PlotRenderingInfo plotState) {
        
        AxisState state = null;
        // if the axis is not visible, don't draw it...
        if (!isVisible()) {
            state = new AxisState(cursor);
            // even though the axis is not visible, we need ticks for the 
            // gridlines...
            List ticks = refreshTicks(g2, state, dataArea, edge); 
            state.setTicks(ticks);
            return state;
        }
        state = drawTickMarksAndLabels(g2, cursor, plotArea, dataArea, edge);
        state = drawLabel(getLabel(), g2, plotArea, dataArea, edge, state);
        return state;