// ==ClosureCompiler==
// @compilation_level SIMPLE_OPTIMIZATIONS

/**
 * @license Highcharts JS v2.1.5 (2011-06-22)
 * 
 * (c) 2009-2011 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',
    Renderer,
    hasTouch = doc.documentElement.ontouchstart !== undefined,
    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) {
    var n;
    if (!a) {
        a = {};
    }
    for (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';
}

function log2lin(num) {
    return math.log(num) / math.LN10;
}
function lin2log(num) {
    return math.pow(10, num);
}

/**
 * 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 += key +':'+ style[key] + ';';
    }
    return s;
    
}
/**
 * Set CSS on a given element
 * @param {Object} el
 * @param {Object} styles Style object with camel case property names
 */
function css (el, styles) {
    if (isIE) {
        if (styles && styles.opacity !== UNDEFINED) {
            styles.filter = 'alpha(opacity='+ (styles.opacity * 100) +')';
        }
    }
    extend(el.style, styles);
}

/* *
 * Get CSS value on a given element
 * @param {Object} el DOM object
 * @param {String} styleProp Camel cased CSS propery
 * /
function getStyle (el, styleProp) {
    var ret,
        CURRENT_STYLE = 'currentStyle',
        GET_COMPUTED_STYLE = 'getComputedStyle';
    if (el[CURRENT_STYLE]) {
        ret = el[CURRENT_STYLE][styleProp];
    } else if (win[GET_COMPUTED_STYLE]) {
        ret = win[GET_COMPUTED_STYLE](el, null).getPropertyValue(hyphenate(styleProp));
    }
    return ret;
}*/

/**
 * 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;
}

/**
 * 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;
}

/**
 * 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 = String(pInt(n = mathAbs(+n || 0).toFixed(c))),
        j = i.length > 3 ? i.length % 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),
        key, // used in for constuct below
        // 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,
        /* // uncomment this and the 'W' format key below to enable week numbers
        weekNumber = function() { 
            var clone = new Date(date.valueOf()),
                day = clone[getDay]() == 0 ? 7 : clone[getDay](),
                dayNumber;
            clone.setDate(clone[getDate]() + 4 - day);
            dayNumber = mathFloor((clone.getTime() - new Date(clone[getFullYear](), 0, 1, -6)) / 86400000);
            return 1 + mathFloor(dayNumber / 7);
        },
        */
        
        // 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)
            //'W': weekNumber(),
            
            // 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 (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 };
    el = el.offsetParent;
    while (el) {
        p.left += el.offsetLeft;
        p.top += el.offsetTop;
        if (el !== doc.body && el !== doc.documentElement) {
            p.left -= el.scrollLeft;
            p.top -= el.scrollTop;
        }
        el = el.offsetParent;
    }
    return p;
}

/**
 * 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) {
        var i = 0, 
            len = arr.length;
        for (; 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 = [],
            i = 0, len = arr.length;
        for (; 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
            },
            // connectNulls: false, // docs
            //cursor: 'default',
            //dashStyle: null,
            //enableMouseTracking: true,
            events: {},
            //legendIndex: 0, // docs (+ pie points)
            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: '',
        href: '',
        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, logarithmic or datetime // docs
},

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'
    },
    stackLabels: {
        enabled: false,
        //align: dynamic,
        //y: dynamic,
        //x: dynamic,
        //verticalAlign: dynamic,
        //textAlign: dynamic,
        //rotation: 0,
        formatter: function() {
            return this.total;
        },
        style: defaultLabelOptions.style
    }
}),

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
        }
    },
    dataLabels: {
        y: null,
        verticalAlign: null
    }
});
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();


/**
 * 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
        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);
        if (result) {
            rgba = [pInt(result[1]), pInt(result[2]), pInt(result[3]), parseFloat(result[4], 10)];
        }

        // hex
        else {
            result = /#([a-fA-F0-9]{2})([a-fA-F0-9]{2})([a-fA-F0-9]{2})/.exec(input);
            if (result) {
                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
    };
};

/**
 * 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';
                    value = value && value.toLowerCase();
                    if (value === 'solid') {
                        value = NONE;
                    } else if (value) {
                        value = value
                            .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);
                    }                    
                }
                
                // validate heights
                if ((key === 'width' || key === 'height') && nodeName === 'rect' && value < 0) {
                    value = 0;
                }
                
                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](
                    mathRound(wrapper.x * 2) / 2, // Round to halves. Issue #274.
                    mathRound(wrapper.y * 2) / 2, 
                    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',
            camelStyles = styles,
            n;
            
        // 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;
        
        // hyphenate
        if (defined(styles)) {
            styles = {};
            for (n in camelStyles) {
                styles[hyphenate(n)] = camelStyles[n];
            }
        }
        
        // 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) {
        var elemWrapper = this;
        
        if (!alignOptions) { // called on resize
            alignOptions = elemWrapper.alignOptions;
            alignByTranslate = elemWrapper.alignByTranslate;
        } else { // first call on instanciate
            elemWrapper.alignOptions = alignOptions;
            elemWrapper.alignByTranslate = alignByTranslate;
            if (!box) { // boxes other than renderer handle this internally
                elemWrapper.renderer.alignedObjects.push(elemWrapper);
            }
        }
        
        box = pick(box, elemWrapper.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
        elemWrapper[elemWrapper.placed ? 'animate' : 'attr'](attribs);
        elemWrapper.placed = true;
        elemWrapper.alignAttr = attribs;
        
        return elemWrapper;
    },
    
    /**
     * 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, group) {
        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
                });
                
                if (group) {
                    group.element.appendChild(shadow);
                } else {
                    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 = {
    
    Element: SVGElement,
    
    /**
     * 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;
                    
        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['-hc-direction'] === 'rtl' && 
                !this.forExport && pInt(userAgent.split('Firefox/')[1]) < 4, // issue #38
            arr,
            width = textStyles && pInt(textStyles.width),
            textLineHeight = textStyles && textStyles['line-height'],
            lastLine,
            GET_COMPUTED_STYLE = 'getComputedStyle',
            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, '') || ' ')
                        .replace(/&lt;/g, '<')
                        .replace(/&gt;/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) {
                            
                            // allow getting the right offset height in exporting in IE
                            if (!hasSVG && wrapper.renderer.forExport) {
                                css(tspan, { display: 'block' });
                            }
                            
                            // Webkit and opera sometimes return 'normal' as the line height. In that
                            // case, webkit uses offsetHeight, while Opera falls back to 18
                            lineHeight = win[GET_COMPUTED_STYLE] &&
                                win[GET_COMPUTED_STYLE](lastLine, null).getPropertyValue('line-height');
                            
                            if (!lineHeight || 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, {
                                        dy: textLineHeight || 16,
                                        x: parentX
                                    });
                                    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());                            
                            }
                            if (words.length) {
                                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;
            strokeWidth = x.strokeWidth;
            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
        if (elemWrapper.element.setAttributeNS) {
            elemWrapper.element.setAttributeNS('http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink', 
                'href', src);
        } else {
            // could be exporting in IE
            // using href throws "not supported" in ie7 and under, requries regex shim to fix later
            elemWrapper.element.setAttribute('hc-svg-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(
                mathRound(x), 
                mathRound(y),
                radius, 
                options
            ),
            
            imageRegex = /^url\((.*?)\)$/,
            imageSrc,
            imageSize;
            
        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)) {
            
            var centerImage = function(img, size) {
                img.attr({
                    width: size[0],
                    height: size[1]
                }).translate(
                    -mathRound(size[0] / 2),
                    -mathRound(size[1] / 2)
                );
            };
            
            imageSrc = symbol.match(imageRegex)[1];
            imageSize = symbolSizes[imageSrc];
            
            // create the image synchronously, add attribs async
            obj = this.image(imageSrc)
                .attr({
                    x: x,
                    y: y
                });

            if (imageSize) {
                centerImage(obj, imageSize);
            } else {
                // initialize image to be 0 size so export will still function if there's no cached sizes
                obj.attr({ width: 0, height: 0 });

                // create a dummy JavaScript image to get the width and height  
                createElement('img', {
                    onload: function() {
                        var img = this;
                        centerImage(obj, symbolSizes[imageSrc] = [img.width, img.height]);
                    },
                    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

// general renderer
Renderer = 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') {
                    this.bBox = null;
                    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 wrapper = this,
            element = wrapper.element,
            bBox = wrapper.bBox;
        
        if (!bBox) {
            // faking getBBox in exported SVG in legacy IE
            if (element.nodeName === 'text') {
                element.style.position = ABSOLUTE;
            }
            
            bBox = wrapper.bBox = {
                x: element.offsetLeft,
                y: element.offsetTop,
                width: element.offsetWidth,
                height: element.offsetHeight
            };
        }
        return bBox;
                    
    },
    
    /**
     * 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, group) {
        var shadows = [],
            i,
            element = this.element,
            renderer = this.renderer,
            shadow,
            elemStyle = element.style,
            markup,
            path = element.path;
            
        // some times empty paths are not strings
        if (path && typeof path.value !== 'string') {
            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
                if (group) {
                    group.element.appendChild(shadow);
                } else {
                    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
    
    Element: VMLElement,
    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.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.symbol('circle').attr({ x: x, y: y, r: 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;
            strokeWidth = x.strokeWidth;
            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'
            ];
                
        }
    }
});

// general renderer
Renderer = VMLRenderer;
}
/* **************************************************************************** 
 *                                                                            * 
 * END OF INTERNET EXPLORER <= 8 SPECIFIC CODE                                *
 *                                                                            *
 *****************************************************************************/
    

/**
 * 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,
            type = options.type,
            isDatetimeAxis = type === 'datetime',
            isLog = type === 'logarithmic',
            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,
            userMin,
            userMax,
            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: mathMax(1, mathRound(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 && !isNaN(x)) {
                    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 += pInt(label.styles.lineHeight) * 0.9 - label.getBBox().height / 2;
                    }
                    
                        
                    // correct for staggered labels
                    if (staggerLines) {
                        y += (index / (step || 1) % 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], pick(path[6], path[1])];
                ys = [path[2], path[5], pick(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);
        }
        };
        
        /**
         * The class for stack items
         */
        function StackItem(options, isNegative, x) {
            var stackItem = this;
        
            // Tells if the stack is negative 
            stackItem.isNegative = isNegative;
            
            // Save the options to be able to style the label
            stackItem.options = options;
            
            // Save the x value to be able to position the label later
            stackItem.x = x;
            
            // The align options and text align varies on whether the stack is negative and
            // if the chart is inverted or not.
            // First test the user supplied value, then use the dynamic.
            stackItem.alignOptions = {
                align: options.align || (inverted ? (isNegative ? 'left' : 'right') : 'center'),
                verticalAlign: options.verticalAlign || (inverted ? 'middle' : (isNegative ? 'bottom' : 'top')),
                y: pick(options.y, inverted ? 4 : (isNegative ? 14 : -6)),
                x: pick(options.x, inverted ? (isNegative ? -6 : 6) : 0)
            };
            
            stackItem.textAlign = options.textAlign || (inverted ? (isNegative ? 'right' : 'left') : 'center');
        }
        
        StackItem.prototype = {
            /**
             * Sets the total of this stack. Should be called when a serie is hidden or shown
             * since that will affect the total of other stacks.
             */
            setTotal: function(total) {
                this.total = total;
                this.cum = total;
            },

            /**
             * Renders the stack total label and adds it to the stack label group.
             */
            render: function(group) {
                var stackItem = this,                                    // aliased this
                    str = stackItem.options.formatter.call(stackItem);    // format the text in the label

                // Change the text to reflect the new total and set visibility to hidden in case the serie is hidden
                if (stackItem.label) {
                    stackItem.label.attr({text: str, visibility: HIDDEN});
                // Create new label
                } else {
                    stackItem.label =
                        chart.renderer.text(str, 0, 0)                // dummy positions, actual position updated with setOffset method in columnseries
                            .css(stackItem.options.style)            // apply style
                            .attr({align: stackItem.textAlign,            // fix the text-anchor
                                rotation: stackItem.options.rotation,    // rotation
                                visibility: HIDDEN })                    // hidden until setOffset is called
                            .add(group);                            // add to the labels-group
                }
            },

            /**
             * Sets the offset that the stack has from the x value and repositions the label.
             */
            setOffset: function(xOffset, xWidth) {
                var stackItem = this,                                        // aliased this
                    neg = stackItem.isNegative,                                // special treatment is needed for negative stacks
                    y = axis.translate(stackItem.total),                    // stack value translated mapped to chart coordinates
                    yZero = axis.translate(0),                                // stack origin
                    h = mathAbs(y - yZero),                                    // stack height
                    x = chart.xAxis[0].translate(stackItem.x) + xOffset,    // stack x position
                    plotHeight = chart.plotHeight,
                    stackBox = {    // this is the box for the complete stack
                            x: inverted ? (neg ? y : y - h) : x,
                            y: inverted ? plotHeight - x - xWidth : (neg ? (plotHeight - y - h) : plotHeight - y),
                            width: inverted ? h : xWidth,
                            height: inverted ? xWidth : h
                    };
                
                if (stackItem.label) {
                    stackItem.label
                        .align(stackItem.alignOptions, null, stackBox)    // align the label to the box
                        .attr({visibility: VISIBLE});                    // set visibility
                }
            }
        };
        
        /**
         * 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] = {};
                                    }
                                    
                                    // If the StackItem is there, just update the values,
                                    // if not, create one first
                                    if (!stacks[key][pointX]) {
                                        stacks[key][pointX] = new StackItem(options.stackLabels, isNegative, pointX);
                                    }
                                    stacks[key][pointX].setTotal(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) {
                            var threshold = 0; // use series.options.threshold?
                            if (dataMin >= threshold) {
                                dataMin = threshold;
                                ignoreMinPadding = true;
                            } else if (dataMax < threshold) {
                                dataMax = threshold;
                                ignoreMaxPadding = true;
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            });
            
        }
    
        /**
         * Translate from axis value to pixel position on the chart, or back
         * 
         */
        translate = function(val, backwards, cvsCoord, old, handleLog) {
            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    
                if (isLog && handleLog) {
                    returnValue = lin2log(returnValue);
                }            
            
            } else { // normal translation
                if (isLog && handleLog) {
                    val = log2lin(val);
                }
                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, i;
                
            // 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 || isLog) {
                    if (magnitude === 1) {
                        multiples = [1, 2, 5, 10];
                    } else if (magnitude <= 0.1) {
                        multiples = [1 / magnitude];
                    }                    
                }
            }
            
            // normalize the interval to the nearest multiple
            for (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;
            magnitude = pick(magnitude, math.pow(10, mathFloor(math.log(tickInterval) / math.LN10)));
            
            if (magnitude < 1) {
                invMag = mathRound(1 / magnitude)  * 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 = correctFloat(mathFloor(min / tickInterval) * tickInterval),
                roundedMax = correctFloat(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 && !defined(options.min) && !defined(options.max) ? 
                        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(userMin, options.min, dataMin);
                max = pick(userMax, options.max, dataMax);
            }
            
            if (isLog) {
                min = log2lin(min);
                max = log2lin(max);
            }
            
            // 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(userMin) && minPadding && (dataMin < 0 || !ignoreMinPadding)) { 
                    min -= length * minPadding; 
                }
                if (!defined(options.max) && !defined(userMax)  && 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, userMin))) {
                        min -= catPad;
                    }
                    if (categories || !defined(pick(options.max, userMax))) {
                        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
                
                userMin = newMin;
                userMax = newMax;
            
                
                // redraw
                if (redraw) {
                    chart.redraw(animation);
                }
            });
            
        }
        
        /**
         * Get the actual axis extremes
         */
        function getExtremes() {
            return {
                min: min,
                max: max,
                dataMin: dataMin,
                dataMax: dataMax,
                userMin: userMin,
                userMax: userMax
            };
        }
        
        /**
         * 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],
                n;
            
            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 (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,
                stackLabelOptions = options.stackLabels,
                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) {
                var pos;
                for (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
                });
                
            }
            
            // Stacked totals:
            if (stackLabelOptions && stackLabelOptions.enabled) {
                var stackKey, oneStack, stackCategory,
                    stackTotalGroup = axis.stackTotalGroup;

                // Create a separate group for the stack total labels
                if (!stackTotalGroup) {
                    axis.stackTotalGroup = stackTotalGroup =
                        renderer.g('stack-labels')
                            .attr({ 
                                visibility: VISIBLE,
                                zIndex: 6
                            })
                            .translate(plotLeft, plotTop)
                            .add();
                }

                // Render each stack total
                for (stackKey in stacks) {
                    oneStack = stacks[stackKey];
                    for (stackCategory in oneStack) {
                        oneStack[stackCategory].render(stackTotalGroup);
                    }
                }
            }
            // End stacked totals
            
            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>'] : [];
                        
            // build the values
            each(items, function(item) {
                s.push(item.point.tooltipFormatter(useHeader));
            });
            return s.join('<br/>');
        }
        
        /**
         * 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;
                
            // 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(item.getLabelConfig());
                });
                
                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 = point.getLabelConfig();
            }
            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--) {
                    axis = point.series[i ? 'yAxis' : 'xAxis'];
                    if (crosshairsOptions[i] && axis) {
                        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,
                pageZoomFix = isWebKit && doc.width / doc.documentElement.clientWidth - 1,
                chartPosLeft,
                chartPosTop,
                chartX,
                chartY;
            
            // 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 || pageZoomFix) { // only Opera needs position on mouse move, see below
                chartPosition = getPosition(container);
                chartPosLeft = chartPosition.left;
                chartPosTop = chartPosition.top;
            }
            
            // chartX and chartY
            if (isIE) { // IE including IE9 that has chartX but in a different meaning
                chartX = e.x;
                chartY = e.y;
            } else {
                if (ePos.layerX === UNDEFINED) { // Opera and iOS
                    chartX = ePos.pageX - chartPosLeft;
                    chartY = ePos.pageY - chartPosTop;
                } else {
                    chartX = e.layerX;
                    chartY = e.layerY;
                }
            }
            
            // correct for page zoom bug in WebKit
            if (pageZoomFix) {
                chartX += mathRound((pageZoomFix + 1) * chartPosLeft - chartPosLeft);
                chartY += mathRound((pageZoomFix + 1) * chartPosTop - chartPosTop);
            }
            
            return extend(e, {
                chartX: chartX,
                chartY: chartY
            });
        }
        
        /**
         * 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,
                                0,
                                0,
                                1
                            ),
                            selectionMax = translate(
                                isHorizontal ? 
                                    selectionLeft + selectionBox.width : 
                                    plotHeight - selectionTop, 
                                true,
                                0,
                                0,
                                1
                            );
                                
                            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
                    hasDragged = Math.sqrt(
                        Math.pow(mouseDownX - chartX, 2) + 
                        Math.pow(mouseDownY - chartY, 2));
                    if (hasDragged > 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,
                lineColor = visible ? item.color : hiddenColor,
                symbolAttr = visible ? item.pointAttr[NORMAL_STATE] : {
                    stroke: hiddenColor,
                    fill: hiddenColor
                };
                    
            if (legendItem) {
                legendItem.css({ fill: textColor });
            }
            if (legendLine) {
                legendLine.attr({ stroke: lineColor });
            }
            if (legendSymbol) {
                legendSymbol.attr(symbolAttr);
            }
            
        }
        
        /**
         * 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,
                    alignAttr = legendGroup.alignAttr;
                if (checkbox) {
                    css(checkbox, {
                        left: (alignAttr.translateX + item.legendItemWidth + checkbox.x - 40) +PX,
                        top: (alignAttr.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,
                itemOptions = series.options,
                strokeWidth = (itemOptions && itemOptions.borderWidth) || 0;                
            
            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 && itemOptions && itemOptions.lineWidth) {
                    var attrs = {
                            'stroke-width': itemOptions.lineWidth,
                            zIndex: 2
                        };
                    if (itemOptions.dashStyle) {
                        attrs.dashstyle = itemOptions.dashStyle;
                    }
                    item.legendLine = renderer.path([
                        M,
                        -symbolWidth - symbolPadding, 
                        0,
                        L, 
                        -symbolPadding, 
                        0
                    ])
                    .attr(attrs)
                    .add(legendGroup);
                }
                    
                // draw a simple symbol
                if (simpleSymbol) { // bar|pie|area|column
                    
                    legendSymbol = renderer.rect(
                        (symbolX = -symbolWidth - symbolPadding),
                        (symbolY = -11),
                        symbolWidth,
                        12,
                        2
                    ).attr({
                        //'stroke-width': 0,
                        zIndex: 3
                    }).add(legendGroup);
                }
                    
                // draw the marker
                else if (itemOptions && itemOptions.marker && itemOptions.marker.enabled) {
                    legendSymbol = renderer.symbol(
                        item.symbol,
                        (symbolX = -symbolWidth / 2 - symbolPadding), 
                        (symbolY = -4),
                        itemOptions.marker.radius
                    )
                    //.attr(item.pointAttr[NORMAL_STATE])
                    .attr({ zIndex: 3 })
                    .add(legendGroup);
                
                }
                if (legendSymbol) {
                    legendSymbol.xOff = symbolX + (strokeWidth % 2 / 2);
                    legendSymbol.yOff = symbolY + (strokeWidth % 2 / 2);
                }
                
                item.legendSymbol = legendSymbol;
                    
                // colorize the items
                colorizeItem(item, item.visible);
                
                
                // add the HTML checkbox on top
                if (itemOptions && itemOptions.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;
            
            if (!legendGroup) {
                legendGroup = renderer.g('legend')
                    .attr({ zIndex: 7 })
                    .add();
            }
            
            
            // add each series or point
            allItems = [];
            each(series, function(serie) {
                var seriesOptions = serie.options;
                
                if (!seriesOptions.showInLegend) {
                    return;
                }
                
                // use points or series for the legend item depending on legendType
                allItems = allItems.concat(seriesOptions.legendType === 'point' ?
                    serie.data : 
                    serie
                );
                
            });
            
            // sort by legendIndex
            allItems.sort(function(a, b) {
                return (a.options.legendIndex || 0) - (b.options.legendIndex || 0);
            });
            
            // reversed legend
            if (reversedLegend) {
                allItems.reverse();
            }
            
            // render the items
            each(allItems, renderItem);
            
            
            
            // 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 - pInt(rect.left))) + PX,
                    top: (-(rect.top - pInt(rect.top))) + 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(win, 'resize', reflow);
        addEvent(chart, 'destroy', function() {
            removeEvent(win, '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;
        chart.chartWidth = chartWidth = mathRound(width);
        chart.chartHeight = 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',
            COMPLETE = 'complete';
        // Note: in spite of JSLint's complaints, win == win.top is required
        if (!hasSVG && win == win.top && doc.readyState !== COMPLETE) {
            doc.attachEvent(ONREADYSTATECHANGE, function() {
                doc.detachEvent(ONREADYSTATECHANGE, firstRender);
                if (doc.readyState === COMPLETE) {
                    firstRender();
                }
            });
            return;
        }

        // Set to zero for each new chart
        colorCounter = 0;
        symbolCounter = 0;

        // 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
        
    
    // 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;
        }
        
        
    },
    
    /**
     * Return the configuration hash needed for the data label and tooltip formatters
     */
    getLabelConfig: function() {
        var point = this;
        return {
            x: point.category,
            y: point.y,
            series: point.series,
            point: point,
            percentage: point.percentage,
            total: point.total || point.stackTotal
        };
    },
        
    /**
     * 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>'].join('');
        
    },
    
    /**
     * 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);
            
            // 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;
            
        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[i - 1].destroy();
                    data.splice(i - 1, 1); // remove the duplicate
                }
            }
        }*/
        
        // connect nulls
        if (series.options.connectNulls) {
            for (i = data.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
                if (data[i].y === null && data[i - 1] && data[i + 1]) {
                    data.splice(i, 1);
                }
            }
        }
        
        // 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 (interval > 0 && (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);
        }
        series.getAttribs();
        
        
        // 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();
        
        
        // cache attributes for shapes
        series.getAttribs();
        
        // 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, 0, 1);
            }
            
            // set the y value
            if (yValue !== null) {
                point.plotY = yAxis.translate(yValue, 0, 1, 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,
            key;
            
        // 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 (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,
                stacking = series.options.stacking,
                isBarLike = seriesType === 'column' || seriesType === 'bar',
                vAlignIsNull = options.verticalAlign === null,
                yIsNull = options.y === null;

            if (isBarLike) {
                if (stacking) {
                    // In stacked series the default label placement is inside the bars
                    if (vAlignIsNull) {
                        options = merge(options, {verticalAlign: 'middle'});
                    }

                    // If no y delta is specified, try to create a good default
                    if (yIsNull) {
                        options = merge(options, {y: {top: 14, middle: 4, bottom: -6}[options.verticalAlign]}); 
                    }
                } else {
                    // In non stacked series the default label placement is on top of the bars
                    if (vAlignIsNull) {
                        options = merge(options, {verticalAlign: 'top'});
                    }

                    // If no y delta is specified, set the default
                    if (yIsNull) {
                        options = merge(options, {y: -6}); 
                    }
                }
            }

            // create a separate group for the data labels to avoid rotation
            if (!dataLabelsGroup) {
                dataLabelsGroup = series.dataLabelsGroup = 
                    chart.renderer.g('data-labels')
                        .attr({ 
                            visibility: series.visible ? VISIBLE : HIDDEN,
                            zIndex: 6                            
                        })
                        .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 = options.formatter.call(point.getLabelConfig());
                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;
                }
                
                // update existing label
                if (dataLabel) {
                    // vertically centered
                    if (inverted && !options.y) {
                        y = y + pInt(dataLabel.styles.lineHeight) * 0.9 - dataLabel.getBBox().height / 2;
                    }
                    dataLabel
                        .attr({
                            text: str
                        }).animate({
                            x: x,
                            y: y
                        });
                // create new label
                } 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 + pInt(dataLabel.styles.lineHeight) * 0.9 - dataLabel.getBBox().height / 2
                        });
                    }
                }
                
                
                /*if (series.isCartesian) {
                    dataLabel[chart.isInsidePlot(plotX, plotY) ? 'show' : 'hide']();
                }*/

                if (isBarLike && series.options.stacking) {
                    var barY = point.barY,
                        barW = point.barW,
                        barH = point.barH;

                    dataLabel.align(options, null, 
                        {
                            x: inverted ? chart.plotWidth - barY - barH : barX,
                            y: inverted ? chart.plotHeight - barX - barW : barY,
                            width: inverted ? barH : barW,
                            height: inverted ? barW : barH
                        });
                }
            });
        }
    },
    
    /**
     * 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,
            options = series.options,
            stacking = options.stacking,
            borderWidth = options.borderWidth,
            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 && otherSeries.visible) {
                if (otherSeries.options.stacking) {
                    stackKey = otherSeries.stackKey;
                    if (stackGroups[stackKey] === UNDEFINED) {
                        stackGroups[stackKey] = columnCount++;    
                    }                    
                    columnIndex = stackGroups[stackKey];
                } else {
                    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 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),
                stack = series.yAxis.stacks[(point.y < 0 ? '-' : '') + series.stackKey],
                trackerY,
                shapeArgs;
            
            // Record the offset'ed position and width of the bar to be able to align the stacking total correctly
            if (stacking && series.visible && stack && stack[point.x]) {
                stack[point.x].setOffset(pointXOffset, pointWidth);
            }
            
            // 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
            });
            
            // create shape type and shape args that are reused in drawPoints and drawTracker
            point.shapeType = 'rect';
            shapeArgs = extend(chart.renderer.Element.prototype.crisp.apply({}, [
                borderWidth,
                barX,
                barY,
                pointWidth,
                barH
            ]), {
                r: options.borderRadius
            });
            if (borderWidth % 2) { // correct for shorting in crisp method, visible in stacked columns with 1px border
                shapeArgs.y -= 1;
                shapeArgs.height += 1;
            }
            point.shapeArgs = shapeArgs;
            
            // 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) && point.y !== null) {
                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;
            delete shapeArgs.strokeWidth;
            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(point.group || chart.trackerGroup); // pies have point group - see issue #118
                }
            }
        });
    },
    
    
    /**
     * 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,
                    shapeArgs = point.shapeArgs;
                
                if (graphic) {
                    // start values
                    graphic.attr({ 
                        height: 0,
                        y: series.yAxis.translate(0, 0, 1)
                    });
                    
                    // animate
                    graphic.animate({ 
                        height: shapeArgs.height,
                        y: shapeArgs.y
                    }, 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,
            translation;
            
        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;
        
        translation = {
            translateX: (sliced ? slicedTranslation[0] : chart.plotLeft),
            translateY: (sliced ? slicedTranslation[1] : chart.plotTop)
        };
        point.group.animate(translation);
        if (point.shadowGroup) {
            point.shadowGroup.animate(translation);
        }
        
    }
});

/**
 * 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.concat([options.size, options.innerSize || 0]),
            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 = 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
                // i == 4: innerSize, 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,
            shadow = series.options.shadow,
            shadowGroup,
            shapeArgs;
            
        
        // draw the slices
        each(series.data, function(point) {
            graphic = point.graphic;
            shapeArgs = point.shapeArgs;
            group = point.group;
            shadowGroup = point.shadowGroup;

            // put the shadow behind all points
            if (shadow && !shadowGroup) {
                shadowGroup = point.shadowGroup = renderer.g('shadow')
                    .attr({ zIndex: 4 })
                    .add();
            }
        
            // 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]);
            if (shadowGroup) {
                shadowGroup.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)
                    .shadow(shadow, shadowGroup);
            }
            
            // 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];
                    
                    dataLabel = point.dataLabel;
                    if (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: '2.1.5'
};
}());

