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  // Authors: AFRL/RQQD
  // Organization: Air Force Research Laboratory, Aerospace Systems Directorate, Power and Control Division
  // 
  // Copyright (c) 2017 Government of the United State of America, as represented by
  // the Secretary of the Air Force.  No copyright is claimed in the United States under
  // Title 17, U.S. Code.  All Other Rights Reserved.
  // ===============================================================================
  
  /*
   * GRAL: GRAphing Library for Java(R)
   *
   * (C) Copyright 2009-2013 Erich Seifert <dev[at]erichseifert.de>,
   * Michael Seifert <mseifert[at]error-reports.org>
   *
   * This file is part of GRAL.
   *
   * GRAL 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
   * (at your option) any later version.
   *
   * GRAL 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 Lesser General Public License for more details.
   *
   * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
   * along with GRAL.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
   */
  package de.erichseifert.gral.plots.axes;
  
  import java.awt.Shape;
  
  import de.erichseifert.gral.graphics.Drawable;
  import de.erichseifert.gral.plots.DataPoint;
  import de.erichseifert.gral.util.PointND;
  
  
  /**
   * Class for storing the tick mark of an axis.
   */
  public class Tick extends DataPoint {
  	/** Type of tick mark. */
  	public static enum TickType {
  		/** Major tick mark. */
  		MAJOR,
  		/** Minor tick mark. */
  		MINOR,
  		/** User-defined tick mark. */
  		CUSTOM
  	};
  
  	/** The type of tick mark (major/minor/custom). */
  	public final TickType type;
  	/** The normal of the tick mark. */
  	public final PointND<Double> normal;
  	/** Label text associated with this tick mark. */
  	public final String label;
  
  	/**
  	 * Creates a new instance with the specified position, normal,
  	 * {@code Drawable}, point and label.
  	 * @param type Type of the tick mark.
  	 * @param position Coordinates.
  	 * @param normal Normal.
  	 * @param drawable Representation.
  	 * @param point Point.
  	 * @param label Description.
  	 */
  	public Tick(TickType type, PointND<Double> position, PointND<Double> normal,
  			Drawable drawable, Shape point, String label) {
  		super(null, position, drawable, point, null);
  		this.type = type;
  		this.normal = normal;
  		this.label = label;
  	}
  }
  