In order to take full advantage of the new plugin hooks called before and after a dataset is drawn, all drawing operations must happen on stable meta data, so make sure that transitions are performed before.
Chart data can now be entirely replaced using `chart.data = {...}` thanks to the new property setter (instead of using `chart.config.data = {}`). Also update the documentation, as suggested by @ldaguise and @kennethkalmer, with a note about versions prior 2.6.
Make all `before` hooks cancellable (except `beforeInit`), meaning that if any plugin return explicitly `false`, the current action is not performed. Ensure that `init` hooks are called before `update` hooks and add associated calling order unit tests. Deprecate `Chart.PluginBase` in favor of `IPlugin` (no more an inheritable class) and document plugin hooks (also rename `extension` by `hook`).
Move base platform definition and logic in src/platform/platform.js and simplify the browser -> Chart.js event mapping by listing only different naming then fallback to the native type.
Replace `createEvent` by `add/removeEventListener` methods which dispatch Chart.js IEvent objects instead of native events. Move `add/removeResizeListener` implementation into the DOM platform which is now accessible via `platform.add/removeEventListener(chart, 'resize', listener)`.
Finally, remove `bindEvent` and `unbindEvent` from the helpers since the implementation is specific to the chart controller (and should be private).
Refactoring to put browser specific code in a new class, BrowserPlatform.
BrowserPlatform implements IPlatform. Chart.Platform is the constructor for the platform object that is attached to the chart instance.
Plugins are notified about the event using the `onEvent` call. The legend plugin was converted to use onEvent instead of the older private `handleEvent` method.
Wrote test to check that plugins are notified about events
Fix bar draw issue.
1. `Chart.elements.Rectangle.draw` function supports both horizontal and vertical bar.
2. Corrected bar position at minus.
3. Adjust bar size when `borderWidth` is set.
4. Adjust bar size when `borderSkipped` is set.
5. Adjust `borderWidth` with value near 0(base).
6. Update test.
Plugins can now be declared in the chart `config.plugins` array and will only be applied to the associated chart(s), after the globally registered plugins. Plugin specific options are now scoped under the `config.options.plugins` options. Hooks now receive the chart instance as first argument and the plugin options as last argument.
Pass the hover event to the onHover event handler
This makes the behavior of the `onHover` handler consistent with the `onClick` handler:
```
function(event, activeElements) {
var chartInstance = this;
}
```