :domain, :domain_min, :domain_max, :range,
:range_min, :range_max, :reverse, :round]
RANGE_LITERALS = 
%i(width height shapes colors more_colors)
TIME_SCALE_NICE = 
%i(second minute hour day week month year)

Instance Method Summary collapse

Methods included from Base

#add_attributes, #attributes, #classify, #collect_attributes, #define_boolean_attribute, #define_boolean_attributes, #define_multi_val_attribute, #define_multi_val_attributes, #define_single_val_attribute, #define_single_val_attributes, #defined_attributes, included, #set_attributes

Constructor Details

#initialize(type = :linear, &block) ⇒ Scale

Returns a new instance of Scale.



28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
 
# File 'lib/plotrb/scales.rb', line 28

def initialize(type=:linear, &block)
  @type = type
  case @type
    when :ordinal
      set_ordinal_scale_attributes
    when :time, :utc
      set_time_scale_attributes
    else
      set_quantitative_scale_attributes
  end
  set_common_scale_attributes
  ::Plotrb::Kernel.scales << self
  self.instance_eval(&block) if block_given?
  self
end

Dynamic Method Handling

This class handles dynamic methods through the method_missing method

#method_missing(method, *args, &block) ⇒ Object 



48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
 
# File 'lib/plotrb/scales.rb', line 48

def method_missing(method, *args, &block)
  case method.to_s
    when /in_(\w+)s$/ # set @nice for time and utc type, eg. in_seconds
      if TIME_SCALE_NICE.include?($1.to_sym)
        self.nice($1.to_sym, &block)
      else
        super
      end
    when /to_(\w+)$/ # set range literals, eg. to_more_colors
      if RANGE_LITERALS.include?($1.to_sym)
        self.range($1.to_sym, &block)
      else
        super
      end
    else
      super
  end
end

Instance Method Details

#type ⇒ Object 



44
45
46
 
# File 'lib/plotrb/scales.rb', line 44

def type
  @type
end