NAME

       Jifty::Plugin::Chart::Renderer - Base class for chart rendering classes

SYNOPSIS

       In your config.yml:

         Plugins:
           - Chart:
               DefaultRenderer: MyApp::Renderer

       In lib/MyApp/Renderer.pm:

         package MyApp::Renderer;
         use base qw/ Jifty::Plugin::Chart::Renderer /;

         sub init {
             my $self = shift;

             # Handle any required initialization, like required CSS, JS, etc.
         }

         sub render {
             my $self = shift;
             my %args = @_;

             # Output your chart
             Jifty->web->out( #{ Output your chart here... } );

             # You could also return it as a string...
             return;
         }

METHODS

       Your renderer implementation must subclass this package and implement the following
       methods:

   new
       This is the constructor. Don't override this directly. Instead implement "init".

   init
         $renderer->init();

       This is called by "new" immediately after constructing the object.  It is passed a param
       hash from the config file.  Subclasses should implement this method to do any required
       initialization such as letting Jifty know about required CSS files, JS files, etc.

   render
         Jifty->web->out($renderer->render(%args));

       See Jifty::Plugin::Chart::Web for the arguments. It must (at least) accept the arguments
       given to the "chart" in Jifty::Plugin::Chart::Web method.

       The "render" method may either return it's output or print it out using Jifty::Web::out.

SEE ALSO

       Jifty::Plugin::Chart::Web, Jifty::Plugin::Chart::Renderer::Chart

AUTHOR

       Andrew Sterling Hanenkamp "<andrew.hanenkamp@boomer.com>"

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       Copyright 2007 Boomer Consulting, Inc.

       This is free software and may be modified and distributed under the same terms as Perl
       itself.