/**
 * The MarkerSeries class renders quantitative data by plotting relevant data points
 * on a graph.
 *
 * @module charts
 * @submodule charts-base
 * @class MarkerSeries
 * @extends CartesianSeries
 * @uses Plots
 * @constructor
 */
Y.MarkerSeries = Y.Base.create("markerSeries", Y.CartesianSeries, [Y.Plots], {
    /**
     * @protected
     *
     * Draws the series.
     *
     * @method drawSeries
     */
    drawSeries: function()
    {
        this.drawPlots();
    },

    /**
     * @protected
     *
     * Method used by `styles` setter. Overrides base implementation.
     *
     * @method _setStyles
     * @param {Object} newStyles Hash of properties to update.
     * @return Object
     */
    _setStyles: function(val)
    {
        if(!val.marker)
        {
            val = {marker:val};
        }
        val = this._parseMarkerStyles(val);
        return Y.MarkerSeries.superclass._mergeStyles.apply(this, [val, this._getDefaultStyles()]);
    },

    /**
     * @protected
     *
     * Gets the default value for the `styles` attribute. Overrides
     * base implementation.
     *
     * @method _getDefaultStyles
     * @return Object
     */
    _getDefaultStyles: function()
    {
        var styles = this._mergeStyles({marker:this._getPlotDefaults()}, Y.MarkerSeries.superclass._getDefaultStyles());
        return styles;
    }
},{
    ATTRS : {
        /**
         * Read-only attribute indicating the type of series.
         *
         * @attribute type
         * @type String
         * @default marker
         */
        type: {
            value:"marker"
        }

        /**
         * Style properties used for drawing markers. This attribute is inherited from `Renderer`. Below are the default
         * values:
         *  <dl>
         *      <dt>fill</dt><dd>A hash containing the following values:
         *          <dl>
         *              <dt>color</dt><dd>Color of the fill. The default value is determined by the order of the series on
         *              the graph. The color will be retrieved from the below array:<br/>
         *              `["#6084d0", "#eeb647", "#6c6b5f", "#d6484f", "#ce9ed1", "#ff9f3b", "#93b7ff", "#e0ddd0", "#94ecba", "#309687"]`
         *              </dd>
         *              <dt>alpha</dt><dd>Number from 0 to 1 indicating the opacity of the marker fill. The default value is 1.</dd>
         *          </dl>
         *      </dd>
         *      <dt>border</dt><dd>A hash containing the following values:
         *          <dl>
         *              <dt>color</dt><dd>Color of the border. The default value is determined by the order of the series on
         *              the graph. The color will be retrieved from the below array:<br/>
         *              `["#205096", "#b38206", "#000000", "#94001e", "#9d6fa0", "#e55b00", "#5e85c9", "#adab9e", "#6ac291", "#006457"]`
         *              <dt>alpha</dt><dd>Number from 0 to 1 indicating the opacity of the marker border. The default value is 1.</dd>
         *              <dt>weight</dt><dd>Number indicating the width of the border. The default value is 1.</dd>
         *          </dl>
         *      </dd>
         *      <dt>width</dt><dd>indicates the width of the marker. The default value is 10.</dd>
         *      <dt>height</dt><dd>indicates the height of the marker The default value is 10.</dd>
         *      <dt>over</dt><dd>hash containing styles for markers when highlighted by a `mouseover` event. The default
         *      values for each style is null. When an over style is not set, the non-over value will be used. For example,
         *      the default value for `marker.over.fill.color` is equivalent to `marker.fill.color`.</dd>
         *  </dl>
         *
         * @attribute styles
         * @type Object
         */
    }
});