// ==ClosureCompiler==
// @compilation_level SIMPLE_OPTIMIZATIONS

/**
 * @license Highcharts JS v2.1.4 (2011-03-02)
 * 
 * (c) 2009-2010 Torstein Hønsi
 * 
 * License: www.highcharts.com/license
 */

// JSLint options:
/*jslint forin: true */
/*global document, window, navigator, setInterval, clearInterval, clearTimeout, setTimeout, location, jQuery, $ */
  
(function() {
// encapsulated variables
var doc = document,
  win = window,
  math = Math,
  mathRound = math.round,
  mathFloor = math.floor,
  mathCeil = math.ceil,
  mathMax = math.max,
  mathMin = math.min,
  mathAbs = math.abs,
  mathCos = math.cos,
  mathSin = math.sin,
  mathPI = math.PI,
  deg2rad = mathPI * 2 / 360,
  
  
  // some variables
  userAgent = navigator.userAgent,
  isIE = /msie/i.test(userAgent) && !win.opera,
  docMode8 = doc.documentMode == 8,
  isWebKit = /AppleWebKit/.test(userAgent),
  isFirefox = /Firefox/.test(userAgent),
  //hasSVG = win.SVGAngle || doc.implementation.hasFeature("http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/feature#BasicStructure", "1.1"),
  hasSVG = !!doc.createElementNS && !!doc.createElementNS("http://www.w3.org/2000/svg", "svg").createSVGRect,
  SVG_NS = 'http://www.w3.org/2000/svg',
  hasTouch = 'ontouchstart' in doc.documentElement,
  colorCounter,
  symbolCounter,
  symbolSizes = {},
  idCounter = 0,
  timeFactor = 1, // 1 = JavaScript time, 1000 = Unix time
  garbageBin,
  defaultOptions,
  dateFormat, // function
  globalAnimation,
  pathAnim,
  
  
  // some constants for frequently used strings
  UNDEFINED,
  DIV = 'div',
  ABSOLUTE = 'absolute',
  RELATIVE = 'relative',
  HIDDEN = 'hidden',
  PREFIX = 'highcharts-',
  VISIBLE = 'visible',
  PX = 'px',
  NONE = 'none',
  M = 'M',
  L = 'L',
  /*
   * Empirical lowest possible opacities for TRACKER_FILL
   * IE6: 0.002
   * IE7: 0.002
   * IE8: 0.002
   * IE9: 0.00000000001 (unlimited)
   * FF: 0.00000000001 (unlimited)
   * Chrome: 0.000001
   * Safari: 0.000001
   * Opera: 0.00000000001 (unlimited)
   */
  TRACKER_FILL = 'rgba(192,192,192,'+ (hasSVG ? 0.000001 : 0.002) +')', // invisible but clickable
  NORMAL_STATE = '',
  HOVER_STATE = 'hover',
  SELECT_STATE = 'select',
  
  // time methods, changed based on whether or not UTC is used
  makeTime,
  getMinutes,
  getHours,
  getDay,
  getDate,
  getMonth,
  getFullYear,
  setMinutes,
  setHours,
  setDate,
  setMonth,
  setFullYear,
  
  // check for a custom HighchartsAdapter defined prior to this file
  globalAdapter = win.HighchartsAdapter,
  adapter = globalAdapter || {}, 
  
  // Utility functions. If the HighchartsAdapter is not defined, adapter is an empty object
  // and all the utility functions will be null. In that case they are populated by the 
  // default adapters below.
  each = adapter.each,
  grep = adapter.grep,
  map = adapter.map,
  merge = adapter.merge,
  hyphenate = adapter.hyphenate,
  addEvent = adapter.addEvent,
  removeEvent = adapter.removeEvent,
  fireEvent = adapter.fireEvent,
  animate = adapter.animate,
  stop = adapter.stop,
  
  // lookup over the types and the associated classes
  seriesTypes = {},
  hoverChart;
  
/**
 * Extend an object with the members of another
 * @param {Object} a The object to be extended
 * @param {Object} b The object to add to the first one
 */
function extend(a, b) {
  if (!a) {
    a = {};
  }
  for (var n in b) {
    a[n] = b[n];
  }
  return a;
}

/**
 * Shortcut for parseInt
 * @param {Object} s
 */
function pInt(s, mag) {
  return parseInt(s, mag || 10);
}

/**
 * Check for string
 * @param {Object} s
 */
function isString(s) {
  return typeof s == 'string';
}

/**
 * Check for object
 * @param {Object} obj
 */
function isObject(obj) {
  return typeof obj == 'object';
}

/**
 * Check for number
 * @param {Object} n
 */
function isNumber(n) {
  return typeof n == 'number';
}

/**
 * Remove last occurence of an item from an array
 * @param {Array} arr
 * @param {Mixed} item
 */
function erase(arr, item) {
  var i = arr.length;
  while (i--) {
    if (arr[i] == item) {
      arr.splice(i, 1);
      break;
    }
  }
  //return arr;
}

/**
 * Returns true if the object is not null or undefined. Like MooTools' $.defined.
 * @param {Object} obj
 */
function defined (obj) {
  return obj !== UNDEFINED && obj !== null;
}

/**
 * Set or get an attribute or an object of attributes. Can't use jQuery attr because
 * it attempts to set expando properties on the SVG element, which is not allowed.
 * 
 * @param {Object} elem The DOM element to receive the attribute(s)
 * @param {String|Object} prop The property or an abject of key-value pairs
 * @param {String} value The value if a single property is set
 */
function attr(elem, prop, value) {
  var key,
    setAttribute = 'setAttribute',
    ret;
  
  // if the prop is a string
  if (isString(prop)) {
    // set the value
    if (defined(value)) {

      elem[setAttribute](prop, value);
    
    // get the value
    } else if (elem && elem.getAttribute) { // elem not defined when printing pie demo...
      ret = elem.getAttribute(prop);
    }
  
  // else if prop is defined, it is a hash of key/value pairs
  } else if (defined(prop) && isObject(prop)) {
    for (key in prop) {
      elem[setAttribute](key, prop[key]);
    }
  }
  return ret;
}
/**
 * Check if an element is an array, and if not, make it into an array. Like
 * MooTools' $.splat.
 */
function splat(obj) {
  if (!obj || obj.constructor != Array) {
    obj = [obj];
  }
  return obj; 
}



/**
 * Return the first value that is defined. Like MooTools' $.pick.
 */
function pick() {
  var args = arguments,
    i,
    arg,
    length = args.length;
  for (i = 0; i < length; i++) {
    arg = args[i];
    if (typeof arg !== 'undefined' && arg !== null) {
      return arg;
    }
  }
}
/**
 * Make a style string from a JS object
 * @param {Object} style
 */
function serializeCSS(style) {
  var s = '', 
    key;
  // serialize the declaration
  for (key in style) {
    s += hyphenate(key) +':'+ style[key] + ';';
  }
  return s;
  
}
/**
 * Set CSS on a give element
 * @param {Object} el
 * @param {Object} styles
 */
function css (el, styles) {
  if (isIE) {
    if (styles && styles.opacity !== UNDEFINED) {
      styles.filter = 'alpha(opacity='+ (styles.opacity * 100) +')';
    }
  }
  extend(el.style, styles);
}

/**
 * Utility function to create element with attributes and styles
 * @param {Object} tag
 * @param {Object} attribs
 * @param {Object} styles
 * @param {Object} parent
 * @param {Object} nopad
 */
function createElement (tag, attribs, styles, parent, nopad) {
  var el = doc.createElement(tag);
  if (attribs) {
    extend(el, attribs);
  }
  if (nopad) {
    css(el, {padding: 0, border: NONE, margin: 0});
  }
  if (styles) {
    css(el, styles);
  }
  if (parent) {
    parent.appendChild(el);
  } 
  return el;
}

/**
 * Set the global animation to either a given value, or fall back to the 
 * given chart's animation option
 * @param {Object} animation
 * @param {Object} chart
 */
function setAnimation(animation, chart) {
  globalAnimation = pick(animation, chart.animation);
}

/* 
 * Define the adapter for frameworks. If an external adapter is not defined, 
 * Highcharts reverts to the built-in jQuery adapter.
 */
if (globalAdapter && globalAdapter.init) {
  globalAdapter.init();
} 
if (!globalAdapter && win.jQuery) {
  var jQ = jQuery;
  
  /**
   * Utility for iterating over an array. Parameters are reversed compared to jQuery.
   * @param {Array} arr
   * @param {Function} fn
   */
  each = function(arr, fn) {
    for (var i = 0, len = arr.length; i < len; i++) {
      if (fn.call(arr[i], arr[i], i, arr) === false) {
        return i;
      }
    }
  };
  
  /**
   * Filter an array
   */
  grep = jQ.grep;
  
  /**
   * Map an array
   * @param {Array} arr
   * @param {Function} fn
   */
  map = function(arr, fn){
    //return jQuery.map(arr, fn);
    var results = [];
    for (var i = 0, len = arr.length; i < len; i++) {
      results[i] = fn.call(arr[i], arr[i], i, arr);
    }
    return results;
    
  };
  
  /**
   * Deep merge two objects and return a third object
   */
  merge = function(){
    var args = arguments;
    return jQ.extend(true, null, args[0], args[1], args[2], args[3]);
  };
  
  /**
   * Convert a camelCase string to a hyphenated string
   * @param {String} str
   */
  hyphenate = function (str) {
    return str.replace(/([A-Z])/g, function(a, b){ return '-'+ b.toLowerCase(); });
  };
  
  /**
   * Add an event listener
   * @param {Object} el A HTML element or custom object
   * @param {String} event The event type
   * @param {Function} fn The event handler
   */
  addEvent = function (el, event, fn){
    jQ(el).bind(event, fn);
  };
  
  /**
   * Remove event added with addEvent
   * @param {Object} el The object
   * @param {String} eventType The event type. Leave blank to remove all events.
   * @param {Function} handler The function to remove
   */
  removeEvent = function(el, eventType, handler) {
    // workaround for jQuery issue with unbinding custom events:
    // http://forum.jquery.com/topic/javascript-error-when-unbinding-a-custom-event-using-jquery-1-4-2
    var func = doc.removeEventListener ? 'removeEventListener' : 'detachEvent';
    if (doc[func] && !el[func]) {
      el[func] = function() {};
    }
    
    jQ(el).unbind(eventType, handler);
  };
  
  /**
   * Fire an event on a custom object
   * @param {Object} el
   * @param {String} type
   * @param {Object} eventArguments
   * @param {Function} defaultFunction
   */
  fireEvent = function(el, type, eventArguments, defaultFunction) {
    var event = jQ.Event(type),
      detachedType = 'detached'+ type;
    extend(event, eventArguments);
    
    // Prevent jQuery from triggering the object method that is named the
    // same as the event. For example, if the event is 'select', jQuery
    // attempts calling el.select and it goes into a loop.
    if (el[type]) {
      el[detachedType] = el[type];
      el[type] = null;  
    }
    
    // trigger it
    jQ(el).trigger(event);
    
    // attach the method
    if (el[detachedType]) {
      el[type] = el[detachedType];
      el[detachedType] = null;
    }
    
    if (defaultFunction && !event.isDefaultPrevented()) {
      defaultFunction(event);
    } 
  };

  /**
   * Animate a HTML element or SVG element wrapper
   * @param {Object} el
   * @param {Object} params
   * @param {Object} options jQuery-like animation options: duration, easing, callback
   */
  animate = function (el, params, options) {
    var $el = jQ(el);
    if (params.d) {
      el.toD = params.d; // keep the array form for paths, used in jQ.fx.step.d
      params.d = 1; // because in jQuery, animating to an array has a different meaning
    }
    
    $el.stop();
    $el.animate(params, options);
    
  };
  /**
   * Stop running animation
   */
  stop = function (el) {
    jQ(el).stop();
  };
  
  
  // extend jQuery
  jQ.extend( jQ.easing, {
    easeOutQuad: function (x, t, b, c, d) {
      return -c *(t/=d)*(t-2) + b;
    }
  });
          
  // extend the animate function to allow SVG animations
  var oldStepDefault = jQuery.fx.step._default, 
    oldCur = jQuery.fx.prototype.cur;
  
  // do the step
  jQ.fx.step._default = function(fx){
    var elem = fx.elem;
    if (elem.attr) { // is SVG element wrapper
      elem.attr(fx.prop, fx.now);
    } else {
      oldStepDefault.apply(this, arguments);
    }
  };
  // animate paths
  jQ.fx.step.d = function(fx) {
    var elem = fx.elem;
      
    
    // Normally start and end should be set in state == 0, but sometimes,
    // for reasons unknown, this doesn't happen. Perhaps state == 0 is skipped
    // in these cases
    if (!fx.started) {
      var ends = pathAnim.init(elem, elem.d, elem.toD);
      fx.start = ends[0];
      fx.end = ends[1];
      fx.started = true;
    }
    
    
    // interpolate each value of the path
    elem.attr('d', pathAnim.step(fx.start, fx.end, fx.pos, elem.toD));
  
  };
  // get the current value
  jQ.fx.prototype.cur = function() {
    var elem = this.elem,
      r;
    if (elem.attr) { // is SVG element wrapper
      r = elem.attr(this.prop);
    } else {
      r = oldCur.apply(this, arguments);
    }
    return r;
  };
}


/**
 * Add a global listener for mousemove events
 */
/*addEvent(doc, 'mousemove', function(e) {
  if (globalMouseMove) {
    globalMouseMove(e);
  }
});*/

/**
 * Path interpolation algorithm used across adapters
 */
pathAnim = {
  /**
   * Prepare start and end values so that the path can be animated one to one
   */
  init: function(elem, fromD, toD) {
    fromD = fromD || '';
    var shift = elem.shift,
      bezier = fromD.indexOf('C') > -1,
      numParams = bezier ? 7 : 3,
      endLength,
      slice,
      i,
      start = fromD.split(' '),
      end = [].concat(toD), // copy
      startBaseLine,
      endBaseLine,
      sixify = function(arr) { // in splines make move points have six parameters like bezier curves
        i = arr.length;
        while (i--) {
          if (arr[i] == M) {
            arr.splice(i + 1, 0, arr[i+1], arr[i+2], arr[i+1], arr[i+2]);
          }
        }
      };
    
    if (bezier) {
      sixify(start);
      sixify(end);
    }
    
    // pull out the base lines before padding
    if (elem.isArea) { 
      startBaseLine = start.splice(start.length - 6, 6);
      endBaseLine = end.splice(end.length - 6, 6);
    }
    
    // if shifting points, prepend a dummy point to the end path
    if (shift) {

      end = [].concat(end).splice(0, numParams).concat(end);
      elem.shift = false; // reset for following animations
    }
    
    // copy and append last point until the length matches the end length
    if (start.length) {
      endLength = end.length;
      while (start.length < endLength) {    
        
        //bezier && sixify(start); 
        slice = [].concat(start).splice(start.length - numParams, numParams);
        if (bezier) { // disable first control point
          slice[numParams - 6] = slice[numParams - 2];
          slice[numParams - 5] = slice[numParams - 1];
        }
        start = start.concat(slice);
      }
    }
    
    if (startBaseLine) { // append the base lines for areas
      start = start.concat(startBaseLine);
      end = end.concat(endBaseLine);
    }
    return [start, end];
  },
  
  /**
   * Interpolate each value of the path and return the array
   */
  step: function(start, end, pos, complete) {
    var ret = [],
      i = start.length,
      startVal;
      
    if (pos == 1) { // land on the final path without adjustment points appended in the ends
      ret = complete;
      
    } else if (i == end.length && pos < 1) {
      while (i--) {
        startVal = parseFloat(start[i]);
        ret[i] = 
          isNaN(startVal) ? // a letter instruction like M or L
            start[i] :
            pos * (parseFloat(end[i] - startVal)) + startVal;
        
      }
    } else { // if animation is finished or length not matching, land on right value
      ret = end;
    }
    return ret;
  }
};

/**
 * Set the time methods globally based on the useUTC option. Time method can be either 
 * local time or UTC (default).
 */
function setTimeMethods() {
  var useUTC = defaultOptions.global.useUTC;
  
  makeTime = useUTC ? Date.UTC : function(year, month, date, hours, minutes, seconds) {
    return new Date(
      year, 
      month, 
      pick(date, 1), 
      pick(hours, 0), 
      pick(minutes, 0), 
      pick(seconds, 0)
    ).getTime();
  };
  getMinutes = useUTC ? 'getUTCMinutes' : 'getMinutes';
  getHours = useUTC ? 'getUTCHours' : 'getHours';
  getDay = useUTC ? 'getUTCDay' : 'getDay';
  getDate = useUTC ? 'getUTCDate' : 'getDate';
  getMonth = useUTC ? 'getUTCMonth' : 'getMonth';
  getFullYear = useUTC ? 'getUTCFullYear' : 'getFullYear';
  setMinutes = useUTC ? 'setUTCMinutes' : 'setMinutes';
  setHours = useUTC ? 'setUTCHours' : 'setHours';
  setDate = useUTC ? 'setUTCDate' : 'setDate';
  setMonth = useUTC ? 'setUTCMonth' : 'setMonth';
  setFullYear = useUTC ? 'setUTCFullYear' : 'setFullYear';
    
}

/**
 * Merge the default options with custom options and return the new options structure
 * @param {Object} options The new custom options
 */
function setOptions(options) {
  defaultOptions = merge(defaultOptions, options);
  
  // apply UTC
  setTimeMethods();
  
  return defaultOptions;
}

/**
 * Get the updated default options. Merely exposing defaultOptions for outside modules
 * isn't enough because the setOptions method creates a new object.
 */
function getOptions() {
  return defaultOptions;
}

/**
 * Discard an element by moving it to the bin and delete
 * @param {Object} The HTML node to discard
 */
function discardElement(element) {
  // create a garbage bin element, not part of the DOM
  if (!garbageBin) {
    garbageBin = createElement(DIV);
  }
  
  // move the node and empty bin
  if (element) {
    garbageBin.appendChild(element);
  }
  garbageBin.innerHTML = '';
}

/* ****************************************************************************
 * Handle the options                                                         *
 *****************************************************************************/
var 

defaultLabelOptions = {
  enabled: true,
  // rotation: 0,
  align: 'center',
  x: 0,
  y: 15,
  /*formatter: function() {
    return this.value;
  },*/
  style: {
    color: '#666',
    fontSize: '11px',
    lineHeight: '14px'
  }
};

defaultOptions = {
  colors: ['#4572A7', '#AA4643', '#89A54E', '#80699B', '#3D96AE', 
    '#DB843D', '#92A8CD', '#A47D7C', '#B5CA92'],
  symbols: ['circle', 'diamond', 'square', 'triangle', 'triangle-down'],
  lang: {
    loading: 'Loading...',
    months: ['January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'June', 'July', 
        'August', 'September', 'October', 'November', 'December'],
    weekdays: ['Sunday', 'Monday', 'Tuesday', 'Wednesday', 'Thursday', 'Friday', 'Saturday'],
    decimalPoint: '.',
    resetZoom: 'Reset zoom',
    resetZoomTitle: 'Reset zoom level 1:1',
    thousandsSep: ','
  },
  global: {
    useUTC: true
  },
  chart: {
    //animation: true,
    //alignTicks: false,
    //reflow: true,
    //className: null,
    //events: { load, selection },
    //margin: [null],
    //marginTop: null,
    //marginRight: null,
    //marginBottom: null,
    //marginLeft: null,
    borderColor: '#4572A7',
    //borderWidth: 0,
    borderRadius: 5,    
    defaultSeriesType: 'line',
    ignoreHiddenSeries: true,
    //inverted: false,
    //shadow: false,
    spacingTop: 10,
    spacingRight: 10,
    spacingBottom: 15,
    spacingLeft: 10,
    style: {
      fontFamily: '"Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif', // default font
      fontSize: '12px'
    },
    backgroundColor: '#FFFFFF',
    //plotBackgroundColor: null,
    plotBorderColor: '#C0C0C0'
    //plotBorderWidth: 0,
    //plotShadow: false,
    //zoomType: ''
  },
  title: {
    text: 'Chart title',
    align: 'center',
    // floating: false,
    // margin: 15,
    // x: 0,
    // verticalAlign: 'top',
    y: 15, // docs
    style: {
      color: '#3E576F',
      fontSize: '16px'
    }

  },
  subtitle: {
    text: '',
    align: 'center',
    // floating: false
    // x: 0,
    // verticalAlign: 'top',
    y: 30, // docs
    style: {
      color: '#6D869F'
    }
  },
  
  plotOptions: {
    line: { // base series options
      allowPointSelect: false,
      showCheckbox: false,
      animation: {
        duration: 1000
      },
      //cursor: 'default',
      //dashStyle: null,
      //enableMouseTracking: true,
      events: {},
      lineWidth: 2,
      shadow: true,
      // stacking: null,
      marker: { 
        enabled: true,
        //symbol: null, 
        lineWidth: 0,
        radius: 4,
        lineColor: '#FFFFFF',
        //fillColor: null, 
        states: { // states for a single point
          hover: {
            //radius: base + 2
          },
          select: {
            fillColor: '#FFFFFF',
            lineColor: '#000000',
            lineWidth: 2
          }         
        }
      },
      point: {
        events: {}
      },
      dataLabels: merge(defaultLabelOptions, {
        enabled: false,
        y: -6,
        formatter: function() {
          return this.y;
        }
      }),
      
      //pointStart: 0,
      //pointInterval: 1,
      showInLegend: true,
      states: { // states for the entire series
        hover: {
          //enabled: false,
          //lineWidth: base + 1,
          marker: {
            // lineWidth: base + 1,
            // radius: base + 1
          }
        },
        select: {
          marker: {}
        }
      },
      stickyTracking: true
      //zIndex: null
    }
  },
  labels: {
    //items: [],
    style: {
      //font: defaultFont,
      position: ABSOLUTE,
      color: '#3E576F'
    }
  },
  legend: {
    enabled: true,
    align: 'center',
    //floating: false,
    layout: 'horizontal',
    labelFormatter: function() {
      return this.name;
    },
    // lineHeight: 16, // docs: deprecated
    borderWidth: 1,
    borderColor: '#909090',
    borderRadius: 5,
    // margin: 10,
    // reversed: false,
    shadow: false,
    // backgroundColor: null,
    style: {
      padding: '5px'
    },
    itemStyle: {
      cursor: 'pointer',
      color: '#3E576F'
    },
    itemHoverStyle: {
      cursor: 'pointer',
      color: '#000000'
    },
    itemHiddenStyle: {
      color: '#C0C0C0'
    },
    itemCheckboxStyle: {
      position: ABSOLUTE,
      width: '13px', // for IE precision
      height: '13px'
    },
    // itemWidth: undefined,
    symbolWidth: 16,
    symbolPadding: 5,
    verticalAlign: 'bottom',
    // width: undefined,
    x: 0, // docs
    y: 0 // docs
  },
  
  loading: {
    hideDuration: 100,
    labelStyle: {
      fontWeight: 'bold',
      position: RELATIVE,
      top: '1em'
    },
    showDuration: 100,
    style: {
      position: ABSOLUTE,
      backgroundColor: 'white',
      opacity: 0.5,
      textAlign: 'center'
    }
  },
  
  tooltip: {
    enabled: true,
    //crosshairs: null,
    backgroundColor: 'rgba(255, 255, 255, .85)',
    borderWidth: 2,
    borderRadius: 5,
    //formatter: defaultFormatter,
    shadow: true,
    //shared: false,
    snap: hasTouch ? 25 : 10,
    style: {
      color: '#333333',
      fontSize: '12px',
      padding: '5px',
      whiteSpace: 'nowrap'
    }
  },
  
  toolbar: {
    itemStyle: {
      color: '#4572A7',
      cursor: 'pointer'
    }
  },
  
  credits: {
    enabled: true,
    text: 'Highcharts.com',
    href: 'http://www.highcharts.com',
    position: {
      align: 'right',
      x: -10,
      verticalAlign: 'bottom',
      y: -5
    },
    style: {
      cursor: 'pointer',
      color: '#909090',
      fontSize: '10px'
    }
  }
};

// Axis defaults
var defaultXAxisOptions =  {
  // allowDecimals: null,
  // alternateGridColor: null,
  // categories: [],
  dateTimeLabelFormats: {
    second: '%H:%M:%S',
    minute: '%H:%M',
    hour: '%H:%M',
    day: '%e. %b',
    week: '%e. %b',
    month: '%b \'%y',
    year: '%Y'
  },
  endOnTick: false,
  gridLineColor: '#C0C0C0',
  // gridLineDashStyle: 'solid', // docs
  // gridLineWidth: 0,
  // reversed: false,
  
  labels: defaultLabelOptions,
    // { step: null },
  lineColor: '#C0D0E0',
  lineWidth: 1,
  //linkedTo: null,
  max: null,
  min: null,
  minPadding: 0.01,
  maxPadding: 0.01,
  //maxZoom: null,
  minorGridLineColor: '#E0E0E0',
  // minorGridLineDashStyle: null,
  minorGridLineWidth: 1,
  minorTickColor: '#A0A0A0',
  //minorTickInterval: null,
  minorTickLength: 2,
  minorTickPosition: 'outside', // inside or outside
  //minorTickWidth: 0,
  //opposite: false,
  //offset: 0,
  //plotBands: [{
  //  events: {},
  //  zIndex: 1,
  //  labels: { align, x, verticalAlign, y, style, rotation, textAlign }
  //}],
  //plotLines: [{
  //  events: {}
  //  dashStyle: {}
  //  zIndex:
  //  labels: { align, x, verticalAlign, y, style, rotation, textAlign }
  //}],
  //reversed: false,
  // showFirstLabel: true,
  // showLastLabel: false,
  startOfWeek: 1, 
  startOnTick: false,
  tickColor: '#C0D0E0',
  //tickInterval: null,
  tickLength: 5,
  tickmarkPlacement: 'between', // on or between
  tickPixelInterval: 100,
  tickPosition: 'outside',
  tickWidth: 1,
  title: {
    //text: null,
    align: 'middle', // low, middle or high
    //margin: 0 for horizontal, 10 for vertical axes,
    //rotation: 0,
    //side: 'outside',
    style: {
      color: '#6D869F',
      //font: defaultFont.replace('normal', 'bold')
      fontWeight: 'bold'
    }
    //x: 0,
    //y: 0
  },
  type: 'linear' // linear or datetime
},

defaultYAxisOptions = merge(defaultXAxisOptions, {
  endOnTick: true,
  gridLineWidth: 1,
  tickPixelInterval: 72,
  showLastLabel: true,
  labels: {
    align: 'right',
    x: -8,
    y: 3
  },
  lineWidth: 0,
  maxPadding: 0.05,
  minPadding: 0.05,
  startOnTick: true,
  tickWidth: 0,
  title: {
    rotation: 270,
    text: 'Y-values'
  }
}),

defaultLeftAxisOptions = {
  labels: {
    align: 'right',
    x: -8,
    y: null // docs
  },
  title: {
    rotation: 270
  }
},
defaultRightAxisOptions = {
  labels: {
    align: 'left',
    x: 8,
    y: null // docs
  },
  title: {
    rotation: 90
  }
},
defaultBottomAxisOptions = { // horizontal axis
  labels: {
    align: 'center',
    x: 0,
    y: 14
    // staggerLines: null
  },
  title: {
    rotation: 0
  }
},
defaultTopAxisOptions = merge(defaultBottomAxisOptions, {
  labels: {
    y: -5
    // staggerLines: null
  }
});


 

// Series defaults
var defaultPlotOptions = defaultOptions.plotOptions, 
  defaultSeriesOptions = defaultPlotOptions.line; 
//defaultPlotOptions.line = merge(defaultSeriesOptions);
defaultPlotOptions.spline = merge(defaultSeriesOptions);
defaultPlotOptions.scatter = merge(defaultSeriesOptions, {
  lineWidth: 0,
  states: {
    hover: {
      lineWidth: 0
    }
  }
});
defaultPlotOptions.area = merge(defaultSeriesOptions, {
  // threshold: 0,
  // lineColor: null, // overrides color, but lets fillColor be unaltered
  // fillOpacity: 0.75,
  // fillColor: null

});
defaultPlotOptions.areaspline = merge(defaultPlotOptions.area);
defaultPlotOptions.column = merge(defaultSeriesOptions, {
  borderColor: '#FFFFFF',
  borderWidth: 1,
  borderRadius: 0,
  //colorByPoint: undefined,
  groupPadding: 0.2,
  marker: null, // point options are specified in the base options
  pointPadding: 0.1,
  //pointWidth: null,
  minPointLength: 0, 
  states: {
    hover: {
      brightness: 0.1,
      shadow: false
    },
    select: {
      color: '#C0C0C0',
      borderColor: '#000000',
      shadow: false
    }
  }
});
defaultPlotOptions.bar = merge(defaultPlotOptions.column, {
  dataLabels: {
    align: 'left',
    x: 5,
    y: 0
  }
});
defaultPlotOptions.pie = merge(defaultSeriesOptions, {
  //dragType: '', // n/a
  borderColor: '#FFFFFF',
  borderWidth: 1,
  center: ['50%', '50%'],
  colorByPoint: true, // always true for pies
  dataLabels: {
    // align: null,
    // connectorWidth: 1,
    // connectorColor: '#606060',
    // connectorPadding: 5,
    distance: 30,
    enabled: true,
    formatter: function() {
      return this.point.name;
    },
    y: 5
  },
  //innerSize: 0,
  legendType: 'point',
  marker: null, // point options are specified in the base options
  size: '75%',
  showInLegend: false,
  slicedOffset: 10,
  states: {
    hover: {
      brightness: 0.1,
      shadow: false
    }
  }
  
});

// set the default time methods
setTimeMethods();


/**
 * Extend a prototyped class by new members
 * @param {Object} parent
 * @param {Object} members
 */
function extendClass(parent, members) {
  var object = function(){};
  object.prototype = new parent();
  extend(object.prototype, members);
  return object;
}


/**
 * Handle color operations. The object methods are chainable.
 * @param {String} input The input color in either rbga or hex format
 */
var Color = function(input) {
  // declare variables
  var rgba = [], result;
  
  /**
   * Parse the input color to rgba array
   * @param {String} input
   */
  function init(input) {
    
    // rgba
    if((result = /rgba\(\s*([0-9]{1,3})\s*,\s*([0-9]{1,3})\s*,\s*([0-9]{1,3})\s*,\s*([0-9]?(?:\.[0-9]+)?)\s*\)/.exec(input))) {
      rgba = [pInt(result[1]), pInt(result[2]), pInt(result[3]), parseFloat(result[4], 10)];
    }

    // hex
    else if((result = /#([a-fA-F0-9]{2})([a-fA-F0-9]{2})([a-fA-F0-9]{2})/.exec(input))) {
      rgba = [pInt(result[1],16), pInt(result[2],16), pInt(result[3],16), 1];
    }
  
  }
  /**
   * Return the color a specified format
   * @param {String} format
   */
  function get(format) {
    var ret;
    
    // it's NaN if gradient colors on a column chart
    if (rgba && !isNaN(rgba[0])) {
      if (format == 'rgb') {
        ret = 'rgb('+ rgba[0] +','+ rgba[1] +','+ rgba[2] +')';
      } else if (format == 'a') {
        ret = rgba[3];
      } else {
        ret = 'rgba('+ rgba.join(',') +')';
      }
    } else {
      ret = input;
    }
    return ret;
  }
  
  /**
   * Brighten the color
   * @param {Number} alpha
   */
  function brighten(alpha) {
    if (isNumber(alpha) && alpha !== 0) {
      var i;
      for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
        rgba[i] += pInt(alpha * 255);
        
        if (rgba[i] < 0) {
          rgba[i] = 0;
        }
        if (rgba[i] > 255) {
          rgba[i] = 255;
        }
      }
    }
    return this;
  }
  /**
   * Set the color's opacity to a given alpha value
   * @param {Number} alpha
   */
  function setOpacity(alpha) {
    rgba[3] = alpha;
    return this;
  } 
  
  // initialize: parse the input
  init(input);
  
  // public methods
  return {
    get: get,
    brighten: brighten,
    setOpacity: setOpacity
  };
};



/**
 * Format a number and return a string based on input settings
 * @param {Number} number The input number to format
 * @param {Number} decimals The amount of decimals
 * @param {String} decPoint The decimal point, defaults to the one given in the lang options
 * @param {String} thousandsSep The thousands separator, defaults to the one given in the lang options
 */
function numberFormat (number, decimals, decPoint, thousandsSep) {
  var lang = defaultOptions.lang,
    // http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net/techblog/article/javascript_equivalent_for_phps_number_format/
    n = number, c = isNaN(decimals = mathAbs(decimals)) ? 2 : decimals,
    d = decPoint === undefined ? lang.decimalPoint : decPoint,
    t = thousandsSep === undefined ? lang.thousandsSep : thousandsSep, s = n < 0 ? "-" : "",
    i = pInt(n = mathAbs(+n || 0).toFixed(c)) + "", j = (j = i.length) > 3 ? j % 3 : 0;
    
  return s + (j ? i.substr(0, j) + t : "") + i.substr(j).replace(/(\d{3})(?=\d)/g, "$1" + t) +
    (c ? d + mathAbs(n - i).toFixed(c).slice(2) : "");
}

/**
 * Based on http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.strftime.php 
 * @param {String} format
 * @param {Number} timestamp
 * @param {Boolean} capitalize
 */
dateFormat = function (format, timestamp, capitalize) {
  function pad (number) {
    return number.toString().replace(/^([0-9])$/, '0$1');
  }
  
  if (!defined(timestamp) || isNaN(timestamp)) {
    return 'Invalid date';
  }
  format = pick(format, '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S');
  
  var date = new Date(timestamp * timeFactor),
  
    // get the basic time values
    hours = date[getHours](),
    day = date[getDay](),
    dayOfMonth = date[getDate](),
    month = date[getMonth](),
    fullYear = date[getFullYear](),
    lang = defaultOptions.lang,
    langWeekdays = lang.weekdays,
    langMonths = lang.months,
    
    // list all format keys
    replacements = {

      // Day
      'a': langWeekdays[day].substr(0, 3), // Short weekday, like 'Mon'
      'A': langWeekdays[day], // Long weekday, like 'Monday'
      'd': pad(dayOfMonth), // Two digit day of the month, 01 to 31 
      'e': dayOfMonth, // Day of the month, 1 through 31 
      
      // Week (none implemented)
      
      // Month
      'b': langMonths[month].substr(0, 3), // Short month, like 'Jan'
      'B': langMonths[month], // Long month, like 'January'
      'm': pad(month + 1), // Two digit month number, 01 through 12
      
      // Year
      'y': fullYear.toString().substr(2, 2), // Two digits year, like 09 for 2009
      'Y': fullYear, // Four digits year, like 2009
      
      // Time
      'H': pad(hours), // Two digits hours in 24h format, 00 through 23
      'I': pad((hours % 12) || 12), // Two digits hours in 12h format, 00 through 11
      'l': (hours % 12) || 12, // Hours in 12h format, 1 through 12
      'M': pad(date[getMinutes]()), // Two digits minutes, 00 through 59
      'p': hours < 12 ? 'AM' : 'PM', // Upper case AM or PM
      'P': hours < 12 ? 'am' : 'pm', // Lower case AM or PM
      'S': pad(date.getSeconds()) // Two digits seconds, 00 through  59
      
    };


  // do the replaces
  for (var key in replacements) {
    format = format.replace('%'+ key, replacements[key]);
  }
    
  // Optionally capitalize the string and return
  return capitalize ? format.substr(0, 1).toUpperCase() + format.substr(1) : format;
};



/**
 * Loop up the node tree and add offsetWidth and offsetHeight to get the
 * total page offset for a given element. Used by Opera and iOS on hover and
 * all browsers on point click.
 * 
 * @param {Object} el
 * 
 */
function getPosition (el) {
  var p = { left: el.offsetLeft, top: el.offsetTop };
  while ((el = el.offsetParent))  {
    p.left += el.offsetLeft;
    p.top += el.offsetTop;
    if (el != doc.body && el != doc.documentElement) {
      p.left -= el.scrollLeft;
      p.top -= el.scrollTop;
    }
  }
  return p;
}


/**
 * A wrapper object for SVG elements 
 */
function SVGElement () {}

SVGElement.prototype = {
  /**
   * Initialize the SVG renderer
   * @param {Object} renderer
   * @param {String} nodeName
   */
  init: function(renderer, nodeName) {
    this.element = doc.createElementNS(SVG_NS, nodeName);
    this.renderer = renderer;
  },
  /**
   * Animate a given attribute
   * @param {Object} params
   * @param {Number} options The same options as in jQuery animation
   * @param {Function} complete Function to perform at the end of animation
   */
  animate: function(params, options, complete) {
    var animOptions = pick(options, globalAnimation, true);
    if (animOptions) {
      animOptions = merge(animOptions);
      if (complete) { // allows using a callback with the global animation without overwriting it
        animOptions.complete = complete;
      }
      animate(this, params, animOptions);
    } else {
      this.attr(params);
      if (complete) {
        complete();
      }
    }
  },
  /**
   * Set or get a given attribute
   * @param {Object|String} hash
   * @param {Mixed|Undefined} val
   */
  attr: function(hash, val) {
    var key, 
      value, 
      i, 
      child,
      element = this.element,
      nodeName = element.nodeName,
      renderer = this.renderer,
      skipAttr,
      shadows = this.shadows,
      hasSetSymbolSize,
      ret = this;
      
    // single key-value pair
    if (isString(hash) && defined(val)) {
      key = hash;
      hash = {};
      hash[key] = val;
    }
    
    // used as a getter: first argument is a string, second is undefined
    if (isString(hash)) {
      key = hash;
      if (nodeName == 'circle') {
        key = { x: 'cx', y: 'cy' }[key] || key;
      } else if (key == 'strokeWidth') {
        key = 'stroke-width';
      }
      ret = attr(element, key) || this[key] || 0;
      
      if (key != 'd' && key != 'visibility') { // 'd' is string in animation step
        ret = parseFloat(ret);
      }
      
    // setter
    } else {
    
      for (key in hash) {
        skipAttr = false; // reset
        value = hash[key];
        
        // paths
        if (key == 'd') {
          if (value && value.join) { // join path
            value = value.join(' ');
          }         
          if (/(NaN| {2}|^$)/.test(value)) {
            value = 'M 0 0';
          }
          this.d = value; // shortcut for animations
          
        // update child tspans x values
        } else if (key == 'x' && nodeName == 'text') { 
          for (i = 0; i < element.childNodes.length; i++ ) {
            child = element.childNodes[i];
            // if the x values are equal, the tspan represents a linebreak
            if (attr(child, 'x') == attr(element, 'x')) {
              //child.setAttribute('x', value);
              attr(child, 'x', value);
            }
          }
          
          if (this.rotation) {
            attr(element, 'transform', 'rotate('+ this.rotation +' '+ value +' '+
              pInt(hash.y || attr(element, 'y')) +')');
          }
          
        // apply gradients
        } else if (key == 'fill') {
          value = renderer.color(value, element, key);
        
        // circle x and y
        } else if (nodeName == 'circle' && (key == 'x' || key == 'y')) {
          key = { x: 'cx', y: 'cy' }[key] || key;
          
        // translation and text rotation
        } else if (key == 'translateX' || key == 'translateY' || key == 'rotation' || key == 'verticalAlign') {
          this[key] = value;
          this.updateTransform();
          skipAttr = true;
  
        // apply opacity as subnode (required by legacy WebKit and Batik)
        } else if (key == 'stroke') {
          value = renderer.color(value, element, key);
          
        // emulate VML's dashstyle implementation
        } else if (key == 'dashstyle') {
          key = 'stroke-dasharray';
          if (value) {
            value = value.toLowerCase()
              .replace('shortdashdotdot', '3,1,1,1,1,1,')
              .replace('shortdashdot', '3,1,1,1')
              .replace('shortdot', '1,1,')
              .replace('shortdash', '3,1,')
              .replace('longdash', '8,3,')
              .replace(/dot/g, '1,3,')
              .replace('dash', '4,3,')
              .replace(/,$/, '')
              .split(','); // ending comma
            
            i = value.length;
            while (i--) {
              value[i] = pInt(value[i]) * hash['stroke-width'];
            }
            value = value.join(',');
          } 
          
        // special
        } else if (key == 'isTracker') {
          this[key] = value;
        
        // IE9/MooTools combo: MooTools returns objects instead of numbers and IE9 Beta 2
        // is unable to cast them. Test again with final IE9.
        } else if (key == 'width') {
          value = pInt(value);
        
        // Text alignment
        } else if (key == 'align') {
          key = 'text-anchor';
          value = { left: 'start', center: 'middle', right: 'end' }[value];
        }
        
        
        
        // jQuery animate changes case
        if (key == 'strokeWidth') {
          key = 'stroke-width';
        }
        
        // Chrome/Win < 6 bug (http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=15461)        
        if (isWebKit && key == 'stroke-width' && value === 0) {
          value = 0.000001;
        }
        
        // symbols
        if (this.symbolName && /^(x|y|r|start|end|innerR)/.test(key)) {
          
          
          if (!hasSetSymbolSize) {
            this.symbolAttr(hash);
            hasSetSymbolSize = true;
          }
          skipAttr = true;
        }
        
        // let the shadow follow the main element
        if (shadows && /^(width|height|visibility|x|y|d)$/.test(key)) {
          i = shadows.length;
          while (i--) {
            attr(shadows[i], key, value);
          }         
        }
        
        /* trows errors in Chrome
        if ((key == 'width' || key == 'height') && nodeName == 'rect' && value < 0) {
          console.log(element);
        }
        */
        
          
        
        if (key == 'text') {
          // only one node allowed
          this.textStr = value;
          if (this.added) {
            renderer.buildText(this);
          }
        } else if (!skipAttr) {
          //element.setAttribute(key, value);
          attr(element, key, value);
        }
        
      }
      
    }
    return ret;
  },
  
  /**
   * If one of the symbol size affecting parameters are changed,
   * check all the others only once for each call to an element's
   * .attr() method
   * @param {Object} hash
   */
  symbolAttr: function(hash) {
    var wrapper = this;
    
    each (['x', 'y', 'r', 'start', 'end', 'width', 'height', 'innerR'], function(key) {
      wrapper[key] = pick(hash[key], wrapper[key]);
    });
    
    wrapper.attr({ 
      d: wrapper.renderer.symbols[wrapper.symbolName](wrapper.x, wrapper.y, wrapper.r, {
        start: wrapper.start, 
        end: wrapper.end,
        width: wrapper.width, 
        height: wrapper.height,
        innerR: wrapper.innerR
      })
    });
  },
  
  /**
   * Apply a clipping path to this object
   * @param {String} id
   */
  clip: function(clipRect) {
    return this.attr('clip-path', 'url('+ this.renderer.url +'#'+ clipRect.id +')');
  },
  
  /**
   * Calculate the coordinates needed for drawing a rectangle crisply and return the
   * calculated attributes
   * @param {Number} strokeWidth
   * @param {Number} x
   * @param {Number} y
   * @param {Number} width
   * @param {Number} height
   */
  crisp: function(strokeWidth, x, y, width, height) {
    
    var wrapper = this,
      key,
      attr = {},
      values = {},
      normalizer;
      
    strokeWidth = strokeWidth || wrapper.strokeWidth || 0;
    normalizer = strokeWidth % 2 / 2;

    // normalize for crisp edges
    values.x = mathFloor(x || wrapper.x || 0) + normalizer;
    values.y = mathFloor(y || wrapper.y || 0) + normalizer;
    values.width = mathFloor((width || wrapper.width || 0) - 2 * normalizer);
    values.height = mathFloor((height || wrapper.height || 0) - 2 * normalizer);
    values.strokeWidth = strokeWidth;
    
    for (key in values) {
      if (wrapper[key] != values[key]) { // only set attribute if changed
        wrapper[key] = attr[key] = values[key];
      }
    }
    
    return attr;
  },
  
  /**
   * Set styles for the element
   * @param {Object} styles
   */
  css: function(styles) {
    var elemWrapper = this,
      elem = elemWrapper.element,
      textWidth = styles && styles.width && elem.nodeName == 'text';
    
    // convert legacy
    if (styles && styles.color) {
      styles.fill = styles.color;
    }
    
    // save the styles in an object
    styles = extend(
      elemWrapper.styles,
      styles
    );
    
    
    // store object
    elemWrapper.styles = styles;
    
    // serialize and set style attribute
    if (isIE && !hasSVG) { // legacy IE doesn't support setting style attribute
      if (textWidth) {
        delete styles.width;
      } 
      css(elemWrapper.element, styles); 
    } else {
      elemWrapper.attr({
        style: serializeCSS(styles)
      });
    } 
    
    
    // re-build text
    if (textWidth && elemWrapper.added) {
      elemWrapper.renderer.buildText(elemWrapper);
    }
    
    return elemWrapper;
  },
  
  /**
   * Add an event listener
   * @param {String} eventType
   * @param {Function} handler
   */
  on: function(eventType, handler) {
    var fn = handler;
    // touch
    if (hasTouch && eventType == 'click') {
      eventType = 'touchstart';
      fn = function(e) {
        e.preventDefault();
        handler();
      }
    }
    // simplest possible event model for internal use
    this.element['on'+ eventType] = fn;
    return this;
  },
  
  
  /**
   * Move an object and its children by x and y values
   * @param {Number} x
   * @param {Number} y
   */
  translate: function(x, y) {
    return this.attr({
      translateX: x,
      translateY: y
    });
  },
  
  /**
   * Invert a group, rotate and flip
   */
  invert: function() {
    var wrapper = this;
    wrapper.inverted = true;
    wrapper.updateTransform();
    return wrapper;
  },
  
  /**
   * Private method to update the transform attribute based on internal 
   * properties
   */
  updateTransform: function() {
    var wrapper = this,
      translateX = wrapper.translateX || 0,
      translateY = wrapper.translateY || 0,
      inverted = wrapper.inverted,
      rotation = wrapper.rotation,
      transform = [];
      
    // flipping affects translate as adjustment for flipping around the group's axis
    if (inverted) {
      translateX += wrapper.attr('width');
      translateY += wrapper.attr('height');
    }
      
    // apply translate
    if (translateX || translateY) {
      transform.push('translate('+ translateX +','+ translateY +')');
    }
    
    // apply rotation
    if (inverted) {
      transform.push('rotate(90) scale(-1,1)');
    } else if (rotation) { // text rotation
      transform.push('rotate('+ rotation +' '+ wrapper.x +' '+ wrapper.y +')');
    }
    
    if (transform.length) {
      attr(wrapper.element, 'transform', transform.join(' '));
    }
  },
  /**
   * Bring the element to the front
   */
  toFront: function() {
    var element = this.element;
    element.parentNode.appendChild(element);
    return this;
  },
  
  
  /**
   * Break down alignment options like align, verticalAlign, x and y 
   * to x and y relative to the chart.
   * 
   * @param {Object} alignOptions
   * @param {Boolean} alignByTranslate
   * @param {Object} box The box to align to, needs a width and height
   * 
   */
  align: function(alignOptions, alignByTranslate, box) {
    
    if (!alignOptions) { // called on resize
      alignOptions = this.alignOptions;
      alignByTranslate = this.alignByTranslate;
    } else { // first call on instanciate
      this.alignOptions = alignOptions;
      this.alignByTranslate = alignByTranslate;
      if (!box) { // boxes other than renderer handle this internally
        this.renderer.alignedObjects.push(this);
      }
    }
    
    box = pick(box, this.renderer);
    
    var align = alignOptions.align,
      vAlign = alignOptions.verticalAlign,
      x = (box.x || 0) + (alignOptions.x || 0), // default: left align
      y = (box.y || 0) + (alignOptions.y || 0), // default: top align
      attribs = {};
      
      
    // align
    if (/^(right|center)$/.test(align)) {
      x += (box.width - (alignOptions.width || 0) ) /
          { right: 1, center: 2 }[align];
    }
    attribs[alignByTranslate ? 'translateX' : 'x'] = mathRound(x);
    
    
    // vertical align
    if (/^(bottom|middle)$/.test(vAlign)) {
      y += (box.height - (alignOptions.height || 0)) /
          ({ bottom: 1, middle: 2 }[vAlign] || 1);
      
    }
    attribs[alignByTranslate ? 'translateY' : 'y'] = mathRound(y);
    
    // animate only if already placed
    this[this.placed ? 'animate' : 'attr'](attribs);
    this.placed = true;
    
    return this;
  },
  
  /**
   * Get the bounding box (width, height, x and y) for the element
   */
  getBBox: function() {   
    var bBox,
      width,
      height,
      rotation = this.rotation,
      rad = rotation * deg2rad;
      
    try { // fails in Firefox if the container has display: none
      // use extend because IE9 is not allowed to change width and height in case 
      // of rotation (below)
      bBox = extend({}, this.element.getBBox());
    } catch(e) {
      bBox = { width: 0, height: 0 };
    }
    width = bBox.width;
    height = bBox.height;
      
    // adjust for rotated text
    if (rotation) {
      bBox.width = mathAbs(height * mathSin(rad)) + mathAbs(width * mathCos(rad));
      bBox.height = mathAbs(height * mathCos(rad)) + mathAbs(width * mathSin(rad));
    }
    
    return bBox;
  },
  
  /* *
   * Manually compute width and height of rotated text from non-rotated. Shared by SVG and VML
   * @param {Object} bBox
   * @param {number} rotation
   * /
  rotateBBox: function(bBox, rotation) {
    var rad = rotation * math.PI * 2 / 360, // radians
      width = bBox.width,
      height = bBox.height;
      
    
  },*/
  
  /**
   * Show the element
   */
  show: function() {
    return this.attr({ visibility: VISIBLE });
  },
  
  /**
   * Hide the element
   */
  hide: function() {
    return this.attr({ visibility: HIDDEN });
  },
  
  /**
   * Add the element
   * @param {Object|Undefined} parent Can be an element, an element wrapper or undefined
   *    to append the element to the renderer.box.
   */ 
  add: function(parent) {
  
    var renderer = this.renderer,
      parentWrapper = parent || renderer,
      parentNode = parentWrapper.element || renderer.box,
      childNodes = parentNode.childNodes,
      element = this.element,
      zIndex = attr(element, 'zIndex'),
      otherElement,
      otherZIndex,
      i;
      
    // mark as inverted
    this.parentInverted = parent && parent.inverted;
    
    // build formatted text
    if (this.textStr !== undefined) {
      renderer.buildText(this);
    }
    
    // mark the container as having z indexed children
    if (zIndex) {
      parentWrapper.handleZ = true;
      zIndex = pInt(zIndex);
    }

    // insert according to this and other elements' zIndex
    if (parentWrapper.handleZ) { // this element or any of its siblings has a z index
      for (i = 0; i < childNodes.length; i++) {
        otherElement = childNodes[i];
        otherZIndex = attr(otherElement, 'zIndex');
        if (otherElement != element && (
            // insert before the first element with a higher zIndex
            pInt(otherZIndex) > zIndex || 
            // if no zIndex given, insert before the first element with a zIndex
            (!defined(zIndex) && defined(otherZIndex))  
            
            )) {
          parentNode.insertBefore(element, otherElement);
          return this;
        }
      }
    }
    
    // default: append at the end
    parentNode.appendChild(element);
    
    this.added = true;
    
    return this;
  },

  /**
   * Destroy the element and element wrapper
   */
  destroy: function() {
    var wrapper = this,
      element = wrapper.element || {},
      shadows = wrapper.shadows,
      parentNode = element.parentNode,
      key;
    
    // remove events
    element.onclick = element.onmouseout = element.onmouseover = element.onmousemove = null;
    stop(wrapper); // stop running animations
    
    // remove element
    if (parentNode) {
      parentNode.removeChild(element);
    }
    
    // destroy shadows
    if (shadows) {
      each(shadows, function(shadow) {
        parentNode = shadow.parentNode;
        if (parentNode) { // the entire chart HTML can be overwritten
          parentNode.removeChild(shadow);
        }       
      });
    }
    
    // remove from alignObjects
    erase(wrapper.renderer.alignedObjects, wrapper);
        
    for (key in wrapper) {
      delete wrapper[key];
    }
    
    return null;
  },
  
  /**
   * Empty a group element
   */
  empty: function() {
    var element = this.element,
      childNodes = element.childNodes,
      i = childNodes.length;
      
    while (i--) {
      element.removeChild(childNodes[i]);
    }
  },
  
  /**
   * Add a shadow to the element. Must be done after the element is added to the DOM
   * @param {Boolean} apply
   */
  shadow: function(apply) {
    var shadows = [],
      i,
      shadow,
      element = this.element,
      
      // compensate for inverted plot area
      transform = this.parentInverted ? '(-1,-1)' : '(1,1)';
      
    
    if (apply) {
      for (i = 1; i <= 3; i++) {
        shadow = element.cloneNode(0);
        attr(shadow, {
          'isShadow': 'true',
          'stroke': 'rgb(0, 0, 0)',
          'stroke-opacity': 0.05 * i,
          'stroke-width': 7 - 2 * i,
          'transform': 'translate'+ transform,
          'fill': NONE
        });
        
        
        element.parentNode.insertBefore(shadow, element);
        
        shadows.push(shadow);
      }
      
      this.shadows = shadows;
    }
    return this;
  
  }
};



/**
 * The default SVG renderer
 */
var SVGRenderer = function() {
  this.init.apply(this, arguments);
};
SVGRenderer.prototype = {
  /**
   * Initialize the SVGRenderer
   * @param {Object} container
   * @param {Number} width
   * @param {Number} height
   * @param {Boolean} forExport
   */
  init: function(container, width, height, forExport) {
    var renderer = this,
      loc = location,
      boxWrapper;
          
    renderer.Element = SVGElement;
    boxWrapper = renderer.createElement('svg')
      .attr({
        xmlns: SVG_NS,
        version: '1.1'
      });
    container.appendChild(boxWrapper.element);
    
    // object properties
    renderer.box = boxWrapper.element;
    renderer.boxWrapper = boxWrapper;
    renderer.alignedObjects = [];
    renderer.url = isIE ? '' : loc.href.replace(/#.*?$/, ''); // page url used for internal references
    renderer.defs = this.createElement('defs').add();
    renderer.forExport = forExport;
    
    renderer.setSize(width, height, false);
    
  },
  
  
  /**
   * Create a wrapper for an SVG element
   * @param {Object} nodeName
   */
  createElement: function(nodeName) {
    var wrapper = new this.Element();
    wrapper.init(this, nodeName);
    return wrapper;
  },
  
  
  /** 
   * Parse a simple HTML string into SVG tspans
   * 
   * @param {Object} textNode The parent text SVG node
   */
  buildText: function(wrapper) {
    var textNode = wrapper.element,
      lines = pick(wrapper.textStr, '').toString()
        .replace(/<(b|strong)>/g, '<span style="font-weight:bold">')
        .replace(/<(i|em)>/g, '<span style="font-style:italic">')
        .replace(/<a/g, '<span')
        .replace(/<\/(b|strong|i|em|a)>/g, '</span>')
        .split(/<br[^>]?>/g),
      childNodes = textNode.childNodes,
      styleRegex = /style="([^"]+)"/,
      hrefRegex = /href="([^"]+)"/,
      parentX = attr(textNode, 'x'),
      textStyles = wrapper.styles,
      reverse = isFirefox && textStyles && textStyles.HcDirection == 'rtl' && !this.forExport, // issue #38
      arr,
      width = textStyles && pInt(textStyles.width),
      textLineHeight = textStyles && textStyles.lineHeight,
      lastLine,
      i = childNodes.length;
    
    // remove old text
    while (i--) {
      textNode.removeChild(childNodes[i]);
    }
    
    if (width && !wrapper.added) {
      this.box.appendChild(textNode); // attach it to the DOM to read offset width
    }
    
    each(lines, function(line, lineNo) {
      var spans, spanNo = 0, lineHeight;
      
      line = line.replace(/<span/g, '|||<span').replace(/<\/span>/g, '</span>|||');
      spans = line.split('|||');
      
      each(spans, function (span) {
        if (span !== '' || spans.length == 1) {
          var attributes = {},
            tspan = doc.createElementNS(SVG_NS, 'tspan');
          if (styleRegex.test(span)) {
            attr(
              tspan, 
              'style', 
              span.match(styleRegex)[1].replace(/(;| |^)color([ :])/, '$1fill$2')
            );
          }
          if (hrefRegex.test(span)) {
            attr(tspan, 'onclick', 'location.href=\"'+ span.match(hrefRegex)[1] +'\"');
            css(tspan, { cursor: 'pointer' });
          }
          
          span = span.replace(/<(.|\n)*?>/g, '') || ' ';
          
          // issue #38 workaround.
          if (reverse) {
            arr = [];
            i = span.length;
            while (i--) {
              arr.push(span.charAt(i))
            }
            span = arr.join('');
          }
          
          // add the text node
          tspan.appendChild(doc.createTextNode(span));
          
          if (!spanNo) { // first span in a line, align it to the left
            attributes.x = parentX;
          } else {
            // Firefox ignores spaces at the front or end of the tspan
            attributes.dx = 3; // space
          }
          
          // first span on subsequent line, add the line height
          if (!spanNo) {            
            if (lineNo) {
              // Webkit and opera sometimes return 'normal' as the line height. In that
              // case, webkit uses offsetHeight, while Opera falls back to 18
              lineHeight = pInt(window.getComputedStyle(lastLine, null).getPropertyValue('line-height'));
              if (isNaN(lineHeight)) {
                lineHeight = textLineHeight || lastLine.offsetHeight || 18;
              }
              attr(tspan, 'dy', lineHeight);
            }
            lastLine = tspan; // record for use in next line            
          }
          
          // add attributes
          attr(tspan, attributes);
          
          // append it
          textNode.appendChild(tspan);
          
          spanNo++;
          
          // check width and apply soft breaks
          if (width) {
            var words = span.replace(/-/g, '- ').split(' '),
              tooLong,
              actualWidth,
              rest = [];
              
            while (words.length || rest.length) {
              actualWidth = textNode.getBBox().width;
              tooLong = actualWidth > width;
              if (!tooLong || words.length == 1) { // new line needed
                words = rest;
                rest = [];
                if (words.length) {
                  tspan = doc.createElementNS(SVG_NS, 'tspan');
                  attr(tspan, {
                    x: parentX,
                    dy: textLineHeight || 16
                  });
                  textNode.appendChild(tspan);
                
                  if (actualWidth > width) { // a single word is pressing it out
                    width = actualWidth;
                  }
                }
              } else { // append to existing line tspan
                tspan.removeChild(tspan.firstChild);
                rest.unshift(words.pop());
              }
              
              tspan.appendChild(doc.createTextNode(words.join(' ').replace(/- /g, '-')));
            }
            
          }
        }
      });
    });
    
    
  },
  
  /**
   * Make a straight line crisper by not spilling out to neighbour pixels
   * @param {Array} points
   * @param {Number} width 
   */
  crispLine: function(points, width) {
    // points format: [M, 0, 0, L, 100, 0]
    // normalize to a crisp line
    if (points[1] == points[4]) {
      points[1] = points[4] = mathRound(points[1]) + (width % 2 / 2);
    }
    if (points[2] == points[5]) {
      points[2] = points[5] = mathRound(points[2]) + (width % 2 / 2);
    }
    return points;
  },
  
  
  /**
   * Draw a path
   * @param {Array} path An SVG path in array form
   */
  path: function (path) {
    return this.createElement('path').attr({ 
      d: path, 
      fill: NONE
    });
  },
  
  /**
   * Draw and return an SVG circle
   * @param {Number} x The x position
   * @param {Number} y The y position
   * @param {Number} r The radius
   */
  circle: function (x, y, r) {
    var attr = isObject(x) ?
      x :
      {
        x: x,
        y: y,
        r: r
      };
    
    return this.createElement('circle').attr(attr);
  },
  
  /**
   * Draw and return an arc
   * @param {Number} x X position
   * @param {Number} y Y position
   * @param {Number} r Radius
   * @param {Number} innerR Inner radius like used in donut charts
   * @param {Number} start Starting angle
   * @param {Number} end Ending angle
   */
  arc: function (x, y, r, innerR, start, end) {
    // arcs are defined as symbols for the ability to set 
    // attributes in attr and animate
    
    if (isObject(x)) {
      y = x.y;
      r = x.r;
      innerR = x.innerR;
      start = x.start;
      end = x.end;
      x = x.x;
    }
    
    return this.symbol('arc', x || 0, y || 0, r || 0, {
      innerR: innerR || 0,
      start: start || 0,
      end: end || 0
    });
  },
  
  /**
   * Draw and return a rectangle
   * @param {Number} x Left position
   * @param {Number} y Top position
   * @param {Number} width
   * @param {Number} height
   * @param {Number} r Border corner radius
   * @param {Number} strokeWidth A stroke width can be supplied to allow crisp drawing
   */
  rect: function (x, y, width, height, r, strokeWidth) {
    if (isObject(x)) {
      y = x.y;
      width = x.width;
      height = x.height;
      r = x.r;
      x = x.x;  
    }
    var wrapper = this.createElement('rect').attr({
      rx: r,
      ry: r,
      fill: NONE
    });
    
    return wrapper.attr(wrapper.crisp(strokeWidth, x, y, mathMax(width, 0), mathMax(height, 0)));
  },
  
  /**
   * Resize the box and re-align all aligned elements
   * @param {Object} width
   * @param {Object} height
   * @param {Boolean} animate
   * 
   */
  setSize: function(width, height, animate) {
    var renderer = this,
      alignedObjects = renderer.alignedObjects,
      i = alignedObjects.length;
    
    renderer.width = width;
    renderer.height = height;
    
    renderer.boxWrapper[pick(animate, true) ? 'animate' : 'attr']({
      width: width,
      height: height
    });   
    
    while (i--) {
      alignedObjects[i].align();
    }
  },
  
  /**
   * Create a group
   * @param {String} name The group will be given a class name of 'highcharts-{name}'.
   *     This can be used for styling and scripting.
   */
  g: function(name) {
    return this.createElement('g').attr(
      defined(name) && { 'class': PREFIX + name }
    );
  },
  
  /**
   * Display an image
   * @param {String} src
   * @param {Number} x
   * @param {Number} y
   * @param {Number} width
   * @param {Number} height
   */
  image: function(src, x, y, width, height) {
    var attribs = {
        preserveAspectRatio: NONE 
      },
      elemWrapper;
      
    // optional properties
    if (arguments.length > 1) {
      extend(attribs, {
        x: x,
        y: y,
        width: width,
        height: height
      });
    }
    
    elemWrapper = this.createElement('image').attr(attribs);    
    
    // set the href in the xlink namespace
    elemWrapper.element.setAttributeNS('http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink', 
      'href', src);
      
    return elemWrapper;         
  },
  
  /**
   * Draw a symbol out of pre-defined shape paths from the namespace 'symbol' object.
   * 
   * @param {Object} symbol
   * @param {Object} x
   * @param {Object} y
   * @param {Object} radius
   * @param {Object} options
   */
  symbol: function(symbol, x, y, radius, options) {
    
    var obj,
      
      // get the symbol definition function
      symbolFn = this.symbols[symbol],
      
      // check if there's a path defined for this symbol
      path = symbolFn && symbolFn(
        x, 
        y, 
        radius, 
        options
      ),
      
      imageRegex = /^url\((.*?)\)$/,
      imageSrc;
      
    if (path) {
    
      obj = this.path(path);
      // expando properties for use in animate and attr
      extend(obj, {
        symbolName: symbol,
        x: x,
        y: y,
        r: radius
      });
      if (options) {
        extend(obj, options);
      }
      
      
    // image symbols
    } else if (imageRegex.test(symbol)) {
      
      imageSrc = symbol.match(imageRegex)[1];
      
      // create the image synchronously, add attribs async
      obj = this.image(imageSrc)
        .attr({
          x: x,
          y: y
        });
      
      // create a dummy JavaScript image to get the width and height  
      createElement('img', {
        onload: function() {
          var img = this,
            size = symbolSizes[img.src] || [img.width, img.height];
          obj.attr({            
            width: size[0],
            height: size[1]
          }).translate(
            -mathRound(size[0] / 2),
            -mathRound(size[1] / 2)
          );
        },
        src: imageSrc
      });
        
    // default circles
    } else {
      obj = this.circle(x, y, radius);
    }
    
    return obj;
  },
  
  /**
   * An extendable collection of functions for defining symbol paths.
   */
  symbols: {
    'square': function (x, y, radius) {
      var len = 0.707 * radius;
      return [
        M, x-len, y-len,
        L, x+len, y-len,
        x+len, y+len,
        x-len, y+len,
        'Z'
      ];
    },
      
    'triangle': function (x, y, radius) {
      return [
        M, x, y-1.33 * radius,
        L, x+radius, y + 0.67 * radius,
        x-radius, y + 0.67 * radius,
        'Z'
      ];
    },
      
    'triangle-down': function (x, y, radius) {
      return [
        M, x, y + 1.33 * radius,
        L, x-radius, y-0.67 * radius,
        x+radius, y-0.67 * radius,
        'Z'
      ];
    },
    'diamond': function (x, y, radius) {
      return [
        M, x, y-radius,
        L, x+radius, y,
        x, y+radius,
        x-radius, y,
        'Z'
      ];
    },
    'arc': function (x, y, radius, options) {
      var start = options.start,
        end = options.end - 0.000001, // to prevent cos and sin of start and end from becoming equal on 360 arcs
        innerRadius = options.innerR,
        cosStart = mathCos(start),
        sinStart = mathSin(start),
        cosEnd = mathCos(end),
        sinEnd = mathSin(end),
        longArc = options.end - start < mathPI ? 0 : 1;
        
      return [
        M,
        x + radius * cosStart,
        y + radius * sinStart,
        'A', // arcTo
        radius, // x radius
        radius, // y radius
        0, // slanting
        longArc, // long or short arc
        1, // clockwise
        x + radius * cosEnd,
        y + radius * sinEnd,
        L,        
        x + innerRadius * cosEnd, 
        y + innerRadius * sinEnd,
        'A', // arcTo
        innerRadius, // x radius
        innerRadius, // y radius
        0, // slanting
        longArc, // long or short arc
        0, // clockwise
        x + innerRadius * cosStart,
        y + innerRadius * sinStart,
        
        'Z' // close
      ];
    }
  },
  
  /**
   * Define a clipping rectangle
   * @param {String} id
   * @param {Number} x
   * @param {Number} y
   * @param {Number} width
   * @param {Number} height
   */
  clipRect: function (x, y, width, height) {
    var wrapper,
      id = PREFIX + idCounter++,
      
      clipPath = this.createElement('clipPath').attr({
        id: id
      }).add(this.defs);
    
    wrapper = this.rect(x, y, width, height, 0).add(clipPath);
    wrapper.id = id;
    
    return wrapper;
  },
  
  
  /**
   * Take a color and return it if it's a string, make it a gradient if it's a
   * gradient configuration object
   * 
   * @param {Object} color The color or config object
   */
  color: function(color, elem, prop) {
    var colorObject,
      regexRgba = /^rgba/;
    if (color && color.linearGradient) {
      var renderer = this,
        strLinearGradient = 'linearGradient',
        linearGradient = color[strLinearGradient],
        id = PREFIX + idCounter++,
        gradientObject,
        stopColor,
        stopOpacity;
      gradientObject = renderer.createElement(strLinearGradient).attr({
        id: id,
        gradientUnits: 'userSpaceOnUse',
        x1: linearGradient[0],
        y1: linearGradient[1],
        x2: linearGradient[2],
        y2: linearGradient[3]
      }).add(renderer.defs);
      
      each(color.stops, function(stop) {
        if (regexRgba.test(stop[1])) {
          colorObject = Color(stop[1]);
          stopColor = colorObject.get('rgb');
          stopOpacity = colorObject.get('a');
        } else {
          stopColor = stop[1];
          stopOpacity = 1;
        }
        renderer.createElement('stop').attr({
          offset: stop[0],
          'stop-color': stopColor,
          'stop-opacity': stopOpacity
        }).add(gradientObject);
      });
      
      return 'url('+ this.url +'#'+ id +')';
      
    // Webkit and Batik can't show rgba.
    } else if (regexRgba.test(color)) {
      colorObject = Color(color);
      attr(elem, prop +'-opacity', colorObject.get('a'));
      
      return colorObject.get('rgb');
      
      
    } else {
      return color;
    }
    
  },
  
    
  /**
   * Add text to the SVG object
   * @param {String} str
   * @param {Number} x Left position
   * @param {Number} y Top position
   */
  text: function(str, x, y) {
    
    // declare variables
    var defaultChartStyle = defaultOptions.chart.style,
      wrapper;
  
    x = mathRound(pick(x, 0));
    y = mathRound(pick(y, 0));
    
    wrapper = this.createElement('text')
      .attr({
        x: x,
        y: y,
        text: str 
      })
      .css({
        'font-family': defaultChartStyle.fontFamily,
        'font-size': defaultChartStyle.fontSize
      });
      
    wrapper.x = x;
    wrapper.y = y;
    return wrapper;
  }
}; // end SVGRenderer




/* **************************************************************************** 
 *                                                                            * 
 * START OF INTERNET EXPLORER <= 8 SPECIFIC CODE                              *
 *                                                                            *
 * For applications and websites that don't need IE support, like platform    *
 * targeted mobile apps and web apps, this code can be removed.               *
 *                                                                            *
 *****************************************************************************/
var VMLRenderer;
if (!hasSVG) {

/**
 * The VML element wrapper.
 */
var VMLElement = extendClass( SVGElement, {
  
  /**
   * Initialize a new VML element wrapper. It builds the markup as a string
   * to minimize DOM traffic.
   * @param {Object} renderer
   * @param {Object} nodeName
   */
  init: function(renderer, nodeName) {
    var markup =  ['<', nodeName, ' filled="f" stroked="f"'],
      style = ['position: ', ABSOLUTE, ';'];
    
    // divs and shapes need size
    if (nodeName == 'shape' || nodeName == DIV) {
      style.push('left:0;top:0;width:10px;height:10px;');
    }
    if (docMode8) {
      style.push('visibility: ', nodeName == DIV ? HIDDEN : VISIBLE);
    }
    
    markup.push(' style="', style.join(''), '"/>');
    
    // create element with default attributes and style
    if (nodeName) {
      markup = nodeName == DIV || nodeName == 'span' || nodeName == 'img' ? 
        markup.join('')
        : renderer.prepVML(markup);
      this.element = createElement(markup);
    }
    
    this.renderer = renderer;
  },
  
  /**
   * Add the node to the given parent
   * @param {Object} parent
   */
  add: function(parent) {
    var wrapper = this,
      renderer = wrapper.renderer,
      element = wrapper.element,
      box = renderer.box,
      inverted = parent && parent.inverted,
    
      // get the parent node
      parentNode = parent ? 
        parent.element || parent : 
        box;
      
      
    // if the parent group is inverted, apply inversion on all children
    if (inverted) { // only on groups
      renderer.invertChild(element, parentNode);      
    }
    
    // issue #140 workaround - related to #61 and #74
    if (docMode8 && parentNode.gVis == HIDDEN) {
      css(element, { visibility: HIDDEN });
    }
    
    // append it
    parentNode.appendChild(element);
    
    // align text after adding to be able to read offset
    wrapper.added = true;
    if (wrapper.alignOnAdd) {
      wrapper.updateTransform();
    }   
    
    return wrapper;
  },
  
  /**
   * Get or set attributes
   */
  attr: function(hash, val) {
    var key, 
      value, 
      i, 
      element = this.element || {},
      elemStyle = element.style,
      nodeName = element.nodeName,
      renderer = this.renderer,
      symbolName = this.symbolName,
      childNodes,
      hasSetSymbolSize,
      shadows = this.shadows,
      skipAttr,
      ret = this;
      
    // single key-value pair
    if (isString(hash) && defined(val)) {
      key = hash;
      hash = {};
      hash[key] = val;
    }
    
    // used as a getter, val is undefined
    if (isString(hash)) {
      key = hash;
      if (key == 'strokeWidth' || key == 'stroke-width') {
        ret = this.strokeweight;
      } else {
        ret = this[key];
      }
      
    // setter
    } else {    
      for (key in hash) {
        value = hash[key];
        skipAttr = false;
        
        // prepare paths
        // symbols
        if (symbolName && /^(x|y|r|start|end|width|height|innerR)/.test(key)) {
          // if one of the symbol size affecting parameters are changed,
          // check all the others only once for each call to an element's
          // .attr() method
          if (!hasSetSymbolSize) {
              
            this.symbolAttr(hash);            
          
            hasSetSymbolSize = true;
          } 
          
          skipAttr = true;
          
        } else if (key == 'd') {
          value = value || [];
          this.d = value.join(' '); // used in getter for animation
          
          // convert paths 
          i = value.length;
          var convertedPath = [];
          while (i--) {         
            
            // Multiply by 10 to allow subpixel precision.
            // Substracting half a pixel seems to make the coordinates
            // align with SVG, but this hasn't been tested thoroughly
            if (isNumber(value[i])) {
              convertedPath[i] = mathRound(value[i] * 10) - 5;
            }
            // close the path
            else if (value[i] == 'Z') {
              convertedPath[i] = 'x';
            } 
            else {
              convertedPath[i] = value[i];
            }
            
          }
          value = convertedPath.join(' ') || 'x';             
          element.path = value;
      
          // update shadows
          if (shadows) {
            i = shadows.length;
            while (i--) {
              shadows[i].path = value;
            }
          }
          skipAttr = true;
  
        // directly mapped to css
        } else if (key == 'zIndex' || key == 'visibility') {
          
          // issue 61 workaround
          if (docMode8 && key == 'visibility' && nodeName == 'DIV') {
            element.gVis = value;
            childNodes = element.childNodes;
            i = childNodes.length;
            while (i--) {
              css(childNodes[i], { visibility: value });
            }
            if (value == VISIBLE) { // issue 74
              value = null;
            }
          }
          
          if (value) {
            elemStyle[key] = value;
          }
          
          
          
          skipAttr = true;
        
        // width and height
        } else if (/^(width|height)$/.test(key)) {
          
                    
          // clipping rectangle special
          if (this.updateClipping) {
            this[key] = value;
            this.updateClipping();
            
          } else {
            // normal
            elemStyle[key] = value;
          }
          
          skipAttr = true;
          
        // x and y 
        } else if (/^(x|y)$/.test(key)) {

          this[key] = value; // used in getter
          
          if (element.tagName == 'SPAN') {
            this.updateTransform();
          
          } else {
            elemStyle[{ x: 'left', y: 'top' }[key]] = value;
          }
          
        // class name
        } else if (key == 'class') {
          // IE8 Standards mode has problems retrieving the className
          element.className = value;
      
        // stroke
        } else if (key == 'stroke') {
          
          value = renderer.color(value, element, key);        
            
          key = 'strokecolor';
          
        // stroke width
        } else if (key == 'stroke-width' || key == 'strokeWidth') {
          element.stroked = value ? true : false;
          key = 'strokeweight';
          this[key] = value; // used in getter, issue #113
          if (isNumber(value)) {
            value += PX;
          }
          
        // dashStyle           
        } else if (key == 'dashstyle') {
          var strokeElem = element.getElementsByTagName('stroke')[0] ||
            createElement(renderer.prepVML(['<stroke/>']), null, null, element);
          strokeElem[key] = value || 'solid';
          this.dashstyle = value; /* because changing stroke-width will change the dash length
            and cause an epileptic effect */ 
          skipAttr = true;
          
        // fill
        } else if (key == 'fill') {
          
          if (nodeName == 'SPAN') { // text color
            elemStyle.color = value;
          } else {
            element.filled = value != NONE ? true : false;
            
            value = renderer.color(value, element, key);
            
            key = 'fillcolor';
          }
        
        // translation for animation
        } else if (key == 'translateX' || key == 'translateY' || key == 'rotation' || key == 'align') {
          if (key == 'align') {
            key = 'textAlign';
          }
          this[key] = value;
          this.updateTransform();
          
          skipAttr = true;
        }
        
        // text for rotated and non-rotated elements
        else if (key == 'text') {
          element.innerHTML = value;
          skipAttr = true;
        } 
        
          
        // let the shadow follow the main element
        if (shadows && key == 'visibility') {
          i = shadows.length;
          while (i--) {
            shadows[i].style[key] = value;
          }
        }
        
        
        
        if (!skipAttr) {
          if (docMode8) { // IE8 setAttribute bug
            element[key] = value;
          } else {
            attr(element, key, value);
          }
        }
      }     
    }
    return ret;
  },
  
  /**
   * Set the element's clipping to a predefined rectangle
   * 
   * @param {String} id The id of the clip rectangle
   */
  clip: function(clipRect) {
    var wrapper = this,
      clipMembers = clipRect.members;
      
    clipMembers.push(wrapper);
    wrapper.destroyClip = function() {
      erase(clipMembers, wrapper);
    };
    return wrapper.css(clipRect.getCSS(wrapper.inverted));
  },
  
  /**
   * Set styles for the element
   * @param {Object} styles
   */
  css: function(styles) {
    var wrapper = this,
      element = wrapper.element,
      textWidth = styles && element.tagName == 'SPAN' && styles.width;
    
    /*if (textWidth) {
      extend(styles, {
        display: 'block',
        whiteSpace: 'normal'
      }); 
    }*/
    if (textWidth) {
      delete styles.width;
      wrapper.textWidth = textWidth;
      wrapper.updateTransform();  
    }
    
    wrapper.styles = extend(wrapper.styles, styles);
    css(wrapper.element, styles);
    
    
    
    return wrapper;
  },
  
  /**
   * Extend element.destroy by removing it from the clip members array
   */
  destroy: function() {
    var wrapper = this;
    
    if (wrapper.destroyClip) {
      wrapper.destroyClip();
    }
    
    SVGElement.prototype.destroy.apply(wrapper);
  },
  
  /**
   * Remove all child nodes of a group, except the v:group element
   */
  empty: function() {
    var element = this.element,
      childNodes = element.childNodes,
      i = childNodes.length,
      node;
      
    while (i--) {
      node = childNodes[i];
      node.parentNode.removeChild(node);
    }
  },
  
  /**
   * VML override for calculating the bounding box based on offsets
   * 
   * @return {Object} A hash containing values for x, y, width and height
   */
  
  getBBox: function() {
    var element = this.element;
    
    // faking getBBox in exported SVG in legacy IE
    if (element.nodeName == 'text') {
      element.style.position = ABSOLUTE;
    }
    
    return {
      x: element.offsetLeft,
      y: element.offsetTop,
      width: element.offsetWidth,
      height: element.offsetHeight
    };
          
  },
  
  /**
   * Add an event listener. VML override for normalizing event parameters.
   * @param {String} eventType
   * @param {Function} handler
   */
  on: function(eventType, handler) {
    // simplest possible event model for internal use
    this.element['on'+ eventType] = function() {
      var evt = win.event;
      evt.target = evt.srcElement;
      handler(evt);
    };
    return this;
  },
  
  
  /**
   * VML override private method to update elements based on internal 
   * properties based on SVG transform
   */
  updateTransform: function(hash) { 
    // aligning non added elements is expensive
    if (!this.added) {
      this.alignOnAdd = true;
      return;
    }
    
    var wrapper = this,
      elem = wrapper.element,
      translateX = wrapper.translateX || 0,
      translateY = wrapper.translateY || 0,
      x = wrapper.x || 0,
      y = wrapper.y || 0,
      align = wrapper.textAlign || 'left',
      alignCorrection = { left: 0, center: 0.5, right: 1 }[align],
      nonLeft = align && align != 'left';
    
    // apply translate
    if (translateX || translateY) {
      wrapper.css({
        marginLeft: translateX,
        marginTop: translateY
      });
    }
    
    // apply inversion
    if (wrapper.inverted) { // wrapper is a group
      each(elem.childNodes, function(child) {
        wrapper.renderer.invertChild(child, elem);
      });
    }
    
    if (elem.tagName == 'SPAN') {
      
      var width, height,
        rotation = wrapper.rotation,
        lineHeight,
        radians = 0,
        costheta = 1,
        sintheta = 0,
        quad,
        textWidth = pInt(wrapper.textWidth),
        xCorr = wrapper.xCorr || 0,
        yCorr = wrapper.yCorr || 0,
        currentTextTransform = [rotation, align, elem.innerHTML, wrapper.textWidth].join(',');
        
      if (currentTextTransform != wrapper.cTT) { // do the calculations and DOM access only if properties changed
        
        if (defined(rotation)) {
          radians = rotation * deg2rad; // deg to rad
          costheta = mathCos(radians);
          sintheta = mathSin(radians);        
           
          // Adjust for alignment and rotation.
          // Test case: http://highcharts.com/tests/?file=text-rotation
          css(elem, {
            filter: rotation ? ['progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Matrix(M11=', costheta, 
              ', M12=', -sintheta, ', M21=', sintheta, ', M22=', costheta, 
              ', sizingMethod=\'auto expand\')'].join('') : NONE
          });
        }
        
        width = elem.offsetWidth;
        height = elem.offsetHeight;
        
        // update textWidth
        if (width > textWidth) {
          css(elem, {
            width: textWidth +PX,
            display: 'block',
            whiteSpace: 'normal'
          });
          width = textWidth;
        }
        
        // correct x and y
        lineHeight = mathRound(pInt(elem.style.fontSize || 12) * 1.2);
        xCorr = costheta < 0 && -width;
        yCorr = sintheta < 0 && -height;
        
        // correct for lineHeight and corners spilling out after rotation
        quad = costheta * sintheta < 0;
        xCorr += sintheta * lineHeight * (quad ? 1 - alignCorrection : alignCorrection);
        yCorr -= costheta * lineHeight * (rotation ? (quad ? alignCorrection : 1 - alignCorrection) : 1);
        
        // correct for the length/height of the text
        if (nonLeft) {
          xCorr -= width * alignCorrection * (costheta < 0 ? -1 : 1);
          if (rotation) {
            yCorr -= height * alignCorrection * (sintheta < 0 ? -1 : 1);
          }
          css(elem, {
            textAlign: align
          });
        }
        
        // record correction
        wrapper.xCorr = xCorr;
        wrapper.yCorr = yCorr; 
      }
      
      // apply position with correction
      css(elem, {
        left: x + xCorr,
        top: y + yCorr
      });
      
      // record current text transform
      wrapper.cTT = currentTextTransform;
    }
  },
  
  /**
   * Apply a drop shadow by copying elements and giving them different strokes 
   * @param {Boolean} apply
   */
  shadow: function(apply) {
    var shadows = [],
      i,
      element = this.element,
      renderer = this.renderer,
      shadow,
      elemStyle = element.style,
      markup,
      path = element.path;
      
    // the path is some mysterious string-like object that can be cast to a string
    if (''+ element.path === '') {
      path = 'x';
    }
      
    if (apply) {
      for (i = 1; i <= 3; i++) {
        markup = ['<shape isShadow="true" strokeweight="', ( 7 - 2 * i ) ,
          '" filled="false" path="', path,
          '" coordsize="100,100" style="', element.style.cssText, '" />'];
        shadow = createElement(renderer.prepVML(markup),
          null, {
            left: pInt(elemStyle.left) + 1,
            top: pInt(elemStyle.top) + 1
          }
        );
        
        // apply the opacity
        markup = ['<stroke color="black" opacity="', (0.05 * i), '"/>'];
        createElement(renderer.prepVML(markup), null, null, shadow);        
        
        
        // insert it
        element.parentNode.insertBefore(shadow, element);
        
        // record it
        shadows.push(shadow);       
        
      }
      
      this.shadows = shadows;
    }
    return this;
  
  }
});
  
/**
 * The VML renderer
 */
VMLRenderer = function() {
  this.init.apply(this, arguments);
};
VMLRenderer.prototype = merge( SVGRenderer.prototype, { // inherit SVGRenderer
  
  isIE8: userAgent.indexOf('MSIE 8.0') > -1,
  

  /**
   * Initialize the VMLRenderer
   * @param {Object} container
   * @param {Number} width
   * @param {Number} height
   */
  init: function(container, width, height) {
    var renderer = this,
      boxWrapper;

    renderer.Element = VMLElement;
    renderer.alignedObjects = [];
    
    boxWrapper = renderer.createElement(DIV);
    container.appendChild(boxWrapper.element);
    
    
    // generate the containing box
    renderer.box = boxWrapper.element;
    renderer.boxWrapper = boxWrapper;
    
    
    renderer.setSize(width, height, false);
    
    // The only way to make IE6 and IE7 print is to use a global namespace. However,
    // with IE8 the only way to make the dynamic shapes visible in screen and print mode
    // seems to be to add the xmlns attribute and the behaviour style inline. 
    if (!doc.namespaces.hcv) {      
      
      doc.namespaces.add('hcv', 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml');
      
      // setup default css
      doc.createStyleSheet().cssText = 
        'hcv\\:fill, hcv\\:path, hcv\\:shape, hcv\\:stroke'+
        '{ behavior:url(#default#VML); display: inline-block; } ';
      
    } 
  },
  
  /**
   * Define a clipping rectangle. In VML it is accomplished by storing the values
   * for setting the CSS style to all associated members.
   * 
   * @param {Number} x
   * @param {Number} y
   * @param {Number} width
   * @param {Number} height
   */
  clipRect: function (x, y, width, height) {
        
    // create a dummy element
    var clipRect = this.createElement();
    
    // mimic a rectangle with its style object for automatic updating in attr
    return extend(clipRect, {
      members: [],
      left: x,
      top: y,
      width: width,
      height: height,
      getCSS: function(inverted) {
        var rect = this,//clipRect.element.style,
          top = rect.top,
          left = rect.left,
          right = left + rect.width,
          bottom = top + rect.height,
          ret = {
            clip: 'rect('+ 
              mathRound(inverted ? left : top) + 'px,'+ 
              mathRound(inverted ? bottom : right) + 'px,'+ 
              mathRound(inverted ? right : bottom) + 'px,'+ 
              mathRound(inverted ? top : left) +'px)'
          };
          
        // issue 74 workaround
        if (!inverted && docMode8) {
          extend(ret, {
            width: right +PX,
            height: bottom +PX
          });
        }
        return ret;
      },
      
      // used in attr and animation to update the clipping of all members
      updateClipping: function() {
        each(clipRect.members, function(member) {
          member.css(clipRect.getCSS(member.inverted));
        });
      }
    });
    
  },
  
  
  /**
   * Take a color and return it if it's a string, make it a gradient if it's a
   * gradient configuration object, and apply opacity.
   * 
   * @param {Object} color The color or config object
   */
  color: function(color, elem, prop) {
    var colorObject,
      regexRgba = /^rgba/,
      markup;
      
    if (color && color.linearGradient) {
      
      var stopColor, 
        stopOpacity,
        linearGradient = color.linearGradient,
        angle,
        color1,
        opacity1,
        color2,
        opacity2; 
        
      each(color.stops, function(stop, i) {
        if (regexRgba.test(stop[1])) {
          colorObject = Color(stop[1]);
          stopColor = colorObject.get('rgb');
          stopOpacity = colorObject.get('a');
        } else {
          stopColor = stop[1];
          stopOpacity = 1;
        }
        
        if (!i) { // first
          color1 = stopColor;
          opacity1 = stopOpacity;
        } else {
          color2 = stopColor;
          opacity2 = stopOpacity;
        }
      });
      
      
      
      // calculate the angle based on the linear vector
      angle = 90  - math.atan(
        (linearGradient[3] - linearGradient[1]) / // y vector
        (linearGradient[2] - linearGradient[0]) // x vector
        ) * 180 / mathPI;
      
      // when colors attribute is used, the meanings of opacity and o:opacity2
      // are reversed.
      markup = ['<', prop, ' colors="0% ', color1, ',100% ', color2, '" angle="', angle,
        '" opacity="', opacity2, '" o:opacity2="', opacity1,
        '" type="gradient" focus="100%" />'];
      createElement(this.prepVML(markup), null, null, elem);
      
      
    
    // if the color is an rgba color, split it and add a fill node
    // to hold the opacity component
    } else if (regexRgba.test(color) && elem.tagName != 'IMG') {
      
      colorObject = Color(color);
      
      markup = ['<', prop, ' opacity="', colorObject.get('a'), '"/>'];
      createElement(this.prepVML(markup), null, null, elem);
      
      return colorObject.get('rgb');
      
      
    } else {
      return color;
    }
    
  },
  
  /**
   * Take a VML string and prepare it for either IE8 or IE6/IE7. 
   * @param {Array} markup A string array of the VML markup to prepare
   */
  prepVML: function(markup) {
    var vmlStyle = 'display:inline-block;behavior:url(#default#VML);',
      isIE8 = this.isIE8;
  
    markup = markup.join('');
    
    if (isIE8) { // add xmlns and style inline
      markup = markup.replace('/>', ' xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" />');
      if (markup.indexOf('style="') == -1) {
        markup = markup.replace('/>', ' style="'+ vmlStyle +'" />');
      } else {
        markup = markup.replace('style="', 'style="'+ vmlStyle);
      }

    } else { // add namespace
      markup = markup.replace('<', '<hcv:');
    }

    return markup;
  },
  
  /**
   * Create rotated and aligned text
   * @param {String} str
   * @param {Number} x
   * @param {Number} y
   */
  text: function(str, x, y) {
    
    var defaultChartStyle = defaultOptions.chart.style; 
      
    return this.createElement('span')
      .attr({
        text: str,
        x: mathRound(x),
        y: mathRound(y)
      })
      .css({
        whiteSpace: 'nowrap',
        fontFamily: defaultChartStyle.fontFamily,
        fontSize: defaultChartStyle.fontSize
      });
  },
  
  /**
   * Create and return a path element
   * @param {Array} path
   */
  path: function (path) {
    // create the shape
    return this.createElement('shape').attr({
      // subpixel precision down to 0.1 (width and height = 10px)
      coordsize: '100 100',
      d: path
    });
  },
  
  /**
   * Create and return a circle element. In VML circles are implemented as
   * shapes, which is faster than v:oval
   * @param {Number} x
   * @param {Number} y
   * @param {Number} r
   */
  circle: function(x, y, r) {
    return this.path(this.symbols.circle(x, y, r));
  },
  
  /**
   * Create a group using an outer div and an inner v:group to allow rotating 
   * and flipping. A simple v:group would have problems with positioning
   * child HTML elements and CSS clip.
   * 
   * @param {String} name The name of the group
   */
  g: function(name) {
    var wrapper,
      attribs;
    
    // set the class name 
    if (name) {
      attribs = { 'className': PREFIX + name, 'class': PREFIX + name };
    }
    
    // the div to hold HTML and clipping  
    wrapper = this.createElement(DIV).attr(attribs);
    
    return wrapper;
  },
  
  /**
   * VML override to create a regular HTML image
   * @param {String} src
   * @param {Number} x
   * @param {Number} y
   * @param {Number} width
   * @param {Number} height
   */
  image: function(src, x, y, width, height) {
    var obj = this.createElement('img')
      .attr({ src: src });
      
    if (arguments.length > 1) {
      obj.css({
        left: x,
        top: y,
        width: width,
        height: height
      });
    }
    return obj;
  },
  
  /**
   * VML uses a shape for rect to overcome bugs and rotation problems
   */
  rect: function(x, y, width, height, r, strokeWidth) {
    
    if (isObject(x)) {
      y = x.y;
      width = x.width;
      height = x.height;
      r = x.r;
      x = x.x;
    }
    var wrapper = this.symbol('rect');
    wrapper.r = r;
    
    return wrapper.attr(wrapper.crisp(strokeWidth, x, y, mathMax(width, 0), mathMax(height, 0)));
  },
  
  /**
   * In the VML renderer, each child of an inverted div (group) is inverted
   * @param {Object} element
   * @param {Object} parentNode
   */
  invertChild: function(element, parentNode) {
    var parentStyle = parentNode.style;
      
    css(element, { 
      flip: 'x',
      left: pInt(parentStyle.width) - 10,
      top: pInt(parentStyle.height) - 10,
      rotation: -90
    });
  },
  
  /**
   * Symbol definitions that override the parent SVG renderer's symbols
   * 
   */
  symbols: {
    // VML specific arc function
    arc: function (x, y, radius, options) {
      var start = options.start,
        end = options.end,
        cosStart = mathCos(start),
        sinStart = mathSin(start),
        cosEnd = mathCos(end),
        sinEnd = mathSin(end),
        innerRadius = options.innerR,
        circleCorrection = 0.07 / radius,
        innerCorrection = innerRadius && 0.1 / innerRadius || 0;
        
      if (end - start === 0) { // no angle, don't show it. 
        return ['x'];
        
      //} else if (end - start == 2 * mathPI) { // full circle
      } else if (2 * mathPI - end + start < circleCorrection) { // full circle
        // empirical correction found by trying out the limits for different radii
        cosEnd = - circleCorrection;
      } else if (end - start < innerCorrection) { // issue #186, another mysterious VML arc problem
        cosEnd = mathCos(start + innerCorrection);
      }
                
      return [
        'wa', // clockwise arc to
        x - radius, // left
        y - radius, // top
        x + radius, // right
        y + radius, // bottom
        x + radius * cosStart, // start x
        y + radius * sinStart, // start y
        x + radius * cosEnd, // end x
        y + radius * sinEnd, // end y
        
        
        'at', // anti clockwise arc to
        x - innerRadius, // left
        y - innerRadius, // top
        x + innerRadius, // right
        y + innerRadius, // bottom
        x + innerRadius * cosEnd, // start x
        y + innerRadius * sinEnd, // start y
        x + innerRadius * cosStart, // end x
        y + innerRadius * sinStart, // end y
        
        'x', // finish path
        'e' // close
      ];
      
    },
    // Add circle symbol path. This performs significantly faster than v:oval.
    circle: function (x, y, r) {
      return [
        'wa', // clockwisearcto
        x - r, // left
        y - r, // top
        x + r, // right
        y + r, // bottom
        x + r, // start x
        y,     // start y
        x + r, // end x
        y,     // end y
        //'x', // finish path
        'e' // close
      ];
    },
    /** 
     * Add rectangle symbol path which eases rotation and omits arcsize problems
     * compared to the built-in VML roundrect shape
     * 
     * @param {Number} left Left position
     * @param {Number} top Top position
     * @param {Number} r Border radius
     * @param {Object} options Width and height
     */
    
    rect: function (left, top, r, options) {
      if (!defined(options)) {
        return [];
      }
      var width = options.width,
        height = options.height,
        right = left + width,
        bottom = top + height;
    
      r = mathMin(r, width, height);
      
      return [
        M,
        left + r, top,
        
        L,
        right - r, top,
        'wa',
        right - 2 * r, top,
        right, top + 2 * r,
        right - r, top,
        right, top + r,
        
        L,
        right, bottom - r,
        'wa',
        right - 2 * r, bottom - 2 * r,
        right, bottom,
        right, bottom - r,
        right - r, bottom,
        
        L,
        left + r, bottom,
        'wa',
        left, bottom - 2 * r,
        left + 2 * r, bottom, 
        left + r, bottom,
        left, bottom - r,
        
        L,
        left, top + r,
        'wa',
        left, top,
        left + 2 * r, top + 2 * r,
        left, top + r,
        left + r, top,
        
        
        'x',
        'e'
      ];
        
    }
  }
});
}
/* **************************************************************************** 
 *                                                                            * 
 * END OF INTERNET EXPLORER <= 8 SPECIFIC CODE                                *
 *                                                                            *
 *****************************************************************************/

/**
 * General renderer
 */
var Renderer = hasSVG ? SVGRenderer : VMLRenderer;
  

/**
 * The chart class
 * @param {Object} options
 * @param {Function} callback Function to run when the chart has loaded
 */
function Chart (options, callback) {
  
  defaultXAxisOptions = merge(defaultXAxisOptions, defaultOptions.xAxis);
  defaultYAxisOptions = merge(defaultYAxisOptions, defaultOptions.yAxis);
  defaultOptions.xAxis = defaultOptions.yAxis = null;
    
  // Handle regular options
  options = merge(defaultOptions, options);
  
  // Define chart variables
  var optionsChart = options.chart,
    optionsMargin = optionsChart.margin,
    margin = isObject(optionsMargin) ?
      optionsMargin : 
      [optionsMargin, optionsMargin, optionsMargin, optionsMargin],
    optionsMarginTop = pick(optionsChart.marginTop, margin[0]),
    optionsMarginRight = pick(optionsChart.marginRight, margin[1]),
    optionsMarginBottom = pick(optionsChart.marginBottom, margin[2]),
    optionsMarginLeft = pick(optionsChart.marginLeft, margin[3]),
    spacingTop = optionsChart.spacingTop,
    spacingRight = optionsChart.spacingRight,
    spacingBottom = optionsChart.spacingBottom,
    spacingLeft = optionsChart.spacingLeft,
    spacingBox, 
    chartTitleOptions,
    chartSubtitleOptions,
    plotTop,
    marginRight,
    marginBottom,
    plotLeft,
    axisOffset,
    renderTo,
    renderToClone,
    container,
    containerId,
    containerWidth,
    containerHeight,
    chartWidth,
    chartHeight,
    oldChartWidth,
    oldChartHeight,
    chartBackground,
    plotBackground,
    plotBGImage,
    plotBorder,
    chart = this,
    chartEvents = optionsChart.events,
    runChartClick = chartEvents && !!chartEvents.click,
    eventType,
    isInsidePlot, // function
    tooltip,
    mouseIsDown,
    loadingDiv,
    loadingSpan,
    loadingShown,
    plotHeight,
    plotWidth,
    tracker,
    trackerGroup,
    placeTrackerGroup,
    legend,
    legendWidth,
    legendHeight,
    chartPosition,// = getPosition(container),
    hasCartesianSeries = optionsChart.showAxes,
    isResizing = 0,
    axes = [],
    maxTicks, // handle the greatest amount of ticks on grouped axes
    series = [], 
    inverted,
    renderer,
    tooltipTick,
    tooltipInterval,
    hoverX,
    drawChartBox, // function
    getMargins, // function
    resetMargins, // function
    setChartSize, // function
    resize,
    zoom, // function
    zoomOut; // function
    

  /**
   * Create a new axis object
   * @param {Object} chart
   * @param {Object} options
   */
  function Axis (chart, options) {

    // Define variables
    var isXAxis = options.isX,
      opposite = options.opposite, // needed in setOptions      
      horiz = inverted ? !isXAxis : isXAxis,
      side = horiz ? 
        (opposite ? 0 /* top */  : 2 /* bottom */) :
        (opposite ? 1 /* right*/ : 3 /* left */  ),
      stacks = {};
      
  
    options = merge(
        isXAxis ? defaultXAxisOptions : defaultYAxisOptions,
        [defaultTopAxisOptions, defaultRightAxisOptions, 
          defaultBottomAxisOptions, defaultLeftAxisOptions][side],
        options
      );
  
    var axis = this,
      isDatetimeAxis = options.type == 'datetime',
      offset = options.offset || 0,
      xOrY = isXAxis ? 'x' : 'y',
      axisLength,
      transA, // translation factor
      oldTransA, // used for prerendering
      transB = horiz ? plotLeft : marginBottom, // translation addend
      translate, // fn
      getPlotLinePath, // fn
      axisGroup,
      gridGroup,
      axisLine,
      dataMin,
      dataMax,
      associatedSeries,
      userSetMin,
      userSetMax,
      max = null,
      min = null,
      oldMin,
      oldMax,
      minPadding = options.minPadding,
      maxPadding = options.maxPadding,
      isLinked = defined(options.linkedTo),
      ignoreMinPadding, // can be set to true by a column or bar series
      ignoreMaxPadding,
      usePercentage,
      events = options.events,
      eventType,
      plotLinesAndBands = [],
      tickInterval,
      minorTickInterval,
      magnitude,
      tickPositions, // array containing predefined positions
      ticks = {},
      minorTicks = {},
      alternateBands = {},
      tickAmount,
      labelOffset,
      axisTitleMargin,// = options.title.margin,
      dateTimeLabelFormat,
      categories = options.categories,
      labelFormatter = options.labels.formatter ||  // can be overwritten by dynamic format
        function() {
          var value = this.value, 
            ret;
          
          if (dateTimeLabelFormat) { // datetime axis
            ret = dateFormat(dateTimeLabelFormat, value);
            
          } else if (tickInterval % 1000000 === 0) { // use M abbreviation
            ret = (value / 1000000) +'M';
            
          } else if (tickInterval % 1000 === 0) { // use k abbreviation
            ret = (value / 1000) +'k';
            
          } else if (!categories && value >= 1000) { // add thousands separators
            ret = numberFormat(value, 0);
          
          } else { // strings (categories) and small numbers
            ret = value;
          }
          return ret;
        },
        
      staggerLines = horiz && options.labels.staggerLines,
      reversed = options.reversed,
      tickmarkOffset = (categories && options.tickmarkPlacement == 'between') ? 0.5 : 0;    

    /**
     * The Tick class
     */
    function Tick(pos, minor) {
      var tick = this;
      tick.pos = pos;
      tick.minor = minor;
      tick.isNew = true;        
      
      if (!minor) {
        tick.addLabel();
      }
    }
    Tick.prototype = {
      /**
       * Write the tick label
       */
      addLabel: function() {
        var pos = this.pos,
          labelOptions = options.labels,
          str,
          withLabel = !((pos == min && !pick(options.showFirstLabel, 1)) ||
            (pos == max && !pick(options.showLastLabel, 0))),
          width = categories && horiz && categories.length && 
            !labelOptions.step && !labelOptions.staggerLines &&
            !labelOptions.rotation &&
            plotWidth / categories.length ||
            !horiz && plotWidth / 2,
          css,
          label = this.label;
          
        
        // get the string
        str = labelFormatter.call({
            isFirst: pos == tickPositions[0],
            isLast: pos == tickPositions[tickPositions.length - 1],
            dateTimeLabelFormat: dateTimeLabelFormat,
            value: (categories && categories[pos] ? categories[pos] : pos)
          });
        
        // prepare CSS
        css = width && { width: (width - 2 * (labelOptions.padding || 10)) +PX };
        css = extend(css, labelOptions.style);
        
        // first call
        if (label === UNDEFINED) {
          this.label =  
            defined(str) && withLabel && labelOptions.enabled ?
              renderer.text(
                  str,
                  0,
                  0
                )
                .attr({
                  align: labelOptions.align,
                  rotation: labelOptions.rotation
                })
                // without position absolute, IE export sometimes is wrong
                .css(css)
                .add(axisGroup):
              null;
              
        // update
        } else if (label) {
          label.attr({ text: str })
            .css(css);
        }
      },
      /**
       * Get the offset height or width of the label
       */
      getLabelSize: function() {
        var label = this.label;
        return label ? 
          ((this.labelBBox = label.getBBox()))[horiz ? 'height' : 'width'] :
          0;
        },
      /**
       * Put everything in place
       * 
       * @param index {Number}
       * @param old {Boolean} Use old coordinates to prepare an animation into new position
       */
      render: function(index, old) {
        var tick = this,
          major = !tick.minor,
          label = tick.label,
          pos = tick.pos,
          labelOptions = options.labels,
          gridLine = tick.gridLine,
          gridLineWidth = major ? options.gridLineWidth : options.minorGridLineWidth,
          gridLineColor = major ? options.gridLineColor : options.minorGridLineColor,
          dashStyle = major ? 
            options.gridLineDashStyle : 
            options.minorGridLineDashStyle,
          gridLinePath,
          mark = tick.mark,
          markPath,
          tickLength = major ? options.tickLength : options.minorTickLength,
          tickWidth = major ? options.tickWidth : (options.minorTickWidth || 0),
          tickColor = major ? options.tickColor : options.minorTickColor,
          tickPosition = major ? options.tickPosition : options.minorTickPosition,
          step = labelOptions.step,
          cHeight = old && oldChartHeight || chartHeight,
          attribs,
          x,
          y;
          
        // get x and y position for ticks and labels
        x = horiz ? 
          translate(pos + tickmarkOffset, null, null, old) + transB : 
          plotLeft + offset + (opposite ? (old && oldChartWidth || chartWidth) - marginRight - plotLeft : 0);
          
        y = horiz ?
          cHeight - marginBottom + offset - (opposite ? plotHeight : 0) :
          cHeight - translate(pos + tickmarkOffset, null, null, old) - transB;
          
        // create the grid line
        if (gridLineWidth) {
          gridLinePath = getPlotLinePath(pos + tickmarkOffset, gridLineWidth, old);
          
          if (gridLine === UNDEFINED) {
            attribs = {
              stroke: gridLineColor,
              'stroke-width': gridLineWidth
            };
            if (dashStyle) {
              attribs.dashstyle = dashStyle;
            }
            tick.gridLine = gridLine =
              gridLineWidth ?
                renderer.path(gridLinePath)
                  .attr(attribs).add(gridGroup) :
                null;
          } 
          if (gridLine && gridLinePath) {
            gridLine.animate({
              d: gridLinePath
            });
          }
        }
        
        // create the tick mark
        if (tickWidth) {
          
          // negate the length
          if (tickPosition == 'inside') {
            tickLength = -tickLength;
          }
          if (opposite) {
            tickLength = -tickLength;
          }
      
          markPath = renderer.crispLine([
            M, 
            x, 
            y, 
            L, 
            x + (horiz ? 0 : -tickLength), 
            y + (horiz ? tickLength : 0)
          ], tickWidth);
          
          if (mark) { // updating
            mark.animate({
              d: markPath
            });
          } else { // first time
            tick.mark = renderer.path(
              markPath
            ).attr({
              stroke: tickColor,
              'stroke-width': tickWidth
            }).add(axisGroup);
          }
        }
        
        // the label is created on init - now move it into place
        if (label) {
          x = x + labelOptions.x - (tickmarkOffset && horiz ? 
            tickmarkOffset * transA * (reversed ? -1 : 1) : 0); 
          y = y + labelOptions.y - (tickmarkOffset && !horiz ? 
            tickmarkOffset * transA * (reversed ? 1 : -1) : 0);
            
          // vertically centered
          if (!defined(labelOptions.y)) {
            y += parseInt(label.styles.lineHeight) * 0.9 - label.getBBox().height / 2;
          }
          
            
          // correct for staggered labels
          if (staggerLines) {
            y += (index % staggerLines) * 16;
          }
          // apply step
          if (step) {
            // show those indices dividable by step 
            label[index % step ? 'hide' : 'show']();
          }
          
          label[tick.isNew ? 'attr' : 'animate']({
            x: x,
            y: y
          });
          
        }
        
        tick.isNew = false;
      },
      /**
       * Destructor for the tick prototype
       */
      destroy: function() {
        var tick = this,
          n;
        for (n in tick) {
          if (tick[n] && tick[n].destroy) {
            tick[n].destroy();
          }
        }
      }
    };
    
    /**
     * The object wrapper for plot lines and plot bands
     * @param {Object} options
     */
    function PlotLineOrBand(options) {
      var plotLine = this;
      if (options) {
        plotLine.options = options;
        plotLine.id = options.id;
      }
      
      //plotLine.render()
      return plotLine;
    }
    
    PlotLineOrBand.prototype = {

    /**
     * Render the plot line or plot band. If it is already existing,
     * move it.
     */
    render: function () {
      var plotLine = this,
        options = plotLine.options,
        optionsLabel = options.label,
        label = plotLine.label,
        width = options.width,
        to = options.to,
        toPath, // bands only
        from = options.from,
        dashStyle = options.dashStyle,
        svgElem = plotLine.svgElem,
        path = [],
        addEvent,
        eventType,
        xs,
        ys,
        x,
        y,
        color = options.color,
        zIndex = options.zIndex,
        events = options.events,
        attribs;
      
      // plot line
      if (width) {
        path = getPlotLinePath(options.value, width);
        attribs = {
          stroke: color,
          'stroke-width': width
        };
        if (dashStyle) {
          attribs.dashstyle = dashStyle;
        }
      }
      
      // plot band
      else if (defined(from) && defined(to)) {
        // keep within plot area
        from = mathMax(from, min);
        to = mathMin(to, max);  
      
        toPath = getPlotLinePath(to);
        path = getPlotLinePath(from);
        if (path && toPath) {
          path.push(
            toPath[4],
            toPath[5],
            toPath[1],
            toPath[2]
          );
        } else { // outside the axis area
          path = null;
        }
        attribs = {
          fill: color
        };
      } else {
        return;
      }
      // zIndex 
      if (defined(zIndex)) {
        attribs.zIndex = zIndex;
      }
      
      // common for lines and bands
      if (svgElem) {
        if (path) {
          svgElem.animate({
            d: path
          }, null, svgElem.onGetPath);
        } else {
          svgElem.hide();
          svgElem.onGetPath = function() {
            svgElem.show();
          }
        }
      } else if (path && path.length) {
        plotLine.svgElem = svgElem = renderer.path(path)
          .attr(attribs).add();
          
        // events
        if (events) {
          addEvent = function(eventType) {
            svgElem.on(eventType, function(e) {
              events[eventType].apply(plotLine, [e]);
            });
          };
          for (eventType in events) {
            addEvent(eventType);
          }
        }
      }
      
      // the plot band/line label
      if (optionsLabel && defined(optionsLabel.text) && path && path.length && plotWidth > 0 && plotHeight > 0) {
        // apply defaults
        optionsLabel = merge({
          align: horiz && toPath && 'center',
          x: horiz ? !toPath && 4 : 10,
          verticalAlign : !horiz && toPath && 'middle',
          y: horiz ? toPath ? 16 : 10 : toPath ? 6 : -4,
          rotation: horiz && !toPath && 90
        }, optionsLabel);
        
        // add the SVG element
        if (!label) {
          plotLine.label = label = renderer.text(
              optionsLabel.text,
              0,
              0
            )
            .attr({
              align: optionsLabel.textAlign || optionsLabel.align,
              rotation: optionsLabel.rotation,
              zIndex: zIndex
            })
            .css(optionsLabel.style)
            .add();
        }
        
        // get the bounding box and align the label
        xs = [path[1], path[4], path[6] || path[1]];
        ys = [path[2], path[5], path[7] || path[2]];
        x = mathMin.apply(math, xs);
        y = mathMin.apply(math, ys);
        
        label.align(optionsLabel, false, {
          x: x,
          y: y,
          width: mathMax.apply(math, xs) - x,
          height: mathMax.apply(math, ys) - y
        });
        label.show();
        
      } else if (label) { // move out of sight
        label.hide();
      }
      
      // chainable
      return plotLine;
    },
    
    /**
     * Remove the plot line or band
     */
    destroy: function() {
      var obj = this,
        n;
        
      for (n in obj) {
        if (obj[n] && obj[n].destroy) {
          obj[n].destroy(); // destroy SVG wrappers
        }
        delete obj[n];
      }
      // remove it from the lookup
      erase(plotLinesAndBands, obj);
    }
    };
    
    
    /**
     * Get the minimum and maximum for the series of each axis 
     */
    function getSeriesExtremes() {
      var posStack = [],
        negStack = [],
        run;
        
      // reset dataMin and dataMax in case we're redrawing
      dataMin = dataMax = null;
      
      // get an overview of what series are associated with this axis
      associatedSeries = [];
      
      each(series, function(serie) {
        run = false;
        
        
        // match this axis against the series' given or implicated axis
        each(['xAxis', 'yAxis'], function(strAxis) {
          if (
            // the series is a cartesian type, and...
            serie.isCartesian &&
            // we're in the right x or y dimension, and...
            (strAxis == 'xAxis' && isXAxis || strAxis == 'yAxis' && !isXAxis) && (
              // the axis number is given in the options and matches this axis index, or
              (serie.options[strAxis] == options.index) || 
              // the axis index is not given
              (serie.options[strAxis] === UNDEFINED && options.index === 0)
            )
          ) {
            serie[strAxis] = axis;
            associatedSeries.push(serie);
            
            // the series is visible, run the min/max detection
            run = true;   
          }
        });
        // ignore hidden series if opted 
        if (!serie.visible && optionsChart.ignoreHiddenSeries) {
          run = false;
        }       
        
        if (run) {
          
          var stacking,
            posPointStack,
            negPointStack,
            stackKey,
            negKey;
    
          if (!isXAxis) {
            stacking = serie.options.stacking;
            usePercentage = stacking == 'percent';
  
            // create a stack for this particular series type
            if (stacking) {
              stackKey = serie.type + pick(serie.options.stack, '');
              negKey = '-'+ stackKey;
              serie.stackKey = stackKey; // used in translate
                  
              posPointStack = posStack[stackKey] || []; // contains the total values for each x
              posStack[stackKey] = posPointStack;
              
              negPointStack = negStack[negKey] || [];
              negStack[negKey] = negPointStack;
            }
            if (usePercentage) {
              dataMin = 0;
              dataMax = 99;     
            }
          } 
          if (serie.isCartesian) { // line, column etc. need axes, pie doesn't
            each(serie.data, function(point, i) {
              var pointX = point.x,
                pointY = point.y,
                isNegative = pointY < 0, 
                pointStack = isNegative ? negPointStack : posPointStack,
                key = isNegative ? negKey : stackKey,
                totalPos,
                pointLow;
              
              // initial values
              if (dataMin === null) {

                // start out with the first point
                dataMin = dataMax = point[xOrY]; 
              }
    
              // x axis
              if (isXAxis) {
                if (pointX > dataMax) {
                  dataMax = pointX;
                } else if (pointX < dataMin) {
                  dataMin = pointX;
                }
              }
              
              // y axis
              else if (defined(pointY)) {
                if (stacking) {
                  pointStack[pointX] = 
                    defined(pointStack[pointX]) ? 
                    pointStack[pointX] + pointY : pointY;
                }
                totalPos = pointStack ? pointStack[pointX] : pointY;
                pointLow = pick(point.low, totalPos);
                if (!usePercentage) {
                  if (totalPos > dataMax) {
                    dataMax = totalPos;
                  } else if (pointLow < dataMin) {
                    dataMin = pointLow;
                  }
                }
                if (stacking) {   
                  // add the series
                  if (!stacks[key]) {
                    stacks[key] = {};
                  }
                  stacks[key][pointX] = {
                    total: totalPos,
                    cum: totalPos 
                  };
                }
              }
            });
            
              
            // For column, areas and bars, set the minimum automatically to zero
            // and prevent that minPadding is added in setScale
            if (/(area|column|bar)/.test(serie.type) && !isXAxis) {
              if (dataMin >= 0) {
                dataMin = 0;
                ignoreMinPadding = true;
              } else if (dataMax < 0) {
                dataMax = 0;
                ignoreMaxPadding = true;
              }
            }
          }
        }
      });
      
    }
  
    /**
     * Translate from axis value to pixel position on the chart, or back
     * 
     */
    translate = function(val, backwards, cvsCoord, old) {
      var sign = 1,
        cvsOffset = 0,
        localA = old ? oldTransA : transA,
        localMin = old ? oldMin : min,
        returnValue;
        
      if (!localA) {
        localA = transA;
      }
        
      if (cvsCoord) {
        sign *= -1; // canvas coordinates inverts the value
        cvsOffset = axisLength;
      }
      if (reversed) { // reversed axis
        sign *= -1; 
        cvsOffset -= sign * axisLength;
      }
      
      if (backwards) { // reverse translation
        if (reversed) {
          val = axisLength - val;
        }
        returnValue = val / localA + localMin; // from chart pixel to value       
      
      } else { // normal translation
        returnValue = sign * (val - localMin) * localA + cvsOffset; // from value to chart pixel
      }
      
      return returnValue;
    };
    
    /**
     * Create the path for a plot line that goes from the given value on 
     * this axis, across the plot to the opposite side
     * @param {Number} value
     * @param {Number} lineWidth Used for calculation crisp line
     * @param {Number] old Use old coordinates (for resizing and rescaling)
     */
    getPlotLinePath = function(value, lineWidth, old) {
      var x1, 
        y1, 
        x2, 
        y2,
        translatedValue = translate(value, null, null, old),
        cHeight = old && oldChartHeight || chartHeight,
        cWidth = old && oldChartWidth || chartWidth,
        skip;
        
      x1 = x2 = mathRound(translatedValue + transB);
      y1 = y2 = mathRound(cHeight - translatedValue - transB);
      
      if (isNaN(translatedValue)) { // no min or max
        skip = true;
      
      } else if (horiz) { 
        y1 = plotTop;
        y2 = cHeight - marginBottom;
        if (x1 < plotLeft || x1 > plotLeft + plotWidth) {
          skip = true;
        }
      } else {
        x1 = plotLeft;
        x2 = cWidth - marginRight;
        if (y1 < plotTop || y1 > plotTop + plotHeight) {
          skip = true;
        }
      }
      return skip ? 
        null : 
        renderer.crispLine([M, x1, y1, L, x2, y2], lineWidth || 0);
    };
    
    /**
     * Take an interval and normalize it to multiples of 1, 2, 2.5 and 5
     * @param {Number} interval
     */
    function normalizeTickInterval(interval, multiples) {
      var normalized;
        
      // round to a tenfold of 1, 2, 2.5 or 5
      magnitude = multiples ? 1 : math.pow(10, mathFloor(math.log(interval) / math.LN10));
      normalized = interval / magnitude;
      
      // multiples for a linear scale
      if (!multiples) {
        multiples = [1, 2, 2.5, 5, 10];
        //multiples = [1, 2, 2.5, 4, 5, 7.5, 10];
        
        // the allowDecimals option
        if (options.allowDecimals === false) {
          if (magnitude == 1) {
            multiples = [1, 2, 5, 10];
          } else if (magnitude <= 0.1) {
            multiples = [1 / magnitude];
          }         
        }
      }
      
      // normalize the interval to the nearest multiple
      for (var i = 0; i < multiples.length; i++) {
        interval = multiples[i];
        if (normalized <= (multiples[i] + (multiples[i+1] || multiples[i])) / 2) {
          break;
        }
      }
      
      // multiply back to the correct magnitude
      interval *= magnitude;
      
      return interval;
    }
  
    /**
     * Set the tick positions to a time unit that makes sense, for example
     * on the first of each month or on every Monday.
     */
    function setDateTimeTickPositions() {
      tickPositions = [];
      var i,
        useUTC = defaultOptions.global.useUTC,
        oneSecond = 1000 / timeFactor,
        oneMinute = 60000 / timeFactor,
        oneHour = 3600000 / timeFactor,
        oneDay = 24 * 3600000 / timeFactor,
        oneWeek = 7 * 24 * 3600000 / timeFactor,
        oneMonth = 30 * 24 * 3600000 / timeFactor,
        oneYear = 31556952000 / timeFactor,
      
        units = [[
          'second',           // unit name
          oneSecond,            // fixed incremental unit
          [1, 2, 5, 10, 15, 30]     // allowed multiples
        ], [
          'minute',           // unit name
          oneMinute,            // fixed incremental unit
          [1, 2, 5, 10, 15, 30]     // allowed multiples
        ], [
          'hour',             // unit name
          oneHour,            // fixed incremental unit
          [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12]      // allowed multiples
        ], [
          'day',              // unit name
          oneDay,             // fixed incremental unit
          [1, 2]              // allowed multiples
        ], [
          'week',             // unit name
          oneWeek,            // fixed incremental unit
          [1, 2]              // allowed multiples
        ], [
          'month',
          oneMonth,
          [1, 2, 3, 4, 6]
        ], [
          'year',
          oneYear,
          null
        ]],
      
        unit = units[6], // default unit is years
        interval = unit[1], 
        multiples = unit[2];
      
      // loop through the units to find the one that best fits the tickInterval
      for (i = 0; i < units.length; i++)  {
        unit = units[i];
        interval = unit[1];
        multiples = unit[2];
        
        
        if (units[i+1]) {
          // lessThan is in the middle between the highest multiple and the next unit.
          var lessThan = (interval * multiples[multiples.length - 1] + 
                units[i + 1][1]) / 2;
              
          // break and keep the current unit
          if (tickInterval <= lessThan) {
            break;
          }
        }
      }
      
      // prevent 2.5 years intervals, though 25, 250 etc. are allowed
      if (interval == oneYear && tickInterval < 5 * interval) {
        multiples = [1, 2, 5];
      }
  
      // get the minimum value by flooring the date
      var multitude = normalizeTickInterval(tickInterval / interval, multiples),
        minYear, // used in months and years as a basis for Date.UTC()
        minDate = new Date(min * timeFactor);
        
      minDate.setMilliseconds(0);
      
      if (interval >= oneSecond) { // second
        minDate.setSeconds(interval >= oneMinute ? 0 :
          multitude * mathFloor(minDate.getSeconds() / multitude));
      }
  
      if (interval >= oneMinute) { // minute
        minDate[setMinutes](interval >= oneHour ? 0 :
          multitude * mathFloor(minDate[getMinutes]() / multitude));
      }
  
      if (interval >= oneHour) { // hour
        minDate[setHours](interval >= oneDay ? 0 :
          multitude * mathFloor(minDate[getHours]() / multitude));
      }
  
      if (interval >= oneDay) { // day
        minDate[setDate](interval >= oneMonth ? 1 :
          multitude * mathFloor(minDate[getDate]() / multitude));
      }
          
      if (interval >= oneMonth) { // month
        minDate[setMonth](interval >= oneYear ? 0 :
          multitude * mathFloor(minDate[getMonth]() / multitude));
        minYear = minDate[getFullYear]();
      }
      
      if (interval >= oneYear) { // year
        minYear -= minYear % multitude;
        minDate[setFullYear](minYear);
      }
      
      // week is a special case that runs outside the hierarchy
      if (interval == oneWeek) {
        // get start of current week, independent of multitude
        minDate[setDate](minDate[getDate]() - minDate[getDay]() + 
          options.startOfWeek);
      }
      
      
      // get tick positions
      i = 1; // prevent crash just in case
      minYear = minDate[getFullYear]();
      var time = minDate.getTime() / timeFactor,
        minMonth = minDate[getMonth](),
        minDateDate = minDate[getDate]();
        
      // iterate and add tick positions at appropriate values
      while (time < max && i < plotWidth) {
        tickPositions.push(time);
        
        // if the interval is years, use Date.UTC to increase years
        if (interval == oneYear) {
          time = makeTime(minYear + i * multitude, 0) / timeFactor;
        
        // if the interval is months, use Date.UTC to increase months
        } else if (interval == oneMonth) {
          time = makeTime(minYear, minMonth + i * multitude) / timeFactor;
          
        // if we're using global time, the interval is not fixed as it jumps
        // one hour at the DST crossover
        } else if (!useUTC && (interval == oneDay || interval == oneWeek)) {
          time = makeTime(minYear, minMonth, minDateDate + 
            i * multitude * (interval == oneDay ? 1 : 7));
          
        // else, the interval is fixed and we use simple addition
        } else {
          time += interval * multitude;
        }
        
        i++;
      }
      // push the last time
      tickPositions.push(time);
      
      
      // dynamic label formatter 
      dateTimeLabelFormat = options.dateTimeLabelFormats[unit[0]];
    }
      
    /**
     * Fix JS round off float errors
     * @param {Number} num
     */
    function correctFloat(num) {
      var invMag, ret = num;
      if (defined(magnitude)) {
        invMag = (magnitude < 1 ? mathRound(1 / magnitude) : 1) * 10;
        ret = mathRound(num * invMag) / invMag;
      }
      return ret;
    }
        
    /**
     * Set the tick positions of a linear axis to round values like whole tens or every five.
     */
    function setLinearTickPositions() {
      
      var i,
        roundedMin = mathFloor(min / tickInterval) * tickInterval,
        roundedMax = mathCeil(max / tickInterval) * tickInterval;
        
      tickPositions = [];
      
      // populate the intermediate values
      i = correctFloat(roundedMin);
      while (i <= roundedMax) {
        tickPositions.push(i);
        i = correctFloat(i + tickInterval);
      }
      
    }
    
    /**
     * Set the tick positions to round values and optionally extend the extremes
     * to the nearest tick
     */
    function setTickPositions(secondPass) {
      var length,
        catPad,
        linkedParent,
        linkedParentExtremes,
        tickIntervalOption = options.tickInterval,
        tickPixelIntervalOption = options.tickPixelInterval,
        maxZoom = options.maxZoom || (
          isXAxis ? 
            mathMin(chart.smallestInterval * 5, dataMax - dataMin) : 
            null          
        ),
        zoomOffset;
        
      
      axisLength = horiz ? plotWidth : plotHeight;
      
      // linked axis gets the extremes from the parent axis
      if (isLinked) {
        linkedParent = chart[isXAxis ? 'xAxis' : 'yAxis'][options.linkedTo];
        linkedParentExtremes = linkedParent.getExtremes();
        min = pick(linkedParentExtremes.min, linkedParentExtremes.dataMin);
        max = pick(linkedParentExtremes.max, linkedParentExtremes.dataMax);
      }
      
      // initial min and max from the extreme data values
      else {
        min = pick(userSetMin, options.min, dataMin);
        max = pick(userSetMax, options.max, dataMax);
      }
      
      // maxZoom exceeded, just center the selection
      if (max - min < maxZoom) { 
        zoomOffset = (maxZoom - max + min) / 2;
        // if min and max options have been set, don't go beyond it
        min = mathMax(min - zoomOffset, pick(options.min, min - zoomOffset), dataMin);
        max = mathMin(min + maxZoom, pick(options.max, min + maxZoom), dataMax);
      }
        
      // pad the values to get clear of the chart's edges
      if (!categories && !usePercentage && !isLinked && defined(min) && defined(max)) {
        length = (max - min) || 1;
        if (!defined(options.min) && !defined(userSetMin) && minPadding && (dataMin < 0 || !ignoreMinPadding)) { 
          min -= length * minPadding; 
        }
        if (!defined(options.max) && !defined(userSetMax)  && maxPadding && (dataMax > 0 || !ignoreMaxPadding)) { 
          max += length * maxPadding;
        }
      }

      // get tickInterval
      if (min == max) {
        tickInterval = 1;
      } else if (isLinked && !tickIntervalOption &&
          tickPixelIntervalOption == linkedParent.options.tickPixelInterval) {
        tickInterval = linkedParent.tickInterval;
      } else {
        tickInterval = pick(
          tickIntervalOption,
          categories ? // for categoried axis, 1 is default, for linear axis use tickPix 
            1 : 
            (max - min) * tickPixelIntervalOption / axisLength
        );
      }
      
      if (!isDatetimeAxis && !defined(options.tickInterval)) { // linear
        tickInterval = normalizeTickInterval(tickInterval);
      }
      axis.tickInterval = tickInterval; // record for linked axis
      
      // get minorTickInterval
      minorTickInterval = options.minorTickInterval === 'auto' && tickInterval ?
          tickInterval / 5 : options.minorTickInterval;
      
      // find the tick positions
      if (isDatetimeAxis) {
        setDateTimeTickPositions();
      } else {
        setLinearTickPositions();
      }
      
      if (!isLinked) {
        // pad categorised axis to nearest half unit
        if (categories || (isXAxis && chart.hasColumn)) {
          catPad = (categories ? 1 : tickInterval) * 0.5;
          if (categories || !defined(pick(options.min, userSetMin))) {
            min -= catPad;
          }
          if (categories || !defined(pick(options.max, userSetMax))) {
            max += catPad;
          }
        }
        
        // reset min/max or remove extremes based on start/end on tick
        var roundedMin = tickPositions[0],
          roundedMax = tickPositions[tickPositions.length - 1];
        
        if (options.startOnTick) {
          min = roundedMin;
        } else if (min > roundedMin) {
          tickPositions.shift();
        }
        
        if (options.endOnTick) {
          max = roundedMax;
        } else if (max < roundedMax) {
          tickPositions.pop();
        }
      
        // record the greatest number of ticks for multi axis
        if (!maxTicks) { // first call, or maxTicks have been reset after a zoom operation
          maxTicks = {
            x: 0,
            y: 0
          };
        }
        
        if (!isDatetimeAxis && tickPositions.length > maxTicks[xOrY]) {
          maxTicks[xOrY] = tickPositions.length;
        }
      }
      
      
    }
    
    /**
     * When using multiple axes, adjust the number of ticks to match the highest
     * number of ticks in that group
     */ 
    function adjustTickAmount() {
          
      if (maxTicks && !isDatetimeAxis && !categories && !isLinked) { // only apply to linear scale
        var oldTickAmount = tickAmount,
          calculatedTickAmount = tickPositions.length;
          
        // set the axis-level tickAmount to use below
        tickAmount = maxTicks[xOrY];
        
        if (calculatedTickAmount < tickAmount) {
          while (tickPositions.length < tickAmount) {
            tickPositions.push( correctFloat(
              tickPositions[tickPositions.length - 1] + tickInterval
            ));
          }
          transA *= (calculatedTickAmount - 1) / (tickAmount - 1);
          max = tickPositions[tickPositions.length - 1];
        
        }
        if (defined(oldTickAmount) && tickAmount != oldTickAmount) {
          axis.isDirty = true;  
        }
      }
      
    }
  
    /**
     * Set the scale based on data min and max, user set min and max or options
     * 
     */
    function setScale() {
      var type, 
        i;
        
      oldMin = min;
      oldMax = max;
        
      // get data extremes if needed
      getSeriesExtremes();
          
      // get fixed positions based on tickInterval
      setTickPositions();
      
      // the translation factor used in translate function
      oldTransA = transA;
      transA = axisLength / ((max - min) || 1);
              
      // reset stacks
      if (!isXAxis) {
        for (type in stacks) {
          for (i in stacks[type]) {
            stacks[type][i].cum = stacks[type][i].total;
          }
        }
      }

      // mark as dirty if it is not already set to dirty and extremes have changed
      if (!axis.isDirty) {
        axis.isDirty = (min != oldMin || max != oldMax);
      }
      
    }
    
    /**
     * Set the extremes and optionally redraw
     * @param {Number} newMin
     * @param {Number} newMax
     * @param {Boolean} redraw
     * @param {Boolean|Object} animation Whether to apply animation, and optionally animation
     *    configuration
     * 
     */
    function setExtremes(newMin, newMax, redraw, animation) {
      
      redraw = pick(redraw, true); // defaults to true
        
      fireEvent(axis, 'setExtremes', { // fire an event to enable syncing of multiple charts
        min: newMin,
        max: newMax
      }, function() { // the default event handler
        
        userSetMin = newMin;
        userSetMax = newMax;
      
        
        // redraw
        if (redraw) {
          chart.redraw(animation);
        }
      });
      
    }
    
    /**
     * Get the actual axis extremes
     */
    function getExtremes() {
      return {
        min: min,
        max: max,
        dataMin: dataMin,
        dataMax: dataMax
      };
    }
    
    /**
     * Get the zero plane either based on zero or on the min or max value.
     * Used in bar and area plots
     */
    function getThreshold(threshold) {
      if (min > threshold) {
        threshold = min;
      } else if (max < threshold) {
        threshold = max;
      }
      
      return translate(threshold, 0, 1);
    }
    
    /**
     * Add a plot band or plot line after render time
     * 
     * @param options {Object} The plotBand or plotLine configuration object
     */
    function addPlotBandOrLine(options) {
      var obj = new PlotLineOrBand(options).render();
      plotLinesAndBands.push(obj);
      return obj;
    }
    
    /**
     * Render the tick labels to a preliminary position to get their sizes
     */
    function getOffset() {
      
      var hasData = associatedSeries.length && defined(min) && defined(max),
        titleOffset = 0,
        titleMargin = 0,
        axisTitleOptions = options.title,
        labelOptions = options.labels,
        directionFactor = [-1, 1, 1, -1][side];
      
      if (!axisGroup) {
        axisGroup = renderer.g('axis')
          .attr({ zIndex: 7 })
          .add();
        gridGroup = renderer.g('grid')
          .attr({ zIndex: 1 })
          .add();
      }
      
      labelOffset = 0; // reset
      
      if (hasData || isLinked) {
        each(tickPositions, function(pos) {
          if (!ticks[pos]) {
            ticks[pos] = new Tick(pos);
          } else {
            ticks[pos].addLabel(); // update labels depending on tick interval
          }
          
          // left side must be align: right and right side must have align: left for labels
          if (side === 0 || side == 2 || { 1: 'left', 3: 'right' }[side] == labelOptions.align) {
          
            // get the highest offset
            labelOffset = mathMax(
              ticks[pos].getLabelSize(),
              labelOffset
            );
          }
      
        });
        
        if (staggerLines) {
          labelOffset += (staggerLines - 1) * 16;
        }
      
      } else { // doesn't have data
        for (var n in ticks) {
          ticks[n].destroy();
          delete ticks[n];
        }
      }
      
      if (axisTitleOptions && axisTitleOptions.text) {
        if (!axis.axisTitle) {
          axis.axisTitle = renderer.text(
            axisTitleOptions.text,
            0,
            0
          )
          .attr({ 
            zIndex: 7,
            rotation: axisTitleOptions.rotation || 0,
            align: 
              axisTitleOptions.textAlign || 
              { low: 'left', middle: 'center', high: 'right' }[axisTitleOptions.align]
          })
          .css(axisTitleOptions.style)
          .add();
        }
        
        titleOffset = axis.axisTitle.getBBox()[horiz ? 'height' : 'width'];
        titleMargin = pick(axisTitleOptions.margin, horiz ? 5 : 10);
        
      }
      
      // handle automatic or user set offset
      offset = directionFactor * (options.offset || axisOffset[side]);
      
      axisTitleMargin = 
        labelOffset +
        (side != 2 && labelOffset && directionFactor * options.labels[horiz ? 'y' : 'x']) + 
        titleMargin;
      
      axisOffset[side] = mathMax(
        axisOffset[side], 
        axisTitleMargin + titleOffset + directionFactor * offset
      );
      
    }
    
    /**
     * Render the axis
     */
    function render() {
      var axisTitleOptions = options.title,
        alternateGridColor = options.alternateGridColor,
        lineWidth = options.lineWidth,
        lineLeft,
        lineTop,
        linePath,
        hasRendered = chart.hasRendered,
        slideInTicks = hasRendered && defined(oldMin) && !isNaN(oldMin),
        hasData = associatedSeries.length && defined(min) && defined(max);
      
      // update metrics
      axisLength = horiz ? plotWidth : plotHeight;
      transA = axisLength / ((max - min) || 1);
      transB = horiz ? plotLeft : marginBottom; // translation addend
      
      // If the series has data draw the ticks. Else only the line and title
      if (hasData || isLinked) {
        
        // minor ticks
        if (minorTickInterval && !categories) {
          var pos = min + (tickPositions[0] - min) % minorTickInterval;
          for (pos; pos <= max; pos += minorTickInterval) {
            if (!minorTicks[pos]) {
              minorTicks[pos] = new Tick(pos, true);
            }
            
            // render new ticks in old position
            if (slideInTicks && minorTicks[pos].isNew) {
              minorTicks[pos].render(null, true);
            }
          
            
            minorTicks[pos].isActive = true;
            minorTicks[pos].render();
          }
        }
        
        // major ticks
        each(tickPositions, function(pos, i) {
          // linked axes need an extra check to find out if 
          if (!isLinked || (pos >= min && pos <= max)) {
            
            // render new ticks in old position
            if (slideInTicks && ticks[pos].isNew) {
              ticks[pos].render(i, true);
            }
            
            ticks[pos].isActive = true;
            ticks[pos].render(i);
          }
        });
        
        // alternate grid color
        if (alternateGridColor) {
          each(tickPositions, function(pos, i) {
            if (i % 2 === 0 && pos < max) {
              /*plotLinesAndBands.push(new PlotLineOrBand({
                from: pos,
                to: tickPositions[i + 1] !== UNDEFINED ? tickPositions[i + 1] : max,
                color: alternateGridColor 
              }));*/
              
              if (!alternateBands[pos]) {
                alternateBands[pos] = new PlotLineOrBand();
              }
              alternateBands[pos].options = {
                from: pos,
                to: tickPositions[i + 1] !== UNDEFINED ? tickPositions[i + 1] : max,
                color: alternateGridColor 
              };
              alternateBands[pos].render();
              alternateBands[pos].isActive = true;
            }
          });
        }
        
        // custom plot bands (behind grid lines)
        /*if (!hasRendered) { // only first time
          each(options.plotBands || [], function(plotBandOptions) {
            plotLinesAndBands.push(new PlotLineOrBand(
              extend({ zIndex: 1 }, plotBandOptions)
            ).render());
          });
        }*/
        
        
        
        
        // custom plot lines and bands
        if (!hasRendered) { // only first time
          each((options.plotLines || []).concat(options.plotBands || []), function(plotLineOptions) {
            plotLinesAndBands.push(new PlotLineOrBand(plotLineOptions).render());
          });
        }
        
        
      
      } // end if hasData
      
      // remove inactive ticks
      each([ticks, minorTicks, alternateBands], function(coll) {
        for (var pos in coll) {
          if (!coll[pos].isActive) {
            coll[pos].destroy();
            delete coll[pos];
          } else {
            coll[pos].isActive = false; // reset
          }
        }
      });
        
        
      
      
      // Static items. As the axis group is cleared on subsequent calls
      // to render, these items are added outside the group.  
      // axis line
      if (lineWidth) {
        lineLeft = plotLeft + (opposite ? plotWidth : 0) + offset;
        lineTop = chartHeight - marginBottom - (opposite ? plotHeight : 0) + offset;
        
        linePath = renderer.crispLine([
            M,
            horiz ? 
              plotLeft: 
              lineLeft,
            horiz ? 
              lineTop: 
              plotTop,
            L, 
            horiz ? 
              chartWidth - marginRight : 
              lineLeft,
            horiz ? 
              lineTop:
              chartHeight - marginBottom
          ], lineWidth);
        if (!axisLine) {
          axisLine = renderer.path(linePath)
            .attr({ 
              stroke: options.lineColor, 
              'stroke-width': lineWidth,
              zIndex: 7
            })
            .add();
        } else {
          axisLine.animate({ d: linePath });
        }
          
      }
      
      if (axis.axisTitle) {
        // compute anchor points for each of the title align options
        var margin = horiz ? plotLeft : plotTop,
          fontSize = pInt(axisTitleOptions.style.fontSize || 12),
        // the position in the length direction of the axis
        alongAxis = { 
          low: margin + (horiz ? 0 : axisLength), 
          middle: margin + axisLength / 2, 
          high: margin + (horiz ? axisLength : 0)
        }[axisTitleOptions.align],
        
        // the position in the perpendicular direction of the axis
        offAxis = (horiz ? plotTop + plotHeight : plotLeft) +
          (horiz ? 1 : -1) * // horizontal axis reverses the margin
          (opposite ? -1 : 1) * // so does opposite axes
          axisTitleMargin +
          //(isIE ? fontSize / 3 : 0)+ // preliminary fix for vml's centerline
          (side == 2 ? fontSize : 0);
        
        axis.axisTitle[hasRendered ? 'animate' : 'attr']({
          x: horiz ? 
            alongAxis: 
            offAxis + (opposite ? plotWidth : 0) + offset +
              (axisTitleOptions.x || 0), // x
          y: horiz ? 
            offAxis - (opposite ? plotHeight : 0) + offset: 
            alongAxis + (axisTitleOptions.y || 0) // y
        });
        
      }
      
      axis.isDirty = false;
    }
    
    /**
     * Remove a plot band or plot line from the chart by id
     * @param {Object} id
     */
    function removePlotBandOrLine(id) {
      var i = plotLinesAndBands.length;
      while (i--) {
        if (plotLinesAndBands[i].id == id) {
          plotLinesAndBands[i].destroy();
        }
      }
    }
    
    /**
     * Redraw the axis to reflect changes in the data or axis extremes
     */
    function redraw() {
      
      // hide tooltip and hover states
      if (tracker.resetTracker) {
        tracker.resetTracker();
      }
    
      // render the axis
      render();     
      
      // move plot lines and bands
      each(plotLinesAndBands, function(plotLine) {
        plotLine.render();
      });
      
      // mark associated series as dirty and ready for redraw
      each(associatedSeries, function(series) {
        series.isDirty = true;
      });
            
    }
    
    /**
     * Set new axis categories and optionally redraw
     * @param {Array} newCategories
     * @param {Boolean} doRedraw
     */
    function setCategories(newCategories, doRedraw) {
        // set the categories
        axis.categories = categories = newCategories;
        
        // force reindexing tooltips
        each(associatedSeries, function(series) {
          series.translate();
          series.setTooltipPoints(true);
        });
        
        
        // optionally redraw
        axis.isDirty = true;
        
        if (pick(doRedraw, true)) {
          chart.redraw();
        }
    }
    
    
    
    // Run Axis
      
    // inverted charts have reversed xAxes as default
    if (inverted && isXAxis && reversed === UNDEFINED) {
      reversed = true;
    }
    
      
    // expose some variables
    extend(axis, {
      addPlotBand: addPlotBandOrLine,
      addPlotLine: addPlotBandOrLine,
      adjustTickAmount: adjustTickAmount,
      categories: categories,
      getExtremes: getExtremes,
      getPlotLinePath: getPlotLinePath,
      getThreshold: getThreshold,
      isXAxis: isXAxis,
      options: options,
      plotLinesAndBands: plotLinesAndBands,
      getOffset: getOffset,
      render: render,
      setCategories: setCategories,
      setExtremes: setExtremes,
      setScale: setScale,
      setTickPositions: setTickPositions,
      translate: translate,
      redraw: redraw,
      removePlotBand: removePlotBandOrLine,
      removePlotLine: removePlotBandOrLine,
      reversed: reversed,
      stacks: stacks
    });
    
    // register event listeners
    for (eventType in events) {
      addEvent(axis, eventType, events[eventType]);
    }
    
    // set min and max
    setScale();
  
  } // end Axis
  
  
  /**
   * The toolbar object
   * 
   * @param {Object} chart 
   */
  function Toolbar(chart) {
    var buttons = {};
    
    function add(id, text, title, fn) {
      if (!buttons[id]) {
        var button = renderer.text(
          text,
          0,
          0
        )
        .css(options.toolbar.itemStyle)
        .align({
          align: 'right',
          x: - marginRight - 20,
          y: plotTop + 30
        })
        .on('click', fn)
        /*.on('touchstart', function(e) {
          e.stopPropagation(); // don't fire the container event
          fn();
        })*/
        .attr({
          align: 'right', 
          zIndex: 20
        })
        .add();
        buttons[id] = button;
      }
    }
    function remove(id) {
      discardElement(buttons[id].element);
      buttons[id] = null;
    }
    
    // public
    return {
      add: add,
      remove: remove
    };
  }
  
  /**
   * The tooltip object
   * @param {Object} options Tooltip options
   */
  function Tooltip (options) {
    var currentSeries,
      borderWidth = options.borderWidth,
      crosshairsOptions = options.crosshairs,
      crosshairs = [],
      style = options.style,
      shared = options.shared,
      padding = pInt(style.padding),
      boxOffLeft = borderWidth + padding, // off left/top position as IE can't 
        //properly handle negative positioned shapes
      tooltipIsHidden = true,
      boxWidth,
      boxHeight,
      currentX = 0,     
      currentY = 0;
      
    // remove padding CSS and apply padding on box instead
    style.padding = 0;
    
    // create the elements
    var group = renderer.g('tooltip')
      .attr({ zIndex: 8 })
      .add(),
      
      box = renderer.rect(boxOffLeft, boxOffLeft, 0, 0, options.borderRadius, borderWidth)
        .attr({
          fill: options.backgroundColor,
          'stroke-width': borderWidth
        })
        .add(group)
        .shadow(options.shadow),
      label = renderer.text('', padding + boxOffLeft, pInt(style.fontSize) + padding + boxOffLeft)
        .attr({ zIndex: 1 })
        .css(style)
        .add(group);
        
    group.hide();
        
    /**
     * In case no user defined formatter is given, this will be used
     */
    function defaultFormatter() {
      var pThis = this,
        items = pThis.points || splat(pThis),
        xAxis = items[0].series.xAxis,        
        x = pThis.x,
        isDateTime = xAxis && xAxis.options.type == 'datetime',
        useHeader = isString(x) || isDateTime,
        series,
        s;
      
      // build the header 
      s = useHeader ? 
        ['<span style="font-size: 10px">',
        (isDateTime ? dateFormat('%A, %b %e, %Y', x) :  x),
        '</span><br/>'] : [];
            
      // build the values
      each(items, function(item) {
        s.push(item.point.tooltipFormatter(useHeader));
      });
      return s.join('');
    }
    
    /**
     * Provide a soft movement for the tooltip
     * 
     * @param {Number} finalX
     * @param {Number} finalY 
     */
    function move(finalX, finalY) {

      currentX = tooltipIsHidden ? finalX : (2 * currentX + finalX) / 3;
      currentY = tooltipIsHidden ? finalY : (currentY + finalY) / 2;
      
      group.translate(currentX, currentY);
      
      
      // run on next tick of the mouse tracker
      if (mathAbs(finalX - currentX) > 1 || mathAbs(finalY - currentY) > 1) {
        tooltipTick = function() {
          move(finalX, finalY);
        };
      } else {
        tooltipTick = null;
      }
    }
    
    /**
     * Hide the tooltip
     */
    function hide() {
      if (!tooltipIsHidden) {
        var hoverPoints = chart.hoverPoints;
        
        group.hide();
      
        each(crosshairs, function(crosshair) {
          if (crosshair) {
            crosshair.hide();
          }
        });
      
        // hide previous hoverPoints and set new
        if (hoverPoints) {
          each (hoverPoints, function(point) {
            point.setState();
          });
        }
        chart.hoverPoints = null;         
        
        
        tooltipIsHidden = true;
      }
          
    }
    
    /**
     * Refresh the tooltip's text and position. 
     * @param {Object} point
     * 
     */
    function refresh(point) {
      var x,
        y,
        boxX,
        boxY,
        show,
        bBox,
        plotX,
        plotY = 0,
        textConfig = {},
        text,
        pointConfig = [],
        tooltipPos = point.tooltipPos,
        formatter = options.formatter || defaultFormatter,
        hoverPoints = chart.hoverPoints,
        getConfig = function(point) {
          return {
            series: point.series,
            point: point,
            x: point.category, 
            y: point.y,
            percentage: point.percentage,
            total: point.total || point.stackTotal
          };
        };
        
      // shared tooltip, array is sent over
      if (shared) {
        
        // hide previous hoverPoints and set new
        if (hoverPoints) {
          each (hoverPoints, function(point) {
            point.setState();
          });
        }
        chart.hoverPoints = point;          
         
        each(point, function(item, i) {
          /*var series = item.series,
            hoverPoint = series.hoverPoint;
          if (hoverPoint) {
            hoverPoint.setState();
          }
          series.hoverPoint = item;*/
          item.setState(HOVER_STATE);
          plotY += item.plotY; // for average
          
          pointConfig.push(getConfig(item));
        });
        
        plotX = point[0].plotX;
        plotY = mathRound(plotY) / point.length; // mathRound because Opera 10 has problems here
        
        textConfig = {
          x: point[0].category
        };
        textConfig.points = pointConfig;
        point = point[0];
        
      // single point tooltip
      } else {
        textConfig = getConfig(point);
      }
      text = formatter.call(textConfig);
      
      // register the current series
      currentSeries = point.series;
      
      // get the reference point coordinates (pie charts use tooltipPos)
      plotX = shared ? plotX : point.plotX;
      plotY = shared ? plotY : point.plotY;
      x = mathRound(tooltipPos ? tooltipPos[0] : (inverted ? plotWidth - plotY : plotX));
      y = mathRound(tooltipPos ? tooltipPos[1] : (inverted ? plotHeight - plotX : plotY));
        
        
      // hide tooltip if the point falls outside the plot
      show = shared || !point.series.isCartesian || isInsidePlot(x, y);
      
      // update the inner HTML
      if (text === false || !show) { 
        hide();
      } else {
        
          // show it
        if (tooltipIsHidden) {
          group.show();
          tooltipIsHidden = false;
        }
        
        // update text
        label.attr({
          text: text
        });
        
        // get the bounding box
        bBox = label.getBBox();
        boxWidth = bBox.width + 2 * padding;
        boxHeight = bBox.height + 2 * padding;

        // set the size of the box
        box.attr({
          width: boxWidth,
          height: boxHeight,
          stroke: options.borderColor || point.color || currentSeries.color || '#606060'
        });
        
        // keep the box within the chart area
        boxX = x - boxWidth + plotLeft - 25;
        boxY = y - boxHeight + plotTop + 10;
        
        // it is too far to the left, adjust it
        if (boxX < 7) {
          boxX = 7;
          boxY -= 30;
        }
        
        
        if (boxY < 5) {
          boxY = 5; // above
        } else if (boxY + boxHeight > chartHeight) { 
          boxY = chartHeight - boxHeight - 5; // below
        }
        
        // do the move
        move(mathRound(boxX - boxOffLeft), mathRound(boxY - boxOffLeft));
        
        
      }
      
      
      // crosshairs
      if (crosshairsOptions) {
        crosshairsOptions = splat(crosshairsOptions); // [x, y]
        
        var path, 
          i = crosshairsOptions.length,
          attribs,
          axis;
        
        while (i--) {
          if (crosshairsOptions[i] && (axis = point.series[i ? 'yAxis' : 'xAxis'])) {
            path = axis
              .getPlotLinePath(point[i ? 'y' : 'x'], 1);
            if (crosshairs[i]) {
              crosshairs[i].attr({ d: path, visibility: VISIBLE });
            
            } else {
              attribs = {
                'stroke-width': crosshairsOptions[i].width || 1,
                stroke: crosshairsOptions[i].color || '#C0C0C0',
                zIndex: 2
              };
              if (crosshairsOptions[i].dashStyle) {
                attribs.dashstyle = crosshairsOptions[i].dashStyle;
              }
              crosshairs[i] = renderer.path(path)
                .attr(attribs)
                .add();
            }
          }
        }       
      }   
    }
    

    
    // public members
    return {
      shared: shared,
      refresh: refresh,
      hide: hide
    };  
  }
  
  /**
   * The mouse tracker object
   * @param {Object} chart
   * @param {Object} options
   */
  function MouseTracker (chart, options) {

    
    var mouseDownX, 
      mouseDownY,
      hasDragged,
      selectionMarker,
      zoomType = optionsChart.zoomType,
      zoomX = /x/.test(zoomType),
      zoomY = /y/.test(zoomType),
      zoomHor = zoomX && !inverted || zoomY && inverted,
      zoomVert = zoomY && !inverted || zoomX && inverted;
      
    /**
     * Add crossbrowser support for chartX and chartY
     * @param {Object} e The event object in standard browsers
     */
    function normalizeMouseEvent(e) {
      var ePos;
      
      // common IE normalizing
      e = e || win.event;
      if (!e.target) {
        e.target = e.srcElement;
      }
      
      // iOS
      ePos = e.touches ? e.touches.item(0) : e;
      
      // in certain cases, get mouse position
      if (e.type != 'mousemove' || win.opera) { // only Opera needs position on mouse move, see below
        chartPosition = getPosition(container);
      }

      // chartX and chartY
      if (isIE) { // IE including IE9 that has chartX but in a different meaning
        e.chartX = e.x;
        e.chartY = e.y;
      } else {
        if (ePos.layerX === UNDEFINED) { // Opera and iOS
          e.chartX = ePos.pageX - chartPosition.left;
          e.chartY = ePos.pageY - chartPosition.top;
        } else {
          e.chartX = e.layerX;
          e.chartY = e.layerY;
        }
      }
      
      return e;
    }
    
    /**
     * Get the click position in terms of axis values.
     * 
     * @param {Object} e A mouse event
     */
    function getMouseCoordinates(e) {
      var coordinates = {
        xAxis: [],
        yAxis: []
      }; 
      each(axes, function(axis, i) {
        var translate = axis.translate,
          isXAxis = axis.isXAxis,
          isHorizontal = inverted ? !isXAxis : isXAxis;
          
        coordinates[isXAxis ? 'xAxis' : 'yAxis'].push({
          axis: axis,
          value: translate(
            isHorizontal ? 
              e.chartX - plotLeft  : 
              plotHeight - e.chartY + plotTop,
            true
          )               
        });
      });
      return coordinates;
    }
    
    /**
     * With line type charts with a single tracker, get the point closest to the mouse
     */
    function onmousemove (e) {
      var point,
        points,
        hoverPoint = chart.hoverPoint,
        hoverSeries = chart.hoverSeries,
        i,
        j,
        distance = chartWidth,
        index = inverted ? e.chartY : e.chartX - plotLeft; // wtf?
        
      // shared tooltip
      if (tooltip && options.shared) {
        points = [];
        
        // loop over all series and find the ones with points closest to the mouse
        i = series.length;
        for (j = 0; j < i; j++) {
          if (series[j].visible && series[j].tooltipPoints.length) {
            point = series[j].tooltipPoints[index];
            point._dist = mathAbs(index - point.plotX);
            distance = mathMin(distance, point._dist);
            points.push(point);
          }
        }
        // remove furthest points
        i = points.length;
        while (i--) {
          if (points[i]._dist > distance) {
            points.splice(i, 1);
          }
        }
        // refresh the tooltip if necessary
        if (points.length && (points[0].plotX != hoverX)) {
          tooltip.refresh(points);
          hoverX = points[0].plotX;
        }
      }
      
      // separate tooltip and general mouse events
      if (hoverSeries && hoverSeries.tracker) { // only use for line-type series with common tracker
    
        // get the point
        point = hoverSeries.tooltipPoints[index];
        
        // a new point is hovered, refresh the tooltip
        if (point && point != hoverPoint) {
          
          // trigger the events
          point.onMouseOver();
          
        }       
      }
    }
        
    
    
    /**
     * Reset the tracking by hiding the tooltip, the hover series state and the hover point
     */
    function resetTracker() {
      var hoverSeries = chart.hoverSeries,
        hoverPoint = chart.hoverPoint;        

      if (hoverPoint) {
        hoverPoint.onMouseOut();
      }
      
      if (hoverSeries) {
        hoverSeries.onMouseOut();
      }
      
      if (tooltip) {
        tooltip.hide();
      }
      
      hoverX = null;
    }
    
    /**
     * Mouse up or outside the plot area
     */
    function drop() {
      if (selectionMarker) {
        var selectionData = {
            xAxis: [],
            yAxis: []
          },
          selectionBox = selectionMarker.getBBox(),
          selectionLeft = selectionBox.x - plotLeft,
          selectionTop = selectionBox.y - plotTop;
        
          
        // a selection has been made
        if (hasDragged) {
          
          // record each axis' min and max
          each(axes, function(axis, i) {
            var translate = axis.translate,
              isXAxis = axis.isXAxis,
              isHorizontal = inverted ? !isXAxis : isXAxis,
              selectionMin = translate(
                isHorizontal ? 
                  selectionLeft : 
                  plotHeight - selectionTop - selectionBox.height, 
                true
              ),
              selectionMax = translate(
                isHorizontal ? 
                  selectionLeft + selectionBox.width : 
                  plotHeight - selectionTop, 
                true
              );
                
              selectionData[isXAxis ? 'xAxis' : 'yAxis'].push({
                axis: axis,
                min: mathMin(selectionMin, selectionMax), // for reversed axes
                max: mathMax(selectionMin, selectionMax)
              });
              
          });
          fireEvent(chart, 'selection', selectionData, zoom);

        }
        selectionMarker = selectionMarker.destroy();
      }
      
      chart.mouseIsDown = mouseIsDown = hasDragged = false;
      removeEvent(doc, hasTouch ? 'touchend' : 'mouseup', drop);

    }
    
    /**
     * Set the JS events on the container element
     */
    function setDOMEvents () {
      var lastWasOutsidePlot = true;
      
      /*
       * Record the starting position of a dragoperation
       */
      container.onmousedown = function(e) {
        e = normalizeMouseEvent(e);
        
        // record the start position
        //e.preventDefault && e.preventDefault();
        
        chart.mouseIsDown = mouseIsDown = true;
        mouseDownX = e.chartX;
        mouseDownY = e.chartY;
        
        addEvent(doc, hasTouch ? 'touchend' : 'mouseup', drop);
      };
            
      // The mousemove, touchmove and touchstart event handler
      var mouseMove = function(e) {

        // let the system handle multitouch operations like two finger scroll
        // and pinching
        if (e && e.touches && e.touches.length > 1) {
          return;
        }
        
        // normalize
        e = normalizeMouseEvent(e);
        if (!hasTouch) { // not for touch devices
          e.returnValue = false;
        }
        
        var chartX = e.chartX,
          chartY = e.chartY,
          isOutsidePlot = !isInsidePlot(chartX - plotLeft, chartY - plotTop);
          
        // on touch devices, only trigger click if a handler is defined
        if (hasTouch && e.type == 'touchstart') {
          if (attr(e.target, 'isTracker')) {
            if (!chart.runTrackerClick) {
              e.preventDefault();
            } 
          } else if (!runChartClick && !isOutsidePlot) {
            e.preventDefault();
          }
        }
        
        // cancel on mouse outside
        if (isOutsidePlot) {
        
          if (!lastWasOutsidePlot) {
            // reset the tracker          
            resetTracker(); 
          }
          
          // drop the selection if any and reset mouseIsDown and hasDragged
          //drop();
          if (chartX < plotLeft) {
            chartX = plotLeft;
          } else if (chartX > plotLeft + plotWidth) {
            chartX = plotLeft + plotWidth;
          }
          
          if (chartY < plotTop) {
            chartY = plotTop;
          } else if (chartY > plotTop + plotHeight) {
            chartY = plotTop + plotHeight;
          } 
          
        } 
          
        if (mouseIsDown && e.type != 'touchstart') { // make selection
          
          // determine if the mouse has moved more than 10px
          if ((hasDragged = Math.sqrt(
            Math.pow(mouseDownX - chartX, 2) + 
            Math.pow(mouseDownY - chartY, 2)
          ) > 10)) {
          
            // make a selection
            if (hasCartesianSeries && (zoomX || zoomY) && 
                isInsidePlot(mouseDownX - plotLeft, mouseDownY - plotTop)) {
              if (!selectionMarker) {
                selectionMarker = renderer.rect(
                  plotLeft,
                  plotTop,
                  zoomHor ? 1 : plotWidth,
                  zoomVert ? 1 : plotHeight,
                  0
                )
                .attr({
                  fill: 'rgba(69,114,167,0.25)',
                  zIndex: 7
                })
                .add();
              }
            }
            
            // adjust the width of the selection marker
            if (selectionMarker && zoomHor) {
              var xSize = chartX - mouseDownX;
              selectionMarker.attr({
                width: mathAbs(xSize),
                x: (xSize > 0 ? 0 : xSize) + mouseDownX
              });
            }
            // adjust the height of the selection marker
            if (selectionMarker && zoomVert) {
              var ySize = chartY - mouseDownY;
              selectionMarker.attr({
                height: mathAbs(ySize),
                y: (ySize > 0 ? 0 : ySize) + mouseDownY
              });
            }
          }
          
        } else if (!isOutsidePlot) {
          // show the tooltip
          onmousemove(e);
        }
        
        lastWasOutsidePlot = isOutsidePlot;
        
        // when outside plot, allow touch-drag by returning true
        return isOutsidePlot || !hasCartesianSeries;
      };
      
      /*
       * When the mouse enters the container, run mouseMove
       */
      container.onmousemove = mouseMove;
      
      /*
       * When the mouse leaves the container, hide the tracking (tooltip).
       */
      addEvent(container, 'mouseleave', resetTracker);
      
      
      container.ontouchstart = function(e) {
        // For touch devices, use touchmove to zoom
        if (zoomX || zoomY) {
          container.onmousedown(e);
        }
        // Show tooltip and prevent the lower mouse pseudo event
        mouseMove(e);
      };
      
      /*
       * Allow dragging the finger over the chart to read the values on touch 
       * devices
       */
      container.ontouchmove = mouseMove;
      
      /*
       * Allow dragging the finger over the chart to read the values on touch 
       * devices
       */
      container.ontouchend = function() {
        if (hasDragged) {
          resetTracker();
        }
      };      
      
      
      // MooTools 1.2.3 doesn't fire this in IE when using addEvent
      container.onclick = function(e) {
        var hoverPoint = chart.hoverPoint;
        e = normalizeMouseEvent(e);
         
        e.cancelBubble = true; // IE specific
        
        
        if (!hasDragged) {
          if (hoverPoint && attr(e.target, 'isTracker')) {
            var plotX = hoverPoint.plotX,
              plotY = hoverPoint.plotY;
              
            // add page position info
            extend(hoverPoint, {
              pageX: chartPosition.left + plotLeft + 
                (inverted ? plotWidth - plotY : plotX),
              pageY: chartPosition.top + plotTop + 
                (inverted ? plotHeight - plotX : plotY)
            });
            
            // the series click event
            fireEvent(hoverPoint.series, 'click', extend(e, {
              point: hoverPoint
            }));
            
            // the point click event
            hoverPoint.firePointEvent('click', e);
          
          } else { 
            extend(e, getMouseCoordinates(e));
            
            // fire a click event in the chart
            if (isInsidePlot(e.chartX - plotLeft, e.chartY - plotTop)) {
              fireEvent(chart, 'click', e);
            }
          }
          
          
        }
        // reset mouseIsDown and hasDragged
        hasDragged = false;
      };
      
    }
    
    /**
     * Create the image map that listens for mouseovers
     */
    placeTrackerGroup = function() {
      
      // first create - plot positions is not final at this stage
      if (!trackerGroup) {
        chart.trackerGroup = trackerGroup = renderer.g('tracker')
          .attr({ zIndex: 9 })
          .add();
      
      // then position - this happens on load and after resizing and changing
      // axis or box positions
      } else {        
        trackerGroup.translate(plotLeft, plotTop);
        if (inverted) {
          trackerGroup.attr({
            width: chart.plotWidth,
            height: chart.plotHeight
          }).invert();
        }
      }     
    };
    
    
    // Run MouseTracker
    placeTrackerGroup();
    if (options.enabled) {
      chart.tooltip = tooltip = Tooltip(options);
    }
    
    setDOMEvents();
    
    // set the fixed interval ticking for the smooth tooltip
    tooltipInterval = setInterval(function() {
      if (tooltipTick) {
        tooltipTick();
      }
    }, 32);
    
    // expose properties
    extend(this, {
      zoomX: zoomX,
      zoomY: zoomY,
      resetTracker: resetTracker
    });
  }
  
  
  
  /**
   * The overview of the chart's series
   * @param {Object} chart
   */
  var Legend = function(chart) {

    var options = chart.options.legend;
      
    if (!options.enabled) {
      return;
    }
    
    var horizontal = options.layout == 'horizontal',
      symbolWidth = options.symbolWidth,
      symbolPadding = options.symbolPadding,
      allItems,
      style = options.style,
      itemStyle = options.itemStyle,
      itemHoverStyle = options.itemHoverStyle,
      itemHiddenStyle = options.itemHiddenStyle,
      padding = pInt(style.padding),
      rightPadding = 20,
      //lineHeight = options.lineHeight || 16,
      y = 18,
      initialItemX = 4 + padding + symbolWidth + symbolPadding,
      itemX,
      itemY,
      lastItemY,
      itemHeight = 0,
      box,
      legendBorderWidth = options.borderWidth,
      legendBackgroundColor = options.backgroundColor,
      legendGroup,
      offsetWidth,
      widthOption = options.width,
      series = chart.series,
      reversedLegend = options.reversed;
      
      
    
    /**
     * Set the colors for the legend item
     * @param {Object} item A Series or Point instance
     * @param {Object} visible Dimmed or colored
     */
    function colorizeItem(item, visible) {
      var legendItem = item.legendItem,
        legendLine = item.legendLine,
        legendSymbol = item.legendSymbol,
        hiddenColor = itemHiddenStyle.color,
        textColor = visible ? options.itemStyle.color : hiddenColor,
        symbolColor = visible ? item.color : hiddenColor;
      if (legendItem) {
        legendItem.css({ fill: textColor });
      }
      if (legendLine) {
        legendLine.attr({ stroke: symbolColor });
      }
      if (legendSymbol) {
        legendSymbol.attr({ 
          stroke: symbolColor,
          fill: symbolColor
        });
      }
    }
    
    /**
     * Position the legend item
     * @param {Object} item A Series or Point instance
     * @param {Object} visible Dimmed or colored
     */
    function positionItem(item, itemX, itemY) {
      var legendItem = item.legendItem,
        legendLine = item.legendLine,
        legendSymbol = item.legendSymbol,
        checkbox = item.checkbox;
      if (legendItem) {
        legendItem.attr({ 
          x: itemX,
          y: itemY
        });
      }
      if (legendLine) {
        legendLine.translate(itemX, itemY - 4);
      }
      if (legendSymbol) {
        legendSymbol.attr({
          x: itemX + legendSymbol.xOff, 
          y: itemY + legendSymbol.yOff
        });
      }
      if (checkbox) {
        checkbox.x = itemX;
        checkbox.y = itemY;
      }
    }
    
    /**
     * Destroy a single legend item
     * @param {Object} item The series or point
     */
    function destroyItem(item) {
      var checkbox = item.checkbox;
        
      // pull out from the array
      //erase(allItems, item);
        
      // destroy SVG elements
      each(['legendItem', 'legendLine', 'legendSymbol'], function(key) {
        if (item[key]) {
          item[key].destroy();
        }
      });
      
      if (checkbox) {
        discardElement(item.checkbox);
      }
      
      
    }
    
    
    /**
     * Position the checkboxes after the width is determined
     */ 
    function positionCheckboxes() {
      each(allItems, function(item) {
        var checkbox = item.checkbox;
        if (checkbox) {
          css(checkbox, {
            left: (legendGroup.attr('translateX') + item.legendItemWidth + checkbox.x - 40) +PX,
            top: (legendGroup.attr('translateY') + checkbox.y - 11) + PX 
          });
        }
      });
    }
    
    /**
     * Render a single specific legend item
     * @param {Object} item A series or point
     */
    function renderItem(item) {
      var bBox,
        itemWidth,
        legendSymbol,
        symbolX,
        symbolY,
        attribs,
        simpleSymbol,
        li = item.legendItem,
        series = item.series || item,
        i = allItems.length;
        
      
      if (!li) { // generate it once, later move it
      
        // let these series types use a simple symbol
        simpleSymbol = /^(bar|pie|area|column)$/.test(series.type);
        
        // generate the list item text
        item.legendItem = li = renderer.text(
            options.labelFormatter.call(item),
            0, 
            0
          )
          .css(item.visible ? itemStyle : itemHiddenStyle)
          .on('mouseover', function() {
            item.setState(HOVER_STATE);
            li.css(itemHoverStyle);
          })
          .on('mouseout', function() {
            li.css(item.visible ? itemStyle : itemHiddenStyle);
            item.setState();
          })
          .on('click', function(event) {
            var strLegendItemClick = 'legendItemClick',
              fnLegendItemClick = function() {
                item.setVisible();
              };
            
            // click the name or symbol
            if (item.firePointEvent) { // point
              item.firePointEvent(strLegendItemClick, null, fnLegendItemClick);
            } else {
              fireEvent(item, strLegendItemClick, null, fnLegendItemClick);
            }
          })
          .attr({ zIndex: 2 })
          .add(legendGroup);
        
        // draw the line
        if (!simpleSymbol && item.options && item.options.lineWidth) {
          var itemOptions = item.options;
            attribs = {
              'stroke-width': itemOptions.lineWidth,
              zIndex: 2
            };
          if (itemOptions.dashStyle) {
            attribs.dashstyle = itemOptions.dashStyle;
          }
          item.legendLine = renderer.path([
            M,
            -symbolWidth - symbolPadding, 
            0,
            L, 
            -symbolPadding, 
            0
          ])
          .attr(attribs)
          .add(legendGroup);
        }
          
        // draw a simple symbol
        if (simpleSymbol) { // bar|pie|area|column
          //legendLayer.drawRect(
          legendSymbol = renderer.rect(
            (symbolX = -symbolWidth - symbolPadding),
            (symbolY = -11),
            symbolWidth,
            12,
            2
          ).attr({
            'stroke-width': 0,
            zIndex: 3
          }).add(legendGroup);
        }
          
        // draw the marker
        else if (item.options && item.options.marker && item.options.marker.enabled) {
          legendSymbol = renderer.symbol(
            item.symbol,
            (symbolX = -symbolWidth / 2 - symbolPadding), 
            (symbolY = -4),
            item.options.marker.radius
          )
          .attr(item.pointAttr[NORMAL_STATE])
          .attr({ zIndex: 3 })
          .add(legendGroup);
        
          
        }
        if (legendSymbol) {
          legendSymbol.xOff = symbolX;
          legendSymbol.yOff = symbolY;
        }
        
        item.legendSymbol = legendSymbol;
          
        // colorize the items
        colorizeItem(item, item.visible);
        
        
        // add the HTML checkbox on top
        if (item.options && item.options.showCheckbox) {
          item.checkbox = createElement('input', {
            type: 'checkbox',
            checked: item.selected,
            defaultChecked: item.selected // required by IE7            
          }, options.itemCheckboxStyle, container);
          
          addEvent(item.checkbox, 'click', function(event) {
            var target = event.target;
            fireEvent(item, 'checkboxClick', { 
                checked: target.checked 
              }, 
              function() {
                item.select();
              }
            );
          });
        }
      }
      
      
      // calculate the positions for the next line
      bBox = li.getBBox();
      
      itemWidth = item.legendItemWidth =  
        options.itemWidth || symbolWidth + symbolPadding + bBox.width + rightPadding;
      itemHeight = bBox.height;
      
      // if the item exceeds the width, start a new line
      if (horizontal && itemX - initialItemX + itemWidth > 
          (widthOption || (chartWidth - 2 * padding - initialItemX))) {
        itemX = initialItemX;
        itemY += itemHeight;
      }   
      lastItemY = itemY;
      
      // position the newly generated or reordered items
      positionItem(item, itemX, itemY);
      
      // advance
      if (horizontal)  {
        itemX += itemWidth;
      } else {
        itemY += itemHeight;
      }
      
      // the width of the widest item
      offsetWidth = widthOption || mathMax(
        horizontal ? itemX - initialItemX : itemWidth, 
        offsetWidth
      );
      
          
      
      // add it all to an array to use below
      allItems.push(item);
    }

    /**
     * Render the legend. This method can be called both before and after
     * chart.render. If called after, it will only rearrange items instead
     * of creating new ones.
     */
    function renderLegend() {
      itemX = initialItemX;
      itemY = y;
      offsetWidth = 0;
      lastItemY = 0;
      
      allItems = [];
      
      if (!legendGroup) {
        legendGroup = renderer.g('legend')
          .attr({ zIndex: 7 })
          .add();
      }
      
      
      // add HTML for each series
      if (reversedLegend) {
        series.reverse();
      }
      each(series, function(serie) {
        if (!serie.options.showInLegend) {
          return;
        }
        
        // use points or series for the legend item depending on legendType
        var items = (serie.options.legendType == 'point') ?
          serie.data : [serie];
            
        // render all items
        each(items, renderItem);
      });
      if (reversedLegend) { // restore
        series.reverse();
      }
      
      
      
      // Draw the border
      legendWidth = widthOption || offsetWidth;
      legendHeight = lastItemY - y + itemHeight;
      
      if (legendBorderWidth || legendBackgroundColor) {
        legendWidth += 2 * padding;
        legendHeight += 2 * padding;
        
        if (!box) {
          box = renderer.rect(
            0, 
            0,
            legendWidth,
            legendHeight,
            options.borderRadius,
            legendBorderWidth || 0
          ).attr({
            stroke: options.borderColor,
            'stroke-width': legendBorderWidth || 0,
            fill: legendBackgroundColor || NONE
          })
          .add(legendGroup)
          .shadow(options.shadow);
        
        } else if (legendWidth > 0 && legendHeight > 0) {
          box.animate(
            box.crisp(null, null, null, legendWidth, legendHeight)
          );
        }
        
        // hide the border if no items
        box[allItems.length ? 'show' : 'hide']();
      }
      
      // 1.x compatibility: positioning based on style
      var props = ['left', 'right', 'top', 'bottom'],
        prop,
        i = 4;
      while(i--) {
        prop = props[i];
        if (style[prop] && style[prop] != 'auto') {
          options[i < 2 ? 'align' : 'verticalAlign'] = prop;
          options[i < 2 ? 'x' : 'y'] = pInt(style[prop]) * (i % 2 ? -1 : 1);
        }
      }
      
      legendGroup.align(extend(options, {
        width: legendWidth,
        height: legendHeight
      }), true, spacingBox);
      
      if (!isResizing) {
        positionCheckboxes();
      }
    }
    
    
    // run legend
    renderLegend();
    
    // move checkboxes
    addEvent(chart, 'endResize', positionCheckboxes);
    
    // expose 
    return {
      colorizeItem: colorizeItem,
      destroyItem: destroyItem,
      renderLegend: renderLegend
    };
  };
  
  
  
    
  

  /** 
   * Initialize an individual series, called internally before render time
   */
  function initSeries(options) {
    var type = options.type || optionsChart.type || optionsChart.defaultSeriesType,
      typeClass = seriesTypes[type],
      serie,
      hasRendered = chart.hasRendered;
      
    // an inverted chart can't take a column series and vice versa
    if (hasRendered) {
      if (inverted && type == 'column') {
        typeClass = seriesTypes.bar;
      } else if (!inverted && type == 'bar') {
        typeClass = seriesTypes.column;
      }
    }
    
    serie = new typeClass();
    
    serie.init(chart, options);
    
    // set internal chart properties
    if (!hasRendered && serie.inverted) {
      inverted = true;
    }
    if (serie.isCartesian) {
      hasCartesianSeries = serie.isCartesian;
    }
    
    series.push(serie);
    
    return serie;
  }

  /**
   * Add a series dynamically after  time
   * 
   * @param {Object} options The config options
   * @param {Boolean} redraw Whether to redraw the chart after adding. Defaults to true.
   * @param {Boolean|Object} animation Whether to apply animation, and optionally animation
   *    configuration
   * 
   * @return {Object} series The newly created series object
   */
  function addSeries(options, redraw, animation) {
    var series;
    
    if (options) {
      setAnimation(animation, chart);
      redraw = pick(redraw, true); // defaults to true
      
      fireEvent(chart, 'addSeries', { options: options }, function() {
        series = initSeries(options);
        series.isDirty = true;
        
        chart.isDirtyLegend = true; // the series array is out of sync with the display
        if (redraw) {
          chart.redraw();
        }
      });
    }
    
    return series;
  }
  
  /**
   * Check whether a given point is within the plot area
   * 
   * @param {Number} x Pixel x relative to the coordinateSystem
   * @param {Number} y Pixel y relative to the coordinateSystem
   */
  isInsidePlot = function(x, y) {
    return x >= 0 &&
      x <= plotWidth &&
      y >= 0 &&
      y <= plotHeight;
  };
    
  /**
   * Adjust all axes tick amounts
   */
  function adjustTickAmounts() {
    if (optionsChart.alignTicks !== false) {
      each(axes, function(axis) {
        axis.adjustTickAmount();
      });
    }
    maxTicks = null;
  }

  /**
   * Redraw legend, axes or series based on updated data
   * 
   * @param {Boolean|Object} animation Whether to apply animation, and optionally animation
   *    configuration
   */
  function redraw(animation) {
    var redrawLegend = chart.isDirtyLegend,
      hasStackedSeries,
      isDirtyBox = chart.isDirtyBox, // todo: check if it has actually changed?
      seriesLength = series.length,
      i = seriesLength,
      clipRect = chart.clipRect,
      serie;
      
    setAnimation(animation, chart);
    
    // link stacked series
    while (i--) {
      serie = series[i];
      if (serie.isDirty && serie.options.stacking) {
        hasStackedSeries = true;
        break;
      }
    }
    if (hasStackedSeries) { // mark others as dirty
      i = seriesLength;
      while (i--) {
        serie = series[i];
        if (serie.options.stacking) {
          serie.isDirty = true;
        }
      }
    }
    
    // handle updated data in the series    
    each(series, function(serie) {
      if (serie.isDirty) { // prepare the data so axis can read it
        serie.cleanData();
        serie.getSegments();
        
        if (serie.options.legendType == 'point') {
          redrawLegend = true;
        }
      }
    });
    
    // handle added or removed series
    if (redrawLegend && legend.renderLegend) { // series or pie points are added or removed
      // draw legend graphics
      legend.renderLegend();
      
      chart.isDirtyLegend = false;
    }
        
    if (hasCartesianSeries) {
      if (!isResizing) {
        
        // reset maxTicks
        maxTicks = null;        
        
        // set axes scales
        each(axes, function(axis) {
          axis.setScale();
        });
      }
      adjustTickAmounts();
      getMargins();
  
      // redraw axes
      each(axes, function(axis) {
        if (axis.isDirty || isDirtyBox) {
          axis.redraw();
          isDirtyBox = true; // always redraw box to reflect changes in the axis labels 
        }
      });
      
      
    }
    
    // the plot areas size has changed
    if (isDirtyBox) {
      drawChartBox();
      placeTrackerGroup();
      
      // move clip rect
      if (clipRect) {
        stop(clipRect);
        clipRect.animate({ // for chart resize
          width: chart.plotSizeX,
          height: chart.plotSizeY
        });
      }
    
    }
    
          
    // redraw affected series
    each(series, function(serie) {
      if (serie.isDirty && serie.visible && 
          (!serie.isCartesian || serie.xAxis)) { // issue #153 
        serie.redraw();
      }
    });
    
    
    // hide tooltip and hover states
    if (tracker && tracker.resetTracker) {
      tracker.resetTracker();
    }
    
    // fire the event
    fireEvent(chart, 'redraw');
  }
  
  
  
  /**
   * Dim the chart and show a loading text or symbol
   * @param {String} str An optional text to show in the loading label instead of the default one
   */
  function showLoading(str) {
    var loadingOptions = options.loading;

    // create the layer at the first call
    if (!loadingDiv) {
      loadingDiv = createElement(DIV, {
        className: 'highcharts-loading'
      }, extend(loadingOptions.style, {
        left: plotLeft + PX,
        top: plotTop + PX,
        width: plotWidth + PX,
        height: plotHeight + PX,
        zIndex: 10,
        display: NONE
      }), container);
      
      loadingSpan = createElement(
        'span', 
        null, 
        loadingOptions.labelStyle, 
        loadingDiv
      );

    }
    
    // update text
    loadingSpan.innerHTML = str || options.lang.loading;
    
    // show it
    if (!loadingShown) {
      css(loadingDiv, { opacity: 0, display: '' });
      animate(loadingDiv, {
        opacity: loadingOptions.style.opacity
      }, {
        duration: loadingOptions.showDuration
      });
      loadingShown = true;
    }
  }
  /**
   * Hide the loading layer
   */
  function hideLoading() {
    animate(loadingDiv, {
      opacity: 0
    }, {
      duration: options.loading.hideDuration, 
      complete: function() {
        css(loadingDiv, { display: NONE });
      }
    });
    loadingShown = false;
  }
  
  /**
   * Get an axis, series or point object by id.
   * @param id {String} The id as given in the configuration options
   */
  function get(id) {
    var i,
      j,
      data;
    
    // search axes
    for (i = 0; i < axes.length; i++) {
      if (axes[i].options.id == id) {
        return axes[i];
      }
    }
    
    // search series
    for (i = 0; i < series.length; i++) {
      if (series[i].options.id == id) {
        return series[i];
      }
    }
    
    // search points
    for (i = 0; i < series.length; i++) {
      data = series[i].data;
      for (j = 0; j < data.length; j++) {
        if (data[j].id == id) {
          return data[j];
        }
      }
    }
    return null;  
  }
  
  /** 
   * Create the Axis instances based on the config options
   */
  function getAxes() {
    var xAxisOptions = options.xAxis || {},
      yAxisOptions = options.yAxis || {},
      axis;
      
    // make sure the options are arrays and add some members
    xAxisOptions = splat(xAxisOptions);
    each(xAxisOptions, function(axis, i) {
      axis.index = i; 
      axis.isX = true;
    });
    
    yAxisOptions = splat(yAxisOptions);
    each(yAxisOptions, function(axis, i) {
      axis.index = i;
    });
    
    // concatenate all axis options into one array
    axes = xAxisOptions.concat(yAxisOptions);
    
    // loop the options and construct axis objects
    chart.xAxis = [];
    chart.yAxis = [];
    axes = map(axes, function(axisOptions) {
      axis = new Axis(chart, axisOptions);
      chart[axis.isXAxis ? 'xAxis' : 'yAxis'].push(axis);
      
      return axis;
    });
    
    adjustTickAmounts();
  }

  
  /**
   * Get the currently selected points from all series
   */
  function getSelectedPoints() {
    var points = [];
    each(series, function(serie) {
      points = points.concat( grep( serie.data, function(point) {
        return point.selected;
      }));
    });
    return points;
  }
  
  /**
   * Get the currently selected series
   */
  function getSelectedSeries() {
    return grep(series, function (serie) {
      return serie.selected;
    });
  }
  
  /**
   * Zoom out to 1:1
   */
  zoomOut = function () {
    fireEvent(chart, 'selection', { resetSelection: true }, zoom);
    chart.toolbar.remove('zoom');

  };
  /**
   * Zoom into a given portion of the chart given by axis coordinates
   * @param {Object} event
   */
  zoom = function (event) {
    
    // add button to reset selection
    var lang = defaultOptions.lang,
      animate = chart.pointCount < 100;
    chart.toolbar.add('zoom', lang.resetZoom, lang.resetZoomTitle, zoomOut);
    
    // if zoom is called with no arguments, reset the axes
    if (!event || event.resetSelection) {
      each(axes, function(axis) {
        axis.setExtremes(null, null, false, animate);
      });
    }
      
    // else, zoom in on all axes
    else {
      each(event.xAxis.concat(event.yAxis), function(axisData) {
        var axis = axisData.axis;
        
        // don't zoom more than maxZoom
        if (chart.tracker[axis.isXAxis ? 'zoomX' : 'zoomY']) {
          axis.setExtremes(axisData.min, axisData.max, false, animate);
        }
      });
    }
    
    // redraw chart
    redraw();
  };
  
  /**
   * Show the title and subtitle of the chart
   * 
   * @param titleOptions {Object} New title options
   * @param subtitleOptions {Object} New subtitle options
   * 
   */
  function setTitle (titleOptions, subtitleOptions) {
    
    chartTitleOptions = merge(options.title, titleOptions);
    chartSubtitleOptions = merge(options.subtitle, subtitleOptions);
    
    // add title and subtitle
    each([
      ['title', titleOptions, chartTitleOptions],
      ['subtitle', subtitleOptions, chartSubtitleOptions]
    ], function(arr) {
      var name = arr[0],
        title = chart[name],
        titleOptions = arr[1],
        chartTitleOptions = arr[2];
        
      if (title && titleOptions) {
        title.destroy(); // remove old
        title = null;
      }
      if (chartTitleOptions && chartTitleOptions.text && !title) {
        chart[name] = renderer.text(
          chartTitleOptions.text, 
          0,
          0
        )
        .attr({
          align: chartTitleOptions.align,
          'class': 'highcharts-'+ name,
          zIndex: 1
        })
        .css(chartTitleOptions.style)
        .add()
        .align(chartTitleOptions, false, spacingBox);
      }
    });
    
  }
  
  /**
   * Get chart width and height according to options and container size
   */
  function getChartSize() {

    containerWidth = (renderToClone || renderTo).offsetWidth;
    containerHeight = (renderToClone || renderTo).offsetHeight;
    chart.chartWidth = chartWidth = optionsChart.width || containerWidth || 600;
    chart.chartHeight = chartHeight = optionsChart.height || 
      // the offsetHeight of an empty container is 0 in standard browsers, but 19 in IE7:
      (containerHeight > 19 ? containerHeight : 400);
  }

  
  /**
   * Get the containing element, determine the size and create the inner container
   * div to hold the chart
   */
  function getContainer() {
    renderTo = optionsChart.renderTo;
    containerId = PREFIX + idCounter++;
  
    if (isString(renderTo)) {
      renderTo = doc.getElementById(renderTo);
    }
  
    // remove previous chart
    renderTo.innerHTML = '';
    
    // If the container doesn't have an offsetWidth, it has or is a child of a node
    // that has display:none. We need to temporarily move it out to a visible
    // state to determine the size, else the legend and tooltips won't render
    // properly 
    if (!renderTo.offsetWidth) {
      renderToClone = renderTo.cloneNode(0);
      css(renderToClone, {
        position: ABSOLUTE,
        top: '-9999px',
        display: ''
      });
      doc.body.appendChild(renderToClone);
    }
    
    // get the width and height
    getChartSize();
    
    // create the inner container
    chart.container = container = createElement(DIV, {
        className: 'highcharts-container' + 
          (optionsChart.className ? ' '+ optionsChart.className : ''),
        id: containerId
      }, extend({
        position: RELATIVE,
        overflow: HIDDEN, // needed for context menu (avoid scrollbars) and  
          // content overflow in IE
        width: chartWidth + PX,
        height: chartHeight + PX,
        textAlign: 'left'
      }, optionsChart.style),
      renderToClone || renderTo
    );
    
    chart.renderer = renderer = 
      optionsChart.forExport ? // force SVG, used for SVG export
        new SVGRenderer(container, chartWidth, chartHeight, true) : 
        new Renderer(container, chartWidth, chartHeight);
        
    // Issue 110 workaround:
    // In Firefox, if a div is positioned by percentage, its pixel position may land
    // between pixels. The container itself doesn't display this, but an SVG element
    // inside this container will be drawn at subpixel precision. In order to draw
    // sharp lines, this must be compensated for. This doesn't seem to work inside
    // iframes though (like in jsFiddle).
    var subPixelFix, rect;
    if (isFirefox && container.getBoundingClientRect) {
      subPixelFix = function() {
        css(container, { left: 0, top: 0 });
        rect = container.getBoundingClientRect();
        css(container, {
          left: (-rect.left % 1) + PX,
          top: (-rect.top % 1) + PX
        });
      };
      
      // run the fix now
      subPixelFix();
      
      // run it on resize
      addEvent(win, 'resize', subPixelFix);
      
      // remove it on chart destroy
      addEvent(chart, 'destroy', function() {
        removeEvent(win, 'resize', subPixelFix);
      });
    }
  }
  
  /**
   * Calculate margins by rendering axis labels in a preliminary position. Title,
   * subtitle and legend have already been rendered at this stage, but will be 
   * moved into their final positions
   */
  getMargins = function() {
    var legendOptions = options.legend,
      legendMargin = pick(legendOptions.margin, 10),
      legendX = legendOptions.x,
      legendY = legendOptions.y,
      align = legendOptions.align,
      verticalAlign = legendOptions.verticalAlign,
      titleOffset;

    resetMargins();

    // adjust for title and subtitle
    if ((chart.title || chart.subtitle) && !defined(optionsMarginTop)) {
      titleOffset = mathMax(
        chart.title && !chartTitleOptions.floating && !chartTitleOptions.verticalAlign && chartTitleOptions.y || 0, 
        chart.subtitle && !chartSubtitleOptions.floating && !chartSubtitleOptions.verticalAlign && chartSubtitleOptions.y || 0        
      );
      if (titleOffset) {
        plotTop = mathMax(plotTop, titleOffset + pick(chartTitleOptions.margin, 15) + spacingTop);
      }
    }
    // adjust for legend
    if (legendOptions.enabled && !legendOptions.floating) {
      if (align == 'right') { // horizontal alignment handled first
        if (!defined(optionsMarginRight)) {
          marginRight = mathMax(
            marginRight,
            legendWidth - legendX + legendMargin + spacingRight
          );
        }
      } else if (align == 'left') {
        if (!defined(optionsMarginLeft)) {
          plotLeft = mathMax(
            plotLeft,
            legendWidth + legendX + legendMargin + spacingLeft
          );
        }
        
      } else if (verticalAlign == 'top') {
        if (!defined(optionsMarginTop)) {
          plotTop = mathMax(
            plotTop, 
            legendHeight + legendY + legendMargin + spacingTop
          );
        }
      
      } else if (verticalAlign == 'bottom') {
        if (!defined(optionsMarginBottom)) {
          marginBottom = mathMax(
            marginBottom, 
            legendHeight - legendY + legendMargin + spacingBottom
          );
        }
      }
    }
    
    // pre-render axes to get labels offset width
    if (hasCartesianSeries) {
      each(axes, function(axis) {
        axis.getOffset();
      });
    }
    
    if (!defined(optionsMarginLeft)) {
      plotLeft += axisOffset[3];
    }
    if (!defined(optionsMarginTop)) {
      plotTop += axisOffset[0];
    }
    if (!defined(optionsMarginBottom)) {
      marginBottom += axisOffset[2];
    }
    if (!defined(optionsMarginRight)) {
      marginRight += axisOffset[1];
    }
    
    setChartSize();
    
  };
  
  /**
   * Add the event handlers necessary for auto resizing
   * 
   */
  function initReflow() {
    var reflowTimeout;
    function reflow() {
      var width = optionsChart.width || renderTo.offsetWidth,
        height = optionsChart.height || renderTo.offsetHeight;
      
      if (width && height) { // means container is display:none
        if (width != containerWidth || height != containerHeight) {
          clearTimeout(reflowTimeout);
          reflowTimeout = setTimeout(function() {
            resize(width, height, false);
          }, 100);
        }
        containerWidth = width;
        containerHeight = height;
      }
    }
    addEvent(window, 'resize', reflow);
    addEvent(chart, 'destroy', function() {
      removeEvent(window, 'resize', reflow);
    });
  }
  
  /**
   * Resize the chart to a given width and height
   * @param {Number} width
   * @param {Number} height
   * @param {Object|Boolean} animation
   */
  resize = function(width, height, animation) {
    var chartTitle = chart.title,
      chartSubtitle = chart.subtitle;
    
    isResizing += 1;
    
    // set the animation for the current process
    setAnimation(animation, chart);
    
    oldChartHeight = chartHeight;
    oldChartWidth = chartWidth;
    chartWidth = mathRound(width);
    chartHeight = mathRound(height);
    
    css(container, {
      width: chartWidth + PX,
      height: chartHeight + PX
    });
    renderer.setSize(chartWidth, chartHeight, animation);
    
    // update axis lengths for more correct tick intervals:
    plotWidth = chartWidth - plotLeft - marginRight; 
    plotHeight = chartHeight - plotTop - marginBottom;
    
    // handle axes
    maxTicks = null;
    each(axes, function(axis) {
      axis.isDirty = true;
      axis.setScale();
    });
    
    // make sure non-cartesian series are also handled
    each(series, function(serie) {
      serie.isDirty = true;
    });
    
    chart.isDirtyLegend = true; // force legend redraw
    chart.isDirtyBox = true; // force redraw of plot and chart border
    
    getMargins();
     
    // move titles
    if (chartTitle) {
      chartTitle.align(null, null, spacingBox);
    }
    if (chartSubtitle) {
      chartSubtitle.align(null, null, spacingBox);
    }
    
    redraw(animation);
    
    
    oldChartHeight = null;
    fireEvent(chart, 'resize');
    
    // fire endResize and set isResizing back 
    setTimeout(function() {
      fireEvent(chart, 'endResize', null, function() {
        isResizing -= 1;
      });
    }, globalAnimation && globalAnimation.duration || 500);
  };
  
  /**
   * Set the public chart properties. This is done before and after the pre-render
   * to determine margin sizes
   */
  setChartSize = function() {
    
    chart.plotLeft = plotLeft = mathRound(plotLeft);
    chart.plotTop = plotTop = mathRound(plotTop);
    chart.plotWidth = plotWidth = mathRound(chartWidth - plotLeft - marginRight);
    chart.plotHeight = plotHeight = mathRound(chartHeight - plotTop - marginBottom);
    
    chart.plotSizeX = inverted ? plotHeight : plotWidth;
    chart.plotSizeY = inverted ? plotWidth : plotHeight;
    
    spacingBox = {
      x: spacingLeft,
      y: spacingTop,
      width: chartWidth - spacingLeft - spacingRight,
      height: chartHeight - spacingTop - spacingBottom
    };
  };
  
  /**
   * Initial margins before auto size margins are applied
   */
  resetMargins = function() {
    plotTop = pick(optionsMarginTop, spacingTop);
    marginRight = pick(optionsMarginRight, spacingRight);
    marginBottom = pick(optionsMarginBottom, spacingBottom);
    plotLeft = pick(optionsMarginLeft, spacingLeft);
    axisOffset = [0, 0, 0, 0]; // top, right, bottom, left
  };
  
  /**
   * Draw the borders and backgrounds for chart and plot area
   */
  drawChartBox = function() {
    var chartBorderWidth = optionsChart.borderWidth || 0,
      chartBackgroundColor = optionsChart.backgroundColor,
      plotBackgroundColor = optionsChart.plotBackgroundColor,
      plotBackgroundImage = optionsChart.plotBackgroundImage,
      mgn,
      plotSize = {
        x: plotLeft,
        y: plotTop,
        width: plotWidth,
        height: plotHeight
      };

    // Chart area
    mgn = chartBorderWidth + (optionsChart.shadow ? 8 : 0);
      
    if (chartBorderWidth || chartBackgroundColor) {
      if (!chartBackground) {
        chartBackground = renderer.rect(mgn / 2, mgn / 2, chartWidth - mgn, chartHeight - mgn, 
            optionsChart.borderRadius, chartBorderWidth)
          .attr({ 
            stroke: optionsChart.borderColor,
            'stroke-width': chartBorderWidth,
            fill: chartBackgroundColor || NONE
          })
          .add()
          .shadow(optionsChart.shadow);
      } else { // resize
        chartBackground.animate(
          chartBackground.crisp(null, null, null, chartWidth - mgn, chartHeight - mgn)
        );
      }
    }
    
    
    // Plot background
    if (plotBackgroundColor) {
      if (!plotBackground) {
        plotBackground = renderer.rect(plotLeft, plotTop, plotWidth, plotHeight, 0)
          .attr({
            fill: plotBackgroundColor
          })
          .add()
          .shadow(optionsChart.plotShadow);
      } else {
        plotBackground.animate(plotSize);
      }
    }
    if (plotBackgroundImage) {
      if (!plotBGImage) {
        plotBGImage = renderer.image(plotBackgroundImage, plotLeft, plotTop, plotWidth, plotHeight)
          .add();
      } else {
        plotBGImage.animate(plotSize);
      }
    }
    
    // Plot area border
    if (optionsChart.plotBorderWidth) {
      if (!plotBorder) {
        plotBorder = renderer.rect(plotLeft, plotTop, plotWidth, plotHeight, 0, optionsChart.plotBorderWidth)
          .attr({
            stroke: optionsChart.plotBorderColor,
            'stroke-width': optionsChart.plotBorderWidth,
            zIndex: 4
          })
          .add();
      } else {
        plotBorder.animate(
          plotBorder.crisp(null, plotLeft, plotTop, plotWidth, plotHeight)
        );
      }
    }
    
    // reset
    chart.isDirtyBox = false;
  };
  
  /**
   * Render all graphics for the chart
   */
  function render () {
    var labels = options.labels,
      credits = options.credits,
      creditsHref;
    
    // Title
    setTitle();
    
    
    // Legend
    legend = chart.legend = new Legend(chart);
    
    // Get margins by pre-rendering axes
    getMargins();
    each(axes, function(axis) {
      axis.setTickPositions(true); // update to reflect the new margins 
    });
    adjustTickAmounts();
    getMargins(); // second pass to check for new labels
    
    
    // Draw the borders and backgrounds
    drawChartBox();
            
    // Axes
    if (hasCartesianSeries) {
      each(axes, function(axis) { 
        axis.render();
      });
    }
    
    
    // The series
    if (!chart.seriesGroup) {
      chart.seriesGroup = renderer.g('series-group')
        .attr({ zIndex: 3 })
        .add();
    }
    each(series, function(serie) {
      serie.translate();
      serie.setTooltipPoints();
      serie.render();
    });
    
    
    // Labels
    if (labels.items) {
      each(labels.items, function() {
        var style = extend(labels.style, this.style),
          x = pInt(style.left) + plotLeft,
          y = pInt(style.top) + plotTop + 12;
        
        // delete to prevent rewriting in IE
        delete style.left;
        delete style.top;
        
        renderer.text(
          this.html,
          x,
          y
        )
        .attr({ zIndex: 2 })
        .css(style)
        .add();
          
      });
    }
    
    // Toolbar (don't redraw)
    if (!chart.toolbar) {
      chart.toolbar = Toolbar(chart);
    }
    
    // Credits
    if (credits.enabled && !chart.credits) {
      creditsHref = credits.href;
      renderer.text(
        credits.text,
        0,
        0
      )
      .on('click', function() {
        if (creditsHref) {
          location.href = creditsHref;
        }
      })
      .attr({
        align: credits.position.align, 
        zIndex: 8
      })
      .css(credits.style)
      .add()
      .align(credits.position); 
    }
    
    placeTrackerGroup();

    // Set flag
    chart.hasRendered = true;
    
    // If the chart was rendered outside the top container, put it back in
    if (renderToClone) {
      renderTo.appendChild(container);
      discardElement(renderToClone);
      //updatePosition(container);
    }
  }
  
  /**
   * Clean up memory usage
   */
  function destroy() {
    var i = series.length,
      parentNode = container && container.parentNode;
    
    // fire the chart.destoy event
    fireEvent(chart, 'destroy');

    // remove events
    removeEvent(win, 'unload', destroy);
    removeEvent(chart);
    
    each(axes, function(axis) {
      removeEvent(axis);
    });

    // destroy each series
    while (i--) {
      series[i].destroy();
    }
    
    // remove container and all SVG
    if (container) { // can break in IE when destroyed before finished loading
      container.innerHTML = '';
      removeEvent(container);
      if (parentNode) {
        parentNode.removeChild(container);
      }
      
      // IE6 leak 
      container = null;
    }
    
    // IE7 leak
    if (renderer) { // can break in IE when destroyed before finished loading
      renderer.alignedObjects = null;
    }
      
    // memory and CPU leak
    clearInterval(tooltipInterval);
    
    // clean it all up
    for (i in chart) {
      delete chart[i];
    }
    
  }
  /**
   * Prepare for first rendering after all data are loaded
   */
  function firstRender() {

    // VML namespaces can't be added until after complete. Listening
    // for Perini's doScroll hack is not enough.
    var onreadystatechange = 'onreadystatechange';
    if (!hasSVG && win == win.top && doc.readyState != 'complete') {
      doc.attachEvent(onreadystatechange, function() {
        doc.detachEvent(onreadystatechange, firstRender);
        firstRender();
      });
      return;
    }
    
    // create the container
    getContainer();
    
    resetMargins();
    setChartSize();
    
    // Initialize the series
    each(options.series || [], function(serieOptions) {
      initSeries(serieOptions);
    });
  
    // Set the common inversion and transformation for inverted series after initSeries
    chart.inverted = inverted = pick(inverted, options.chart.inverted); 
      
    
    getAxes();
    
    
    chart.render = render;
    
    // depends on inverted and on margins being set 
    chart.tracker = tracker = new MouseTracker(chart, options.tooltip);
    
    //globalAnimation = false;
    render();
    
    fireEvent(chart, 'load');
    
    //globalAnimation = true;
    
    // run callbacks
    if (callback) {
      callback.apply(chart, [chart]);
    }
    each(chart.callbacks, function(fn) {
      fn.apply(chart, [chart]);
    });
  }
  
  // Run chart
    
  
    
  // Set to zero for each new chart
  colorCounter = 0;
  symbolCounter = 0;
  
  // Destroy the chart and free up memory. 
  addEvent(win, 'unload', destroy);
  
  // Set up auto resize
  if (optionsChart.reflow !== false) {
    addEvent(chart, 'load', initReflow);
  }
  
  // Chart event handlers
  if (chartEvents) {
    for (eventType in chartEvents) { 
      addEvent(chart, eventType, chartEvents[eventType]);
    }
  }
  
  
  chart.options = options;
  chart.series = series;

  
  
  
  
  
  // Expose methods and variables
  chart.addSeries = addSeries;
  chart.animation = pick(optionsChart.animation, true);
  chart.destroy = destroy;
  chart.get = get;
  chart.getSelectedPoints = getSelectedPoints;
  chart.getSelectedSeries = getSelectedSeries;
  chart.hideLoading = hideLoading;
  chart.isInsidePlot = isInsidePlot;
  chart.redraw = redraw;
  chart.setSize = resize;
  chart.setTitle = setTitle;
  chart.showLoading = showLoading;  
  chart.pointCount = 0;
  /*
  if ($) $(function() {
    $container = $('#container');
    var origChartWidth,
      origChartHeight;
    if ($container) {
      $('<button>+</button>')
        .insertBefore($container)
        .click(function() {
          if (origChartWidth === UNDEFINED) {
            origChartWidth = chartWidth;
            origChartHeight = chartHeight;
          }       
          chart.resize(chartWidth *= 1.1, chartHeight *= 1.1);
        });
      $('<button>-</button>')
        .insertBefore($container)
        .click(function() {
          if (origChartWidth === UNDEFINED) {
            origChartWidth = chartWidth;
            origChartHeight = chartHeight;
          }             
          chart.resize(chartWidth *= 0.9, chartHeight *= 0.9);
        });
      $('<button>1:1</button>')
        .insertBefore($container)
        .click(function() {       
          if (origChartWidth === UNDEFINED) {
            origChartWidth = chartWidth;
            origChartHeight = chartHeight;
          }             
          chart.resize(origChartWidth, origChartHeight);
        });
    }
  })
  */
  
  
  
    
  firstRender();
  
  
} // end Chart

// Hook for exporting module
Chart.prototype.callbacks = [];

/**
 * The Point object and prototype. Inheritable and used as base for PiePoint
 */
var Point = function() {};
Point.prototype = {

  /**
   * Initialize the point
   * @param {Object} series The series object containing this point
   * @param {Object} options The data in either number, array or object format
   */
  init: function(series, options) {
    var point = this,
      defaultColors;
    point.series = series;
    point.applyOptions(options);
    point.pointAttr = {};
    
    if (series.options.colorByPoint) {
      defaultColors = series.chart.options.colors;
      if (!point.options) {
        point.options = {};
      }
      point.color = point.options.color = point.color || defaultColors[colorCounter++];
      
      // loop back to zero
      if (colorCounter >= defaultColors.length) {
        colorCounter = 0;
      }
    }
    
    series.chart.pointCount++;
    return point;
  },
  /**
   * Apply the options containing the x and y data and possible some extra properties.
   * This is called on point init or from point.update.
   * 
   * @param {Object} options
   */
  applyOptions: function(options) {
    var point = this,
      series = point.series;
  
    point.config = options;
    
    // onedimensional array input
    if (isNumber(options) || options === null) {
      point.y = options;  
    }
    
    // object input
    else if (isObject(options) && !isNumber(options.length)) {
      
      // copy options directly to point
      extend(point, options);
      point.options = options;
    }
    
    // categorized data with name in first position
    else if (isString(options[0])) {
      point.name = options[0];
      point.y = options[1];
    }
    
    // two-dimentional array
    else if (isNumber(options[0])) {
      point.x = options[0];
      point.y = options[1];
    }
    
    /* 
     * If no x is set by now, get auto incremented value. All points must have an
     * x value, however the y value can be null to create a gap in the series
     */
    if (point.x === UNDEFINED) {
      point.x = series.autoIncrement();
    }
    
  },
  
  /**
   * Destroy a point to clear memory. Its reference still stays in series.data.
   */
  destroy: function() {
    var point = this,
      series = point.series,
      prop;
      
    series.chart.pointCount--;
      
    if (point == series.chart.hoverPoint) {
      point.onMouseOut();
    }
    series.chart.hoverPoints = null; // remove reference
    
    // remove all events
    removeEvent(point);
    
    each(['graphic', 'tracker', 'group', 'dataLabel', 'connector'], function(prop) {
      if (point[prop]) {
        point[prop].destroy();
      }
    });   
    
    if (point.legendItem) { // pies have legend items
      point.series.chart.legend.destroyItem(point);
    }
    
    for (prop in point) {
      point[prop] = null;
    }
    
    
  },  
  
  /**
   * Toggle the selection status of a point
   * @param {Boolean} selected Whether to select or unselect the point.
   * @param {Boolean} accumulate Whether to add to the previous selection. By default,
   *     this happens if the control key (Cmd on Mac) was pressed during clicking.
   */
  select: function(selected, accumulate) {
    var point = this,
      series = point.series,
      chart = series.chart;
      
    point.selected = selected = pick(selected, !point.selected);
    
    //series.isDirty = true;
    point.firePointEvent(selected ? 'select' : 'unselect');
    point.setState(selected && SELECT_STATE);
    
    // unselect all other points unless Ctrl or Cmd + click
    if (!accumulate) {
      each(chart.getSelectedPoints(), function (loopPoint) {
        if (loopPoint.selected && loopPoint != point) {
          loopPoint.selected = false;
          loopPoint.setState(NORMAL_STATE);
          loopPoint.firePointEvent('unselect');
        }
      });
    }
    
  },
  
  onMouseOver: function() {
    var point = this,
      chart = point.series.chart,
      tooltip = chart.tooltip,
      hoverPoint = chart.hoverPoint;
      
    // set normal state to previous series
    if (hoverPoint && hoverPoint != point) {
      hoverPoint.onMouseOut();
    }
    
    // trigger the event
    point.firePointEvent('mouseOver');
    
    // update the tooltip
    if (tooltip && !tooltip.shared) {
      tooltip.refresh(point);
    }
    
    // hover this
    point.setState(HOVER_STATE);
    chart.hoverPoint = point;
  },
  
  onMouseOut: function() {
    var point = this;
    point.firePointEvent('mouseOut');
    
    point.setState();
    point.series.chart.hoverPoint = null;
  },
  
  /**
   * Extendable method for formatting each point's tooltip line 
   * 
   * @param {Boolean} useHeader Whether a common header is used for multiple series in the tooltip
   * 
   * @return {String} A string to be concatenated in to the common tooltip text
   */
  tooltipFormatter: function(useHeader) {
    var point = this,
      series = point.series;
        
    return ['<span style="color:'+ series.color +'">', (point.name || series.name), '</span>: ',
      (!useHeader ? ('<b>x = '+ (point.name || point.x) + ',</b> ') : ''), 
      '<b>', (!useHeader ? 'y = ' : '' ), point.y, '</b><br/>'].join('');
    
  },
  
  /**
   * Get the formatted text for this point's data label
   * 
   * @return {String} The formatted data label pseudo-HTML
   */
  getDataLabelText: function() {
    var point = this;
    return this.series.options.dataLabels.formatter.call({
      x: point.x,
      y: point.y,
      series: point.series,
      point: point,
      percentage: point.percentage,
      total: point.total || point.stackTotal
    });
  },
  
  /**
   * Update the point with new options (typically x/y data) and optionally redraw the series.
   * 
   * @param {Object} options Point options as defined in the series.data array
   * @param {Boolean} redraw Whether to redraw the chart or wait for an explicit call
   * @param {Boolean|Object} animation Whether to apply animation, and optionally animation
   *    configuration
   * 
   */
  update: function(options, redraw, animation) {
    var point = this,
      series = point.series,
      dataLabel = point.dataLabel,
      graphic = point.graphic,
      chart = series.chart;
    
    redraw = pick(redraw, true);
    
    // fire the event with a default handler of doing the update
    point.firePointEvent('update', { options: options }, function() {

      point.applyOptions(options);
      
      if (dataLabel) {
        dataLabel.attr({
          text: point.getDataLabelText()
        })
      }
      
      // update visuals
      if (isObject(options)) {
        series.getAttribs();
        if (graphic) {
          graphic.attr(point.pointAttr[series.state]);
        }
      }
      
      // redraw
      series.isDirty = true;
      if (redraw) {
        chart.redraw(animation);
      }
    });
  },
  
  /**
   * Remove a point and optionally redraw the series and if necessary the axes
   * @param {Boolean} redraw Whether to redraw the chart or wait for an explicit call
   * @param {Boolean|Object} animation Whether to apply animation, and optionally animation
   *    configuration
   */
  remove: function(redraw, animation) {
    var point = this,
      series = point.series,
      chart = series.chart,
      data = series.data;
    
    setAnimation(animation, chart);
    redraw = pick(redraw, true);
    
    // fire the event with a default handler of removing the point      
    point.firePointEvent('remove', null, function() {

      erase(data, point);
      
      point.destroy();
      
      
      // redraw
      series.isDirty = true;
      if (redraw) {
        chart.redraw();
      }
    });
      
    
  },
  
  /**
   * Fire an event on the Point object. Must not be renamed to fireEvent, as this
   * causes a name clash in MooTools
   * @param {String} eventType
   * @param {Object} eventArgs Additional event arguments
   * @param {Function} defaultFunction Default event handler
   */
  firePointEvent: function(eventType, eventArgs, defaultFunction) {
    var point = this,
      series = this.series,
      seriesOptions = series.options;
    
    // load event handlers on demand to save time on mouseover/out
    if (seriesOptions.point.events[eventType] || (
        point.options && point.options.events && point.options.events[eventType])) {
      this.importEvents();
    }
      
    // add default handler if in selection mode
    if (eventType == 'click' && seriesOptions.allowPointSelect) {
      defaultFunction = function (event) {
        // Control key is for Windows, meta (= Cmd key) for Mac, Shift for Opera
        point.select(null, event.ctrlKey || event.metaKey || event.shiftKey);
      };
    }
      
    fireEvent(this, eventType, eventArgs, defaultFunction);
  },
  /**
   * Import events from the series' and point's options. Only do it on 
   * demand, to save processing time on hovering.
   */
  importEvents: function() {
    if (!this.hasImportedEvents) {
      var point = this,
        options = merge(point.series.options.point, point.options),
        events = options.events,
        eventType;
        
      point.events = events;
      
      for (eventType in events) {
        addEvent(point, eventType, events[eventType]);
      }
      this.hasImportedEvents = true;
      
    }
  },
  
  /**
   * Set the point's state
   * @param {String} state
   */
  setState: function(state) {
    var point = this,
      series = point.series,
      stateOptions = series.options.states,
      markerOptions = defaultPlotOptions[series.type].marker && series.options.marker,
      normalDisabled = markerOptions && !markerOptions.enabled,
      markerStateOptions = markerOptions && markerOptions.states[state],
      stateDisabled = markerStateOptions && markerStateOptions.enabled === false,
      stateMarkerGraphic = series.stateMarkerGraphic,
      chart = series.chart,
      pointAttr = point.pointAttr;
      
    if (!state) {
      state = NORMAL_STATE; // empty string
    }
    
    if (
        // already has this state
        state == point.state ||
        // selected points don't respond to hover
        (point.selected && state != SELECT_STATE) ||
        // series' state options is disabled
        (stateOptions[state] && stateOptions[state].enabled === false) ||
        // point marker's state options is disabled
        (state && (stateDisabled || normalDisabled && !markerStateOptions.enabled))

      ) {
      return;
    }
    
    // apply hover styles to the existing point
    if (point.graphic) {
      point.graphic.attr(pointAttr[state]);
    }
    // if a graphic is not applied to each point in the normal state, create a shared
    // graphic for the hover state
    else {
      if (state) {
        if (!stateMarkerGraphic) {
          series.stateMarkerGraphic = stateMarkerGraphic = chart.renderer.circle(
            0, 0, pointAttr[state].r
          )
          .attr(pointAttr[state])
          .add(series.group);
        }
        
        stateMarkerGraphic.translate(
          point.plotX, 
          point.plotY
        );
      }
      
      if (stateMarkerGraphic) {
        stateMarkerGraphic[state ? 'show' : 'hide']();
      }
    }
    
    point.state = state;
  }
};

/**
 * The base function which all other series types inherit from
 * @param {Object} chart
 * @param {Object} options
 */
var Series = function() {};

Series.prototype = {
  
  isCartesian: true,
  type: 'line',
  pointClass: Point,
  pointAttrToOptions: { // mapping between SVG attributes and the corresponding options
    stroke: 'lineColor',
    'stroke-width': 'lineWidth',
    fill: 'fillColor',
    r: 'radius'
  },
  init: function(chart, options) {
    var series = this,
      eventType,
      events,
      //pointEvent,
      index = chart.series.length;
      
    series.chart = chart;
    options = series.setOptions(options); // merge with plotOptions
    
    // set some variables
    extend(series, {
      index: index,
      options: options,
      name: options.name || 'Series '+ (index + 1),
      state: NORMAL_STATE,
      pointAttr: {},
      visible: options.visible !== false, // true by default
      selected: options.selected === true // false by default
    });
    
    // register event listeners
    events = options.events;
    for (eventType in events) {
      addEvent(series, eventType, events[eventType]);
    }
    if (
      (events && events.click) || 
      (options.point && options.point.events && options.point.events.click) ||
      options.allowPointSelect 
    ) {
      chart.runTrackerClick = true;
    }
    
    series.getColor();
    series.getSymbol();
    
    // set the data
    series.setData(options.data, false);
      
  },
  
  
  /**
   * Return an auto incremented x value based on the pointStart and pointInterval options. 
   * This is only used if an x value is not given for the point that calls autoIncrement.
   */
  autoIncrement: function() {
    var series = this,
      options = series.options,
      xIncrement = series.xIncrement;
      
    xIncrement = pick(xIncrement, options.pointStart, 0);
    
    series.pointInterval = pick(series.pointInterval, options.pointInterval, 1);
    
    series.xIncrement = xIncrement + series.pointInterval;
    return xIncrement;
  },
  
  /**
   * Sort the data and remove duplicates 
   */
  cleanData: function() {
    var series = this,
      chart = series.chart,
      data = series.data,
      closestPoints,
      smallestInterval,
      chartSmallestInterval = chart.smallestInterval,
      interval,
      i;
      
    // sort the data points
    data.sort(function(a, b){
      return (a.x - b.x);
    });
    
    // remove points with equal x values
    // record the closest distance for calculation of column widths
    for (i = data.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
      if (data[i - 1]) {
        if (data[i - 1].x == data[i].x) {
          data.splice(i - 1, 1); // remove the duplicate
        }
        
      }
    }
    
    
    // find the closes pair of points
    for (i = data.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
      if (data[i - 1]) {
        interval = data[i].x - data[i - 1].x;
        if (smallestInterval === UNDEFINED || interval < smallestInterval) {
          smallestInterval = interval;
          closestPoints = i;  
        }
      }
    }
    
    if (chartSmallestInterval === UNDEFINED || smallestInterval < chartSmallestInterval) {
      chart.smallestInterval = smallestInterval;
    }
    series.closestPoints = closestPoints;
  },    
    
  /**
   * Divide the series data into segments divided by null values. Also sort
   * the data points and delete duplicate values.
   */
  getSegments: function() {
    var lastNull = -1,
      segments = [],
      data = this.data;
    
    // create the segments
    each(data, function(point, i) {
      if (point.y === null) {
        if (i > lastNull + 1) {
          segments.push(data.slice(lastNull + 1, i));
        }
        lastNull = i; 
      } else if (i == data.length - 1) { // last value
        segments.push(data.slice(lastNull + 1, i + 1));
      }
    });
    this.segments = segments;
    
    
  },
  /**
   * Set the series options by merging from the options tree
   * @param {Object} itemOptions
   */
  setOptions: function(itemOptions) {
    var plotOptions = this.chart.options.plotOptions,
      options = merge(
        plotOptions[this.type],
        plotOptions.series,
        itemOptions
      );
    
    return options;
    
  },
  /**
   * Get the series' color
   */
  getColor: function(){
    var defaultColors = this.chart.options.colors;
    this.color = this.options.color || defaultColors[colorCounter++] || '#0000ff';
    if (colorCounter >= defaultColors.length) {
      colorCounter = 0;
    }
  },
  /**
   * Get the series' symbol
   */
  getSymbol: function(){
    var defaultSymbols = this.chart.options.symbols,
      symbol = this.options.marker.symbol || defaultSymbols[symbolCounter++];
    this.symbol = symbol;
    if (symbolCounter >= defaultSymbols.length) { 
      symbolCounter = 0;
    }
  },
  
  /**
   * Add a point dynamically after chart load time
   * @param {Object} options Point options as given in series.data
   * @param {Boolean} redraw Whether to redraw the chart or wait for an explicit call
   * @param {Boolean} shift If shift is true, a point is shifted off the start 
   *    of the series as one is appended to the end.
   * @param {Boolean|Object} animation Whether to apply animation, and optionally animation
   *    configuration
   */
  addPoint: function(options, redraw, shift, animation) {
    var series = this,
      data = series.data,
      graph = series.graph,
      area = series.area,
      chart = series.chart,
      point = (new series.pointClass()).init(series, options);
      
    setAnimation(animation, chart);
    
    if (graph && shift) { // make graph animate sideways
      graph.shift = shift;
    }
    if (area) {
      area.shift = shift;
      area.isArea = true;
    }
      
    redraw = pick(redraw, true);
      
    data.push(point);
    if (shift) {
      data[0].remove(false);
    }
    
    
    // redraw
    series.isDirty = true;
    if (redraw) {
      chart.redraw();
    }
  },
  
  /**
   * Replace the series data with a new set of data
   * @param {Object} data
   * @param {Object} redraw
   */
  setData: function(data, redraw) {
    var series = this,
      oldData = series.data,
      initialColor = series.initialColor,
      chart = series.chart,
      i = oldData && oldData.length || 0;
    
    series.xIncrement = null; // reset for new data
    if (defined(initialColor)) { // reset colors for pie
      colorCounter = initialColor;
    }
    
    data = map(splat(data || []), function(pointOptions) {
      return (new series.pointClass()).init(series, pointOptions);
    });
    
    // destroy old points
    while (i--) {
      oldData[i].destroy();
    }
    
    // set the data
    series.data = data;
  
    series.cleanData(); 
    series.getSegments();
    
    // redraw
    series.isDirty = true;
    chart.isDirtyBox = true;
    if (pick(redraw, true)) {
      chart.redraw(false);
    }
  },
  
  /**
   * Remove a series and optionally redraw the chart
   * 
   * @param {Boolean} redraw Whether to redraw the chart or wait for an explicit call
   * @param {Boolean|Object} animation Whether to apply animation, and optionally animation
   *    configuration
   */
  
  remove: function(redraw, animation) {
    var series = this,
      chart = series.chart;
    redraw = pick(redraw, true);
    
    if (!series.isRemoving) {  /* prevent triggering native event in jQuery
        (calling the remove function from the remove event) */ 
      series.isRemoving = true;

      // fire the event with a default handler of removing the point      
      fireEvent(series, 'remove', null, function() {
        
            
        // destroy elements
        series.destroy();
      
        
        // redraw
        chart.isDirtyLegend = chart.isDirtyBox = true;
        if (redraw) {
          chart.redraw(animation);
        }
      });
      
    } 
    series.isRemoving = false;
  },
  
  /**
   * Translate data points from raw data values to chart specific positioning data
   * needed later in drawPoints, drawGraph and drawTracker. 
   */
  translate: function() {
    var series = this, 
      chart = series.chart, 
      stacking = series.options.stacking,
      categories = series.xAxis.categories,
      yAxis = series.yAxis,
      data = series.data,     
      i = data.length;
      
    // do the translation
    while (i--) {
      var point = data[i],
        xValue = point.x, 
        yValue = point.y, 
        yBottom = point.low,
        stack = yAxis.stacks[(yValue < 0 ? '-' : '') + series.stackKey],
        pointStack,
        pointStackTotal;
      point.plotX = series.xAxis.translate(xValue);
      
      // calculate the bottom y value for stacked series
      if (stacking && series.visible && stack && stack[xValue]) {
        pointStack = stack[xValue];
        pointStackTotal = pointStack.total;
        pointStack.cum = yBottom = pointStack.cum - yValue; // start from top
        yValue = yBottom + yValue;
        
        if (stacking == 'percent') {
          yBottom = pointStackTotal ? yBottom * 100 / pointStackTotal : 0;
          yValue = pointStackTotal ? yValue * 100 / pointStackTotal : 0;
        }

        point.percentage = pointStackTotal ? point.y * 100 / pointStackTotal : 0;
        point.stackTotal = pointStackTotal;
      }
      
      if (defined(yBottom)) {
        point.yBottom = yAxis.translate(yBottom, 0, 1);
      }
      
      // set the y value
      if (yValue !== null) {
        point.plotY = yAxis.translate(yValue, 0, 1);
      }
      
      // set client related positions for mouse tracking
      point.clientX = chart.inverted ? 
        chart.plotHeight - point.plotX : 
        point.plotX; // for mouse tracking
        
      // some API data
      point.category = categories && categories[point.x] !== UNDEFINED ? 
        categories[point.x] : point.x;
        
    }
  },
  /**
   * Memoize tooltip texts and positions
   */
  setTooltipPoints: function (renew) {
    var series = this,
      chart = series.chart,
      inverted = chart.inverted,
      data = [],
      plotSize = mathRound((inverted ? chart.plotTop : chart.plotLeft) + chart.plotSizeX),
      low,
      high,
      tooltipPoints = []; // a lookup array for each pixel in the x dimension
      
    // renew
    if (renew) {
      series.tooltipPoints = null;
    }
      
    // concat segments to overcome null values
    each(series.segments, function(segment){
      data = data.concat(segment);
    });
    
    // loop the concatenated data and apply each point to all the closest
    // pixel positions
    if (series.xAxis && series.xAxis.reversed) {
      data = data.reverse();//reverseArray(data);
    }
    
    each(data, function(point, i) {
      
      low = data[i - 1] ? data[i - 1].high + 1 : 0;
      high = point.high = data[i + 1] ? (
        mathFloor((point.plotX + (data[i + 1] ? 
          data[i + 1].plotX : plotSize)) / 2)) :
          plotSize;
      
      while (low <= high) {
        tooltipPoints[inverted ? plotSize - low++ : low++] = point;
      }
    });
    series.tooltipPoints = tooltipPoints;
  },
  
  

  
  /**
   * Series mouse over handler
   */
  onMouseOver: function() {
    var series = this,
      chart = series.chart,
      hoverSeries = chart.hoverSeries;
      
    if (!hasTouch && chart.mouseIsDown) {
      return;
    }
    
    // set normal state to previous series
    if (hoverSeries && hoverSeries != series) {
      hoverSeries.onMouseOut();
    }
    
    // trigger the event, but to save processing time, 
    // only if defined
    if (series.options.events.mouseOver) { 
      fireEvent(series, 'mouseOver');
    }
    
    
    // bring to front
    // Todo: optimize. This is one of two operations slowing down the tooltip in Firefox.
    // Can the tracking be done otherwise?
    if (series.tracker) {
      series.tracker.toFront();
    }
    
    // hover this
    series.setState(HOVER_STATE);
    chart.hoverSeries = series;
  },
  
  /**
   * Series mouse out handler
   */
  onMouseOut: function() {
    // trigger the event only if listeners exist
    var series = this,
      options = series.options,
      chart = series.chart,
      tooltip = chart.tooltip,
      hoverPoint = chart.hoverPoint;
    
    // trigger mouse out on the point, which must be in this series
    if (hoverPoint) {
      hoverPoint.onMouseOut();
    }   
    
    // fire the mouse out event
    if (series && options.events.mouseOut) { 
      fireEvent(series, 'mouseOut');
    }
    
    
    // hide the tooltip
    if (tooltip && !options.stickyTracking) {
      tooltip.hide();
    }
    
    // set normal state
    series.setState();
    chart.hoverSeries = null;   
  },
  
  /**
   * Animate in the series
   */
  animate: function(init) {
    var series = this,
      chart = series.chart,
      clipRect = series.clipRect,
      animation = series.options.animation;
      
    if (animation && !isObject(animation)) {
      animation = {};
    }
      
    if (init) { // initialize the animation
      if (!clipRect.isAnimating) { // apply it only for one of the series
        clipRect.attr( 'width', 0 );
        clipRect.isAnimating = true;
      }
      
    } else { // run the animation
      clipRect.animate({ 
        width: chart.plotSizeX 
      }, animation);
      
      // delete this function to allow it only once
      this.animate = null;
    }
  },
  
  
  /**
   * Draw the markers
   */
  drawPoints: function(){
    var series = this,
      pointAttr,
      data = series.data, 
      chart = series.chart,
      plotX,
      plotY,
      i,
      point,
      radius,
      graphic;
    
    if (series.options.marker.enabled) {
      i = data.length;
      while (i--) {
        point = data[i];
        plotX = point.plotX;
        plotY = point.plotY;
        graphic = point.graphic;
        
        // only draw the point if y is defined
        if (plotY !== UNDEFINED && !isNaN(plotY)) {
        
          /* && removed this code because points stayed after zoom
            point.plotX >= 0 && point.plotX <= chart.plotSizeX &&
            point.plotY >= 0 && point.plotY <= chart.plotSizeY*/
          
          // shortcuts
          pointAttr = point.pointAttr[point.selected ? SELECT_STATE : NORMAL_STATE];
          radius = pointAttr.r;
          
          if (graphic) { // update
            graphic.animate({
              x: plotX,
              y: plotY,
              r: radius
            });
          } else {
            point.graphic = chart.renderer.symbol(
              pick(point.marker && point.marker.symbol, series.symbol),
              plotX,
              plotY, 
              radius
            )
            .attr(pointAttr)
            .add(series.group);
          }
        }
      }
    }
    
  },
  
  /**
   * Convert state properties from API naming conventions to SVG attributes
   * 
   * @param {Object} options API options object
   * @param {Object} base1 SVG attribute object to inherit from
   * @param {Object} base2 Second level SVG attribute object to inherit from
   */
  convertAttribs: function(options, base1, base2, base3) {
    var conversion = this.pointAttrToOptions,
      attr,
      option,
      obj = {};
    
    options = options || {};
    base1 = base1 || {};
    base2 = base2 || {};
    base3 = base3 || {};
    
    for (attr in conversion) {
      option = conversion[attr];
      obj[attr] = pick(options[option], base1[attr], base2[attr], base3[attr]);    
    }
    return obj;
  },
  
  /**
   * Get the state attributes. Each series type has its own set of attributes
   * that are allowed to change on a point's state change. Series wide attributes are stored for
   * all series, and additionally point specific attributes are stored for all 
   * points with individual marker options. If such options are not defined for the point,
   * a reference to the series wide attributes is stored in point.pointAttr.
   */
  getAttribs: function() {
    var series = this, 
      normalOptions = defaultPlotOptions[series.type].marker ? series.options.marker : series.options,
      stateOptions = normalOptions.states,
      stateOptionsHover = stateOptions[HOVER_STATE],
      pointStateOptionsHover,
      seriesColor = series.color,
      normalDefaults = {
        stroke: seriesColor,
        fill: seriesColor
      },
      data = series.data,
      i,
      point,
      seriesPointAttr = [],
      pointAttr,
      pointAttrToOptions = series.pointAttrToOptions,
      hasPointSpecificOptions;
      
    // series type specific modifications
    if (series.options.marker) { // line, spline, area, areaspline, scatter
      
      // if no hover radius is given, default to normal radius + 2  
      stateOptionsHover.radius = stateOptionsHover.radius || normalOptions.radius + 2;
      stateOptionsHover.lineWidth = stateOptionsHover.lineWidth || normalOptions.lineWidth + 1;
      
    } else { // column, bar, pie
      
      // if no hover color is given, brighten the normal color
      stateOptionsHover.color = stateOptionsHover.color || 
        Color(stateOptionsHover.color || seriesColor)
          .brighten(stateOptionsHover.brightness).get();
    }
    
    // general point attributes for the series normal state
    seriesPointAttr[NORMAL_STATE] = series.convertAttribs(normalOptions, normalDefaults);
    
    // HOVER_STATE and SELECT_STATE states inherit from normal state except the default radius
    each([HOVER_STATE, SELECT_STATE], function(state) {
      seriesPointAttr[state] = 
          series.convertAttribs(stateOptions[state], seriesPointAttr[NORMAL_STATE]);
    });
        
    // set it
    series.pointAttr = seriesPointAttr;
    
    
    // Generate the point-specific attribute collections if specific point
    // options are given. If not, create a referance to the series wide point 
    // attributes
    i = data.length;
    while (i--) {
      point = data[i];
      normalOptions = (point.options && point.options.marker) || point.options;
      if (normalOptions && normalOptions.enabled === false) {
        normalOptions.radius = 0;
      }
      hasPointSpecificOptions = false;
      
      // check if the point has specific visual options
      if (point.options) {
        for (var key in pointAttrToOptions) {
          if (defined(normalOptions[pointAttrToOptions[key]])) {
            hasPointSpecificOptions = true;
          }
        }
      }
      
      
      
      // a specific marker config object is defined for the individual point:
      // create it's own attribute collection
      if (hasPointSpecificOptions) {

        pointAttr = [];
        stateOptions = normalOptions.states || {}; // reassign for individual point
        pointStateOptionsHover = stateOptions[HOVER_STATE] = stateOptions[HOVER_STATE] || {};
        
        // if no hover color is given, brighten the normal color
        if (!series.options.marker) { // column, bar, point
          pointStateOptionsHover.color = 
            Color(pointStateOptionsHover.color || point.options.color)
              .brighten(pointStateOptionsHover.brightness || 
                stateOptionsHover.brightness).get();
        
        }
        
        // normal point state inherits series wide normal state
        pointAttr[NORMAL_STATE] = series.convertAttribs(normalOptions, seriesPointAttr[NORMAL_STATE]);
                  
        // inherit from point normal and series hover
        pointAttr[HOVER_STATE] = series.convertAttribs(
          stateOptions[HOVER_STATE],
          seriesPointAttr[HOVER_STATE],
          pointAttr[NORMAL_STATE]
        );
        // inherit from point normal and series hover
        pointAttr[SELECT_STATE] = series.convertAttribs(
          stateOptions[SELECT_STATE],
          seriesPointAttr[SELECT_STATE],
          pointAttr[NORMAL_STATE]
        );
        
        
        
      // no marker config object is created: copy a reference to the series-wide
      // attribute collection
      } else {
        pointAttr = seriesPointAttr;
      }
    
      point.pointAttr = pointAttr;

    }

  },

  
  /**
   * Clear DOM objects and free up memory
   */
  destroy: function() {
    var series = this,
      chart = series.chart,
      //chartSeries = series.chart.series,
      clipRect = series.clipRect,
      issue134 = /\/5[0-9\.]+ (Safari|Mobile)\//.test(userAgent), // todo: update when Safari bug is fixed
      destroy,
      prop;
    
    // remove all events
    removeEvent(series);
      
    // remove legend items
    if (series.legendItem) {
      series.chart.legend.destroyItem(series);
    }
    
    // destroy all points with their elements
    each(series.data, function(point) {
      point.destroy();
    });
    // destroy all SVGElements associated to the series
    each(['area', 'graph', 'dataLabelsGroup', 'group', 'tracker'], function(prop) {
      if (series[prop]) {
        
        // issue 134 workaround
        destroy = issue134 && prop == 'group' ?
          'hide' :
          'destroy';
          
        series[prop][destroy]();
      }
    });
    
    // remove from hoverSeries
    if (chart.hoverSeries == series) {
      chart.hoverSeries = null;
    }
    erase(chart.series, series);
        
    // clear all members
    for (prop in series) {
      delete series[prop];
    } 
  },
  
  /**
   * Draw the data labels
   */
  drawDataLabels: function() {
    if (this.options.dataLabels.enabled) {
      var series = this,
        x, 
        y, 
        data = series.data, 
        options = series.options.dataLabels,
        str, 
        dataLabelsGroup = series.dataLabelsGroup, 
        chart = series.chart, 
        inverted = chart.inverted,
        seriesType = series.type,
        color;
        
      // create a separate group for the data labels to avoid rotation
      if (!dataLabelsGroup) {
        dataLabelsGroup = series.dataLabelsGroup = 
          chart.renderer.g(PREFIX +'data-labels')
            .attr({ 
              visibility: series.visible ? VISIBLE : HIDDEN,
              zIndex: 5
            })
            .translate(chart.plotLeft, chart.plotTop)
            .add();
      }
    
      // determine the color
      color = options.color;
      if (color == 'auto') { // 1.0 backwards compatibility
        color = null; 
      }
      options.style.color = pick(color, series.color);
    
      // make the labels for each point
      each(data, function(point, i){
        var barX = point.barX,
          plotX = barX && barX + point.barW / 2 || point.plotX || -999,
          plotY = pick(point.plotY, -999),
          dataLabel = point.dataLabel,
          align = options.align;
          
        // get the string
        str = point.getDataLabelText();
        x = (inverted ? chart.plotWidth - plotY : plotX) + options.x;
        y = (inverted ? chart.plotHeight - plotX : plotY) + options.y;
        
        // in columns, align the string to the column
        if (seriesType == 'column') {
          x += { left: -1, right: 1 }[align] * point.barW / 2 || 0;
        }
        
        
        if (dataLabel) {
          dataLabel.animate({
            x: x,
            y: y
          });
        } else if (defined(str)) {
          dataLabel = point.dataLabel = chart.renderer.text(
            str, 
            x, 
            y
          )
          .attr({
            align: align,
            rotation: options.rotation,
            zIndex: 1
          })
          .css(options.style)
          .add(dataLabelsGroup);
        }
        
        // vertically centered
        if (inverted && !options.y) {
          dataLabel.attr({
            y: y + parseInt(dataLabel.styles.lineHeight) * 0.9 - dataLabel.getBBox().height / 2
          });
        }
        
        /*if (series.isCartesian) {
          dataLabel[chart.isInsidePlot(plotX, plotY) ? 'show' : 'hide']();
        }*/
          
      });
    }
  },
  
  /**
   * Draw the actual graph
   */
  drawGraph: function(state) {
    var series = this, 
      options = series.options, 
      chart = series.chart,
      graph = series.graph,
      graphPath = [],
      fillColor,
      area = series.area,
      group = series.group,
      color = options.lineColor || series.color, 
      lineWidth = options.lineWidth,
      dashStyle =  options.dashStyle,
      segmentPath,
      renderer = chart.renderer,
      translatedThreshold = series.yAxis.getThreshold(options.threshold || 0),
      useArea = /^area/.test(series.type),
      singlePoints = [], // used in drawTracker
      areaPath = [],
      attribs;
      
    
    // divide into segments and build graph and area paths
    each(series.segments, function(segment) {
      segmentPath = [];
      
      // build the segment line
      each(segment, function(point, i) {

        if (series.getPointSpline) { // generate the spline as defined in the SplineSeries object
          segmentPath.push.apply(segmentPath, series.getPointSpline(segment, point, i));
        
        } else {
        
          // moveTo or lineTo
          segmentPath.push(i ? L : M);
          
          // step line?
          if (i && options.step) {
            var lastPoint = segment[i - 1];
            segmentPath.push(
              point.plotX, 
              lastPoint.plotY           
            );
          }
          
          // normal line to next point
          segmentPath.push(
            point.plotX, 
            point.plotY
          );
        }
      });
      
      // add the segment to the graph, or a single point for tracking
      if (segment.length > 1) {
        graphPath = graphPath.concat(segmentPath);
      } else {
        singlePoints.push(segment[0]);
      }
      
      // build the area
      if (useArea) {
        var areaSegmentPath = [],
          i,
          segLength = segmentPath.length;
        for (i = 0; i < segLength; i++) {
          areaSegmentPath.push(segmentPath[i]);
        }
        if (segLength == 3) { // for animation from 1 to two points
          areaSegmentPath.push(L, segmentPath[1], segmentPath[2]);
        }
        if (options.stacking && series.type != 'areaspline') {
          // follow stack back. Todo: implement areaspline
          for (i = segment.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
            areaSegmentPath.push(segment[i].plotX, segment[i].yBottom);
          }
        
        } else { // follow zero line back
          areaSegmentPath.push(
            L,
            segment[segment.length - 1].plotX, 
            translatedThreshold,
            L,
            segment[0].plotX, 
            translatedThreshold
          );
        }
        areaPath = areaPath.concat(areaSegmentPath);
      }
    });

    // used in drawTracker:
    series.graphPath = graphPath;
    series.singlePoints = singlePoints;

    // draw the area if area series or areaspline
    if (useArea) {
      fillColor = pick(
        options.fillColor,
        Color(series.color).setOpacity(options.fillOpacity || 0.75).get()
      );
      if (area) {
        area.animate({ d: areaPath });
      
      } else {
        // draw the area
        series.area = series.chart.renderer.path(areaPath)
          .attr({
            fill: fillColor
          }).add(group);
      }
    }
    
    // draw the graph
    if (graph) {
      //graph.animate({ d: graphPath.join(' ') });
      graph.animate({ d: graphPath });
      
    } else {
      if (lineWidth) {
        attribs = {
          'stroke': color,
          'stroke-width': lineWidth
        };
        if (dashStyle) {
          attribs.dashstyle = dashStyle;
        }
        
        series.graph = renderer.path(graphPath)
          .attr(attribs).add(group).shadow(options.shadow);
      }
    }
  },
  
  
  /**
   * Render the graph and markers
   */
  render: function() {
    var series = this,
      chart = series.chart,
      group,
      setInvert,
      options = series.options,
      animation = options.animation,
      doAnimation = animation && series.animate,
      duration = doAnimation ? animation && animation.duration || 500 : 0,
      clipRect = series.clipRect,
      renderer = chart.renderer;
      
    
    // Add plot area clipping rectangle. If this is before chart.hasRendered,
    // create one shared clipRect. 
    if (!clipRect) {
      clipRect = series.clipRect = !chart.hasRendered && chart.clipRect ?
        chart.clipRect : 
        renderer.clipRect(0, 0, chart.plotSizeX, chart.plotSizeY);
      if (!chart.clipRect) {
        chart.clipRect = clipRect;
      }
    }
    
      
    // the group
    if (!series.group) {
      group = series.group = renderer.g('series');
        
      if (chart.inverted) {
        setInvert = function() {
          group.attr({
            width: chart.plotWidth,
            height: chart.plotHeight
          }).invert();
        };
        
        setInvert(); // do it now
        addEvent(chart, 'resize', setInvert); // do it on resize
      } 
      group.clip(series.clipRect)
        .attr({ 
          visibility: series.visible ? VISIBLE : HIDDEN,
          zIndex: options.zIndex
        })
        .translate(chart.plotLeft, chart.plotTop)
        .add(chart.seriesGroup);
    }
      
    series.drawDataLabels();

    // initiate the animation
    if (doAnimation) {
      series.animate(true);
    }
    
    // cache attributes for shapes
    series.getAttribs();
    
    // draw the graph if any
    if (series.drawGraph) {
      series.drawGraph();
    }
    
    // draw the points
    series.drawPoints();
    
    // draw the mouse tracking area
    if (series.options.enableMouseTracking !== false) {
      series.drawTracker();
    }
    
    // run the animation
    if (doAnimation) {
      series.animate();
    }
    
    // finish the individual clipRect
    setTimeout(function() {
      clipRect.isAnimating = false;
      group = series.group; // can be destroyed during the timeout
      if (group && clipRect != chart.clipRect && clipRect.renderer) {
        group.clip((series.clipRect = chart.clipRect));
        clipRect.destroy();
      }
    }, duration);
    
    
    series.isDirty = false; // means data is in accordance with what you see
    
  },
  
  /**
   * Redraw the series after an update in the axes.
   */
  redraw: function() {
    var series = this,
      chart = series.chart,
      clipRect = series.clipRect,
      group = series.group;
    
    /*if (clipRect) {
      stop(clipRect);
      clipRect.animate({ // for chart resize
        width: chart.plotSizeX,
        height: chart.plotSizeY
      });
    }*/
    
    // reposition on resize
    if (group) {
      if (chart.inverted) {
        group.attr({
          width: chart.plotWidth,
          height: chart.plotHeight
        });
      }
      
      group.animate({
        translateX: chart.plotLeft, 
        translateY: chart.plotTop
      });
    }
    
    series.translate();
    series.setTooltipPoints(true);
    series.render();
  },
  
  /**
   * Set the state of the graph
   */
  setState: function(state) {
    var series = this,
      options = series.options,
      graph = series.graph,
      stateOptions = options.states,
      lineWidth = options.lineWidth;

    state = state || NORMAL_STATE;
        
    if (series.state != state) {
      series.state = state;
      
      if (stateOptions[state] && stateOptions[state].enabled === false) {
        return;
      }
    
      if (state) {
        lineWidth = stateOptions[state].lineWidth || lineWidth + 1;
      }
      
      if (graph && !graph.dashstyle) { // hover is turned off for dashed lines in VML
        graph.attr({ // use attr because animate will cause any other animation on the graph to stop
          'stroke-width': lineWidth
        }, state ? 0 : 500);
      }
    }
  },
  
  /**
   * Set the visibility of the graph
   * 
   * @param vis {Boolean} True to show the series, false to hide. If UNDEFINED,
   *        the visibility is toggled.
   */
  setVisible: function(vis, redraw) {
    var series = this,
      chart = series.chart,
      legendItem = series.legendItem,
      seriesGroup = series.group,
      seriesTracker = series.tracker,
      dataLabelsGroup = series.dataLabelsGroup,
      showOrHide,
      i,
      data = series.data,
      point,
      ignoreHiddenSeries = chart.options.chart.ignoreHiddenSeries,
      oldVisibility = series.visible;
    
    // if called without an argument, toggle visibility
    series.visible = vis = vis === UNDEFINED ? !oldVisibility : vis;
    showOrHide = vis ? 'show' : 'hide';
    
    // show or hide series
    if (seriesGroup) { // pies don't have one
      seriesGroup[showOrHide]();
    }
    
    // show or hide trackers
    if (seriesTracker) {
      seriesTracker[showOrHide]();
    } else {
      i = data.length;
      while (i--) {
        point = data[i];
        if (point.tracker) {
          point.tracker[showOrHide]();
        }
      }
    }
    
    
    if (dataLabelsGroup) {
      dataLabelsGroup[showOrHide]();
    }
    
    if (legendItem) {
      chart.legend.colorizeItem(series, vis);
    }
      
    
    // rescale or adapt to resized chart
    series.isDirty = true;
    // in a stack, all other series are affected
    if (series.options.stacking) {
      each(chart.series, function(otherSeries) {
        if (otherSeries.options.stacking && otherSeries.visible) { 
          otherSeries.isDirty = true;
        }
      });
    }
    
    if (ignoreHiddenSeries) {
      chart.isDirtyBox = true;
    }
    if (redraw !== false) {
      chart.redraw();
    }
    
    fireEvent(series, showOrHide);
  },
  
  /**
   * Show the graph
   */
  show: function() {
    this.setVisible(true);
  },
  
  /**
   * Hide the graph
   */
  hide: function() {
    this.setVisible(false);
  },
  
  
  /**
   * Set the selected state of the graph
   * 
   * @param selected {Boolean} True to select the series, false to unselect. If
   *        UNDEFINED, the selection state is toggled.
   */
  select: function(selected) {
    var series = this;
    // if called without an argument, toggle
    series.selected = selected = (selected === UNDEFINED) ? !series.selected : selected;

    if (series.checkbox) {
      series.checkbox.checked = selected;
    }
    
    fireEvent(series, selected ? 'select' : 'unselect');
  },
  
  
  /**
   * Draw the tracker object that sits above all data labels and markers to
   * track mouse events on the graph or points. For the line type charts
   * the tracker uses the same graphPath, but with a greater stroke width
   * for better control.
   */
  drawTracker: function() {
    var series = this,
      options = series.options,
      trackerPath = [].concat(series.graphPath),
      trackerPathLength = trackerPath.length,
      chart = series.chart,
      snap = chart.options.tooltip.snap,
      tracker = series.tracker,
      cursor = options.cursor,
      css = cursor && { cursor: cursor },
      singlePoints = series.singlePoints,
      singlePoint,
      i;
  
    // Extend end points. A better way would be to use round linecaps,
    // but those are not clickable in VML.
    if (trackerPathLength) {
      i = trackerPathLength + 1;
      while (i--) {
        if (trackerPath[i] == M) { // extend left side
          trackerPath.splice(i + 1, 0, trackerPath[i + 1] - snap, trackerPath[i + 2], L);
        }
        if ((i && trackerPath[i] == M) || i == trackerPathLength) { // extend right side
          trackerPath.splice(i, 0, L, trackerPath[i - 2] + snap, trackerPath[i - 1]);
        }
      }
    }
    
    // handle single points
    for (i = 0; i < singlePoints.length; i++) {
      singlePoint = singlePoints[i];
      trackerPath.push(M, singlePoint.plotX - snap, singlePoint.plotY,
        L, singlePoint.plotX + snap, singlePoint.plotY);
    }
    
    // draw the tracker
    if (tracker) {
      tracker.attr({ d: trackerPath });
      
    } else { // create
      series.tracker = chart.renderer.path(trackerPath)
        .attr({
          isTracker: true,
          stroke: TRACKER_FILL,
          fill: NONE,
          'stroke-width' : options.lineWidth + 2 * snap,
          visibility: series.visible ? VISIBLE : HIDDEN,
          zIndex: 1
        })
        .on(hasTouch ? 'touchstart' : 'mouseover', function() {
          if (chart.hoverSeries != series) {
            series.onMouseOver();
          }
        })
        .on('mouseout', function() {
          if (!options.stickyTracking) {
            series.onMouseOut();
          }
        })
        .css(css)
        .add(chart.trackerGroup);
    }
    
  }
  
}; // end Series prototype


/**
 * LineSeries object
 */
var LineSeries = extendClass(Series);
seriesTypes.line = LineSeries;

/**
 * AreaSeries object
 */
var AreaSeries = extendClass(Series, {
  type: 'area'
});
seriesTypes.area = AreaSeries;




/**
 * SplineSeries object
 */
var SplineSeries = extendClass( Series, {
  type: 'spline',
  
  /**
   * Draw the actual graph
   */
  getPointSpline: function(segment, point, i) {
    var smoothing = 1.5, // 1 means control points midway between points, 2 means 1/3 from the point, 3 is 1/4 etc
      denom = smoothing + 1,
      plotX = point.plotX,
      plotY = point.plotY,
      lastPoint = segment[i - 1],
      nextPoint = segment[i + 1],
      leftContX,
      leftContY,
      rightContX,
      rightContY,
      ret;
      
    // find control points
    if (i && i < segment.length - 1) {
      var lastX = lastPoint.plotX,
        lastY = lastPoint.plotY,
        nextX = nextPoint.plotX,
        nextY = nextPoint.plotY,
        correction;
      
      leftContX = (smoothing * plotX + lastX) / denom;
      leftContY = (smoothing * plotY + lastY) / denom;
      rightContX = (smoothing * plotX + nextX) / denom;
      rightContY = (smoothing * plotY + nextY) / denom;
    
      // have the two control points make a straight line through main point
      correction = ((rightContY - leftContY) * (rightContX - plotX)) / 
        (rightContX - leftContX) + plotY - rightContY;
        
      leftContY += correction;
      rightContY += correction;
      
      // to prevent false extremes, check that control points are between
      // neighbouring points' y values
      if (leftContY > lastY && leftContY > plotY) {
        leftContY = mathMax(lastY, plotY);
        rightContY = 2 * plotY - leftContY; // mirror of left control point
      } else if (leftContY < lastY && leftContY < plotY) {
        leftContY = mathMin(lastY, plotY);
        rightContY = 2 * plotY - leftContY;
      } 
      if (rightContY > nextY && rightContY > plotY) {
        rightContY = mathMax(nextY, plotY);
        leftContY = 2 * plotY - rightContY;
      } else if (rightContY < nextY && rightContY < plotY) {
        rightContY = mathMin(nextY, plotY);
        leftContY = 2 * plotY - rightContY;
      }
      
      // record for drawing in next point
      point.rightContX = rightContX;
      point.rightContY = rightContY;
      
    }
    
    // moveTo or lineTo
    if (!i) {
      ret = [M, plotX, plotY];
    }
    
    // curve from last point to this
    else {
      ret = [
        'C',
        lastPoint.rightContX || lastPoint.plotX, 
        lastPoint.rightContY || lastPoint.plotY,
        leftContX || plotX, 
        leftContY || plotY,
        plotX, 
        plotY
      ];
      lastPoint.rightContX = lastPoint.rightContY = null; // reset for updating series later
    }
    return ret;
  }
});
seriesTypes.spline = SplineSeries;



/**
 * AreaSplineSeries object
 */
var AreaSplineSeries = extendClass(SplineSeries, {
  type: 'areaspline'
});
seriesTypes.areaspline = AreaSplineSeries;

/**
 * ColumnSeries object
 */
var ColumnSeries = extendClass(Series, {
  type: 'column',
  pointAttrToOptions: { // mapping between SVG attributes and the corresponding options
    stroke: 'borderColor',
    'stroke-width': 'borderWidth',
    fill: 'color',
    r: 'borderRadius'
  },
  init: function() {
    Series.prototype.init.apply(this, arguments);
    
    var series = this,
      chart = series.chart;
    
    // flag the chart in order to pad the x axis
    chart.hasColumn = true;
    
    // if the series is added dynamically, force redraw of other
    // series affected by a new column
    if (chart.hasRendered) {
      each(chart.series, function(otherSeries) {
        if (otherSeries.type == series.type) {
          otherSeries.isDirty = true;
        }
      });
    }
  },
  
  /**
   * Translate each point to the plot area coordinate system and find shape positions
   */
  translate: function() {
    var series = this,
      chart = series.chart,
      columnCount = 0,
      reversedXAxis = series.xAxis.reversed,
      categories = series.xAxis.categories,
      stackGroups = {},
      stackKey,
      columnIndex;
    
    Series.prototype.translate.apply(series);
    
    // Get the total number of column type series.
    // This is called on every series. Consider moving this logic to a 
    // chart.orderStacks() function and call it on init, addSeries and removeSeries
    each(chart.series, function(otherSeries) {
      if (otherSeries.type == series.type) {
        if (otherSeries.options.stacking) {
          stackKey = otherSeries.stackKey;
          if (stackGroups[stackKey] === UNDEFINED) {
            stackGroups[stackKey] = columnCount++;  
          }         
          columnIndex = stackGroups[stackKey];
        } else if (otherSeries.visible){
          columnIndex = columnCount++;
        }
        otherSeries.columnIndex = columnIndex;
      }
    });
    
    // calculate the width and position of each column based on 
    // the number of column series in the plot, the groupPadding
    // and the pointPadding options
    var options = series.options,
      data = series.data,
      closestPoints = series.closestPoints,
      categoryWidth = mathAbs(
        data[1] ? data[closestPoints].plotX - data[closestPoints - 1].plotX : 
        chart.plotSizeX / (categories ? categories.length : 1)
      ),
      groupPadding = categoryWidth * options.groupPadding,
      groupWidth = categoryWidth - 2 * groupPadding,
      pointOffsetWidth = groupWidth / columnCount,
      optionPointWidth = options.pointWidth,
      pointPadding = defined(optionPointWidth) ? (pointOffsetWidth - optionPointWidth) / 2 : 
        pointOffsetWidth * options.pointPadding,
      pointWidth = mathMax(pick(optionPointWidth, pointOffsetWidth - 2 * pointPadding), 1),
      colIndex = (reversedXAxis ? columnCount - 
        series.columnIndex : series.columnIndex) || 0,
      pointXOffset = pointPadding + (groupPadding + colIndex *
        pointOffsetWidth -(categoryWidth / 2)) *
        (reversedXAxis ? -1 : 1),
      threshold = options.threshold || 0,
      translatedThreshold = series.yAxis.getThreshold(threshold),
      minPointLength = pick(options.minPointLength, 5);   
      
    // record the new values
    each(data, function(point) {
      var plotY = point.plotY,
        yBottom = point.yBottom || translatedThreshold,
        barX = point.plotX + pointXOffset,
        barY = mathCeil(mathMin(plotY, yBottom)), 
        barH = mathCeil(mathMax(plotY, yBottom) - barY),
        trackerY;
      
      // handle options.minPointLength and tracker for small points
      if (mathAbs(barH) < minPointLength) { 
        if (minPointLength) {
          barH = minPointLength;
          barY = 
            mathAbs(barY - translatedThreshold) > minPointLength ? // stacked
              yBottom - minPointLength : // keep position
              translatedThreshold - (plotY <= translatedThreshold ? minPointLength : 0);
        }
        trackerY = barY - 3;
      }
      
      extend(point, {
        barX: barX,
        barY: barY, 
        barW: pointWidth,
        barH: barH
      });
      point.shapeType = 'rect';
      point.shapeArgs = {
        x: barX,
        y: barY,
        width: pointWidth,
        height: barH,
        r: options.borderRadius
      };
      
      // make small columns responsive to mouse
      point.trackerArgs = defined(trackerY) && merge(point.shapeArgs, {
        height: mathMax(6, barH + 3),
        y: trackerY
      });
    });
    
  },
  
  getSymbol: function(){
  },
  
  /** 
   * Columns have no graph
   */
  drawGraph: function() {},
  
  /**
   * Draw the columns. For bars, the series.group is rotated, so the same coordinates
   * apply for columns and bars. This method is inherited by scatter series.
   * 
   */
  drawPoints: function() {
    var series = this,
      options = series.options,
      renderer = series.chart.renderer,
      graphic,
      shapeArgs;    
    
    
    // draw the columns
    each(series.data, function(point) {     
      var plotY = point.plotY;
      if (plotY !== UNDEFINED && !isNaN(plotY)) {
        graphic = point.graphic;
        shapeArgs = point.shapeArgs;
        if (graphic) { // update
          stop(graphic);
          graphic.animate(shapeArgs);
        
        } else {
          point.graphic = renderer[point.shapeType](shapeArgs)
            .attr(point.pointAttr[point.selected ? SELECT_STATE : NORMAL_STATE])
            .add(series.group)
            .shadow(options.shadow);
        }
      
      }
    });
  },
  /**
   * Draw the individual tracker elements.
   * This method is inherited by scatter and pie charts too.
   */
  drawTracker: function() {
    var series = this,
      chart = series.chart,
      renderer = chart.renderer,
      shapeArgs,
      tracker,
      trackerLabel = +new Date(),
      cursor = series.options.cursor,
      css = cursor && { cursor: cursor },
      rel;
      
    each(series.data, function(point) {
      tracker = point.tracker;
      shapeArgs = point.trackerArgs || point.shapeArgs;
      if (point.y !== null) {
        if (tracker) {// update
          tracker.attr(shapeArgs);
          
        } else {
          point.tracker = 
            renderer[point.shapeType](shapeArgs)
            .attr({
              isTracker: trackerLabel,
              fill: TRACKER_FILL,
              visibility: series.visible ? VISIBLE : HIDDEN,
              zIndex: 1
            })
            .on(hasTouch ? 'touchstart' : 'mouseover', function(event) {
              rel = event.relatedTarget || event.fromElement;
              if (chart.hoverSeries != series && attr(rel, 'isTracker') != trackerLabel) {
                series.onMouseOver();
              }
              point.onMouseOver();
              
            })
            .on('mouseout', function(event) {
              if (!series.options.stickyTracking) {
                rel = event.relatedTarget || event.toElement;
                if (attr(rel, 'isTracker') != trackerLabel) {
                  series.onMouseOut();
                }
              }
            })
            .css(css)
            .add(chart.trackerGroup);
        }
      }
    });       
  },
  
  
  /**
   * Animate the column heights one by one from zero
   * @param {Boolean} init Whether to initialize the animation or run it 
   */
  animate: function(init) {
    var series = this,
      data = series.data;
      
    if (!init) { // run the animation
      /*
       * Note: Ideally the animation should be initialized by calling
       * series.group.hide(), and then calling series.group.show()
       * after the animation was started. But this rendered the shadows
       * invisible in IE8 standards mode. If the columns flicker on large
       * datasets, this is the cause.
       */
      
      each(data, function(point) {
        var graphic = point.graphic;
        
        if (graphic) {
          // start values
          graphic.attr({ 
            height: 0,
            y: series.yAxis.translate(0, 0, 1)
          });
          
          // animate
          graphic.animate({ 
            height: point.barH,
            y: point.barY
          }, series.options.animation);
        }
      });
      
      
      // delete this function to allow it only once
      series.animate = null;
    }
    
  },
  /**
   * Remove this series from the chart
   */
  remove: function() {
    var series = this,
      chart = series.chart;
      
    // column and bar series affects other series of the same type
    // as they are either stacked or grouped
    if (chart.hasRendered) {
      each(chart.series, function(otherSeries) {
        if (otherSeries.type == series.type) {
          otherSeries.isDirty = true;
        }
      });
    }
    
    Series.prototype.remove.apply(series, arguments);
  }
});
seriesTypes.column = ColumnSeries;

var BarSeries = extendClass(ColumnSeries, {
  type: 'bar',
  init: function(chart) {
    chart.inverted = this.inverted = true;
    ColumnSeries.prototype.init.apply(this, arguments);
  }
});
seriesTypes.bar = BarSeries;

/**
 * The scatter series class
 */
var ScatterSeries = extendClass(Series, {
  type: 'scatter',
  
  /**
   * Extend the base Series' translate method by adding shape type and
   * arguments for the point trackers
   */
  translate: function() {
    var series = this;

    Series.prototype.translate.apply(series);

    each(series.data, function(point) {
      point.shapeType = 'circle';
      point.shapeArgs = {
        x: point.plotX,
        y: point.plotY,
        r: series.chart.options.tooltip.snap
      };
    });
  },
  
  
  /**
   * Create individual tracker elements for each point
   */
  //drawTracker: ColumnSeries.prototype.drawTracker,
  drawTracker: function() {
    var series = this,
      cursor = series.options.cursor,
      css = cursor && { cursor: cursor },
      graphic;
      
    each(series.data, function(point) {
      graphic = point.graphic;
      if (graphic) { // doesn't exist for null points
        graphic
          .attr({ isTracker: true })
          .on('mouseover', function(event) {
            series.onMouseOver();
            point.onMouseOver();          
          })
          .on('mouseout', function(event) {
            if (!series.options.stickyTracking) {
              series.onMouseOut();
            }
          })
          .css(css);
      }
    });

  },
  
  /**
   * Cleaning the data is not necessary in a scatter plot
   */
  cleanData: function() {}
});
seriesTypes.scatter = ScatterSeries;

/**
 * Extended point object for pies
 */
var PiePoint = extendClass(Point, {
  /**
   * Initiate the pie slice
   */
  init: function () {
    
    Point.prototype.init.apply(this, arguments);
    
    var point = this,
      toggleSlice;
    
    //visible: options.visible !== false,
    extend(point, {
      visible: point.visible !== false,
      name: pick(point.name, 'Slice')
    });
    
    // add event listener for select
    toggleSlice = function() {
      point.slice();
    };
    addEvent(point, 'select', toggleSlice);
    addEvent(point, 'unselect', toggleSlice);
    
    return point;
  },
  
  /**
   * Toggle the visibility of the pie slice
   * @param {Boolean} vis Whether to show the slice or not. If undefined, the
   *    visibility is toggled
   */
  setVisible: function(vis) { 
    var point = this, 
      chart = point.series.chart,
      tracker = point.tracker,
      dataLabel = point.dataLabel,
      connector = point.connector,
      method;
    
    // if called without an argument, toggle visibility
    point.visible = vis = vis === UNDEFINED ? !point.visible : vis;
    
    method = vis ? 'show' : 'hide';
    
    point.group[method]();
    if (tracker) {
      tracker[method]();
    }
    if (dataLabel) {
      dataLabel[method]();
    }
    if (connector) {
      connector[method]();
    }
    if (point.legendItem) {
      chart.legend.colorizeItem(point, vis);
    }
  },
  
  /**
   * Set or toggle whether the slice is cut out from the pie
   * @param {Boolean} sliced When undefined, the slice state is toggled 
   * @param {Boolean} redraw Whether to redraw the chart. True by default.
   */
  slice: function(sliced, redraw, animation) {
    var point = this,
      series = point.series,
      chart = series.chart,
      slicedTranslation = point.slicedTranslation;
      
    setAnimation(animation, chart);
    
    // redraw is true by default
    redraw = pick(redraw, true);
      
    // if called without an argument, toggle
    sliced = point.sliced = defined(sliced) ? sliced : !point.sliced;
    
    point.group.animate({
      translateX: (sliced ? slicedTranslation[0] : chart.plotLeft),
      translateY: (sliced ? slicedTranslation[1] : chart.plotTop)
    });
    
  }
});

/**
 * The Pie series class
 */
var PieSeries = extendClass(Series, {
  type: 'pie',
  isCartesian: false,
  pointClass: PiePoint,
  pointAttrToOptions: { // mapping between SVG attributes and the corresponding options
    stroke: 'borderColor',
    'stroke-width': 'borderWidth',
    fill: 'color'
  },
  
  /**
   * Pies have one color each point
   */
  getColor: function() {
    // record first color for use in setData
    this.initialColor = colorCounter;
  },
  
  /**
   * Animate the column heights one by one from zero
   * @param {Boolean} init Whether to initialize the animation or run it 
   */
  animate: function(init) {
    var series = this,
      data = series.data;
      
    each(data, function(point) {
      var graphic = point.graphic,
        args = point.shapeArgs,
        up = -mathPI / 2;
      
      if (graphic) {
        // start values
        graphic.attr({ 
          r: 0,
          start: up,
          end: up
        });
        
        // animate
        graphic.animate({ 
          r: args.r,
          start: args.start,
          end: args.end
        }, series.options.animation);
      }
    });
    
    // delete this function to allow it only once
    series.animate = null;
    
  },
  /**
   * Do translation for pie slices
   */
  translate: function() {
    var total = 0,
      series = this,
      cumulative = -0.25, // start at top
      precision = 1000, // issue #172
      options = series.options,
      slicedOffset = options.slicedOffset,
      connectorOffset = slicedOffset + options.borderWidth,
      positions = options.center,
      chart = series.chart,
      plotWidth = chart.plotWidth,
      plotHeight = chart.plotHeight,
      start,
      end,
      angle,
      data = series.data,
      circ = 2 * mathPI,
      fraction,
      smallestSize = mathMin(plotWidth, plotHeight),
      isPercent,
      radiusX, // the x component of the radius vector for a given point
      radiusY,
      labelDistance = options.dataLabels.distance;
      
    // get positions - either an integer or a percentage string must be given
    positions.push(options.size, options.innerSize || 0);
    positions = map(positions, function(length, i) {
      
      isPercent = /%$/.test(length);      
      return isPercent ? 
        // i == 0: centerX, relative to width
        // i == 1: centerY, relative to height
        // i == 2: size, relative to smallestSize
        [plotWidth, plotHeight, smallestSize, smallestSize][i] *
          pInt(length) / 100:
        length;
    });
    
    // utility for getting the x value from a given y, used for anticollision logic in data labels
    series.getX = function(y, left) {
      
      angle = math.asin((y - positions[1]) / (positions[2] / 2 + labelDistance));
      
      return positions[0] + 
        (left ? -1 : 1) *
        (mathCos(angle) * (positions[2] / 2 + labelDistance));
    };
    
    // set center for later use
    series.center = positions;
          
    // get the total sum
    each(data, function(point) {
      total += point.y;
    });
    
    each(data, function(point) {
      // set start and end angle
      fraction = total ? point.y / total : 0;
      start = mathRound(cumulative * circ * precision) / precision;
      cumulative += fraction;
      end = mathRound(cumulative * circ * precision) / precision;
      
      // set the shape
      point.shapeType = 'arc';
      point.shapeArgs = {
        x: positions[0],
        y: positions[1],
        r: positions[2] / 2,
        innerR: positions[3] / 2,
        start: start,
        end: end
      };
      
      // center for the sliced out slice
      angle = (end + start) / 2;
      point.slicedTranslation = map([
        mathCos(angle) * slicedOffset + chart.plotLeft, 
        mathSin(angle) * slicedOffset + chart.plotTop
      ], mathRound);
      
      // set the anchor point for tooltips
      radiusX = mathCos(angle) * positions[2] / 2;
      radiusY = mathSin(angle) * positions[2] / 2;
      point.tooltipPos = [
        positions[0] + radiusX * 0.7,
        positions[1] + radiusY * 0.7
      ];
      
      // set the anchor point for data labels     
      point.labelPos = [
        positions[0] + radiusX + mathCos(angle) * labelDistance, // first break of connector
        positions[1] + radiusY + mathSin(angle) * labelDistance, // a/a
        positions[0] + radiusX + mathCos(angle) * connectorOffset, // second break, right outside pie
        positions[1] + radiusY + mathSin(angle) * connectorOffset, // a/a
        positions[0] + radiusX, // landing point for connector
        positions[1] + radiusY, // a/a
        labelDistance < 0 ? // alignment
          'center' :
          angle < circ / 4 ? 'left' : 'right', // alignment
        angle // center angle
      ];
      
      
      // API properties
      point.percentage = fraction * 100;
      point.total = total;
      
    });
    
    this.setTooltipPoints();
  },
  
  /**
   * Render the slices
   */
  render: function() {
    var series = this;
      
    // cache attributes for shapes
    series.getAttribs();

    this.drawPoints();
    
    // draw the mouse tracking area
    if (series.options.enableMouseTracking !== false) {
      series.drawTracker();
    }
    
    this.drawDataLabels();
    
    if (series.options.animation && series.animate) {
      series.animate();
    }
    
    series.isDirty = false; // means data is in accordance with what you see
  },
  
  /**
   * Draw the data points
   */
  drawPoints: function() {
    var series = this,
      chart = series.chart,
      renderer = chart.renderer,
      groupTranslation,
      //center,
      graphic,
      group,
      shapeArgs;
    
    // draw the slices
    each(series.data, function(point) {
      graphic = point.graphic;
      shapeArgs = point.shapeArgs;
      group = point.group;

      // create the group the first time
      if (!group) {
        group = point.group = renderer.g('point')
          .attr({ zIndex: 5 })
          .add();
      }
      
      // if the point is sliced, use special translation, else use plot area traslation
      groupTranslation = point.sliced ? point.slicedTranslation : [chart.plotLeft, chart.plotTop];
      group.translate(groupTranslation[0], groupTranslation[1])
        
      
      // draw the slice
      if (graphic) {
        graphic.animate(shapeArgs);
      } else {
        point.graphic = 
          renderer.arc(shapeArgs)
          .attr(extend(
            point.pointAttr[NORMAL_STATE],
            { 'stroke-linejoin': 'round' }
          ))
          .add(point.group);
      }
      
      // detect point specific visibility
      if (point.visible === false) {
        point.setVisible(false);
      }
          
    });
    
  },
  
  /**
   * Override the base drawDataLabels method by pie specific functionality
   */
  drawDataLabels: function() {
    var series = this,
      data = series.data,
      point,
      chart = series.chart,
      options = series.options.dataLabels,
      connectorPadding = pick(options.connectorPadding, 10),
      connectorWidth = pick(options.connectorWidth, 1),
      connector,
      connectorPath,
      outside = options.distance > 0,
      dataLabel,
      labelPos,
      labelHeight,
      lastY,
      centerY = series.center[1],
      quarters = [// divide the points into quarters for anti collision
        [], // top right
        [], // bottom right
        [], // bottom left
        [] // top left
      ], 
      x,
      y,
      visibility,
      overlapping,
      rankArr,
      secondPass,
      sign,
      lowerHalf,
      sort,
      i = 4,
      j;
      
    // run parent method
    Series.prototype.drawDataLabels.apply(series);
    
    // arrange points for detection collision
    each(data, function(point) {
      var angle = point.labelPos[7],
        quarter;
      if (angle < 0) {
        quarter = 0;
      } else if (angle < mathPI / 2) {
        quarter = 1;
      } else if (angle < mathPI) {
        quarter = 2;
      } else {
        quarter = 3;
      }
      quarters[quarter].push(point);
    });
    quarters[1].reverse();
    quarters[3].reverse();
    
    // define the sorting algorithm
    sort = function(a,b) {
      return a.y > b.y;
    };
    /* Loop over the points in each quartile, starting from the top and bottom
     * of the pie to detect overlapping labels.
     */
    while (i--) {
      overlapping = 0;
      
      // create an array for sorting and ranking the points within each quarter
      rankArr = [].concat(quarters[i]);
      rankArr.sort(sort);
      j = rankArr.length;
      while (j--) {
        rankArr[j].rank = j;
      }
        
      /* In the first pass, count the number of overlapping labels. In the second
       * pass, remove the labels with lowest rank/values.
       */
      for (secondPass = 0; secondPass < 2; secondPass++) {
        lowerHalf = i % 3;
        lastY = lowerHalf ? 9999 : -9999;
        sign = lowerHalf ? -1 : 1;
        
        for (j = 0; j < quarters[i].length; j++) {
          point = quarters[i][j];
          
          if ((dataLabel = point.dataLabel)) {
            labelPos = point.labelPos;
            visibility = VISIBLE;
            x = labelPos[0];
            y = labelPos[1];
            
            
            // assume all labels have equal height
            if (!labelHeight) {
              labelHeight = dataLabel && dataLabel.getBBox().height;
            }
            
            // anticollision
            if (outside) {
              if (secondPass && point.rank < overlapping) {
                visibility = HIDDEN;
              } else if ((!lowerHalf && y < lastY + labelHeight) ||
                  (lowerHalf && y > lastY - labelHeight)) {  
                y = lastY + sign * labelHeight;
                x = series.getX(y, i > 1);
                if ((!lowerHalf && y + labelHeight > centerY) ||
                    (lowerHalf && y -labelHeight < centerY)) {
                  if (secondPass) {
                    visibility = HIDDEN;
                  } else {                  
                    overlapping++;
                  }
                }
              }
            }
            
            if (point.visible === false) {
              visibility = HIDDEN;
            }
            
            if (visibility == VISIBLE) {
              lastY = y;
            }
              
            if (secondPass) {
            
              // move or place the data label
              dataLabel
                .attr({
                  visibility: visibility,
                  align: labelPos[6]
                })
                [dataLabel.moved ? 'animate' : 'attr']({
                  x: x + options.x + 
                    ({ left: connectorPadding, right: -connectorPadding }[labelPos[6]] || 0),
                  y: y + options.y
                });
              dataLabel.moved = true;
              
              // draw the connector
              if (outside && connectorWidth) {
                connector = point.connector;
                  
                connectorPath = [
                  M,
                  x + (labelPos[6] == 'left' ? 5 : -5), y, // end of the string at the label
                  L,
                  x, y, // first break, next to the label
                  L,
                  labelPos[2], labelPos[3], // second break
                  L,
                  labelPos[4], labelPos[5] // base
                ];
                  
                if (connector) {
                  connector.animate({ d: connectorPath });
                  connector.attr('visibility', visibility);
                
                } else {    
                  point.connector = connector = series.chart.renderer.path(connectorPath).attr({
                    'stroke-width': connectorWidth,
                    stroke: options.connectorColor || '#606060',
                    visibility: visibility,
                    zIndex: 3
                  })
                  .translate(chart.plotLeft, chart.plotTop)
                  .add();
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  
  /**
   * Draw point specific tracker objects. Inherit directly from column series.
   */
  drawTracker: ColumnSeries.prototype.drawTracker,
  
  /**
   * Pies don't have point marker symbols
   */
  getSymbol: function() {}
  
});
seriesTypes.pie = PieSeries;


// global variables
win.Highcharts = {
  Chart: Chart,
  dateFormat: dateFormat,
  pathAnim: pathAnim,
  getOptions: getOptions,
  numberFormat: numberFormat,
  Point: Point,
  Color: Color,
  Renderer: Renderer,
  seriesTypes: seriesTypes,
  setOptions: setOptions,
  Series: Series,
    
  // Expose utility funcitons for modules
  addEvent: addEvent,
  createElement: createElement,
  discardElement: discardElement,
  css: css,
  each: each,
  extend: extend,
  map: map,
  merge: merge,
  pick: pick,
  extendClass: extendClass,
  version: '2.1.4'
};
})();


