DataElementDecorator

class qf_lib.plotting.decorators.data_element_decorator.DataElementDecorator(data_container: object, key: str = None, use_secondary_axes: bool = False, **plot_settings: Any)

Bases: qf_lib.plotting.decorators.chart_decorator.ChartDecorator, qf_lib.plotting.decorators.simple_legend_item.SimpleLegendItem

Wrapper for main data element used by a certain type of Chart. It stores the data container, plot settings and a handle for matplotlib’s element representing the charted data (curve in LineChart, bars in BarChart etc.).

Parameters

• data_container (object) – container for the data to be charted (its type depends on the type of the chart)

• key (str) – Key is the identifier of the data element. It must be unique to each data element across the chart.

• use_secondary_axes (bool) – Whether this data element should be plotted on the secondary axis.

• plot_settings (Any) – Additional settings for plotting the data element.

Methods

decorate(chart)

Modifies the axes object taken from the chart (e.g.

decorate(chart: Chart) → None

Modifies the axes object taken from the chart (e.g. adds legend, draws cone, etc.).