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    "description": "The CategoryAxis class lets charts represent data grouped by a set of discrete values along an axis. You typically use the CategoryAxis class to define a set of labels that appear along an axis of a chart. For example, charts that render data according to City, Year, Business unit, and so on.  <p>You are not required to explicitly set the <code>dataProvider</code> property on a CategoryAxis. A CategoryAxis used in a chart inherits its <code>dataProvider</code> property from the containing chart.</p>  <p>While you can use the same data provider to provide data to the chart and categories to the CategoryAxis, a CategoryAxis can optimize rendering if its data provider is relatively static. If possible, ensure that the categories are relatively static and that changing data is stored in separate data providers.</p>  <p>The <code>dataProvider</code> property can accept either an array of strings or an array of records (Objects) with a property that specifies the category name. If you specify a <code>categoryField</code> property, the CategoryAxis assumes that the data provider is an array of Objects. If the value of the <code>categoryField</code> property is <code>null</code>, the CategoryAxis assumes that the data provider is an array of Strings.</p>   <p>The <code>&lt;mx:CategoryAxis&gt;</code> tag inherits all the properties of its parent classes and adds the following properties:</p>  <pre>\\n &lt;mx:CategoryAxis\\n <strong>Properties</strong>\\n categoryField=&quot;null&quot;\\n dataFunction=&quot;<i>No default</i>&quot;\\n dataProvider=&quot;<i>No default</i>&quot;\\n labelFunction=&quot;<i>No default</i>&quot;\\n padding=&quot;<i>Default depends on chart type</i>&quot;\\n ticksBetweenLabels=&quot;<i>true</i>&quot;\\n /&gt;\\n </pre>",
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          "description": "Specifies a method that returns the value that should be used as categoryValue for current item.If this property is set, the return value of the custom data function takes precedence over <code>categoryField</code>  <p>The custom <code>dataFunction</code> has the following signature:  <pre>\\n <i>function_name</i> (axis:CategoryAxis, item:Object):Object { ... }\\n </pre>  <code>axis</code> is the current axis that uses this <code>dataFunction</code> <code>item</code> is the item in the dataProvider that is considered. This function returns an object. </p>  <p>An example usage of a customized <code>dataFunction</code> is to return a value from a dataProvider that has items with nested fields</p>  <pre>\\n public function myFunction(axis:CategoryAxis,item:Object):Object {\\n return(item.Country.State);\\n }\\n </pre>",
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          "description": "Specifies the data source containing the label names. The <code>dataProvider</code> can be an Array of Strings, an Array of Objects, or any object that implements the IList or ICollectionView interface. If the <code>dataProvider</code> is an Array of Strings, ensure that the <code>categoryField</code> property is set to <code>null</code>. If the dataProvider is an Array of Objects, set the <code>categoryField</code> property to the name of the field that contains the label text.",
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