    /**
     * @class Ext.chart.Tip
     * @ignore
     */
    Ext.define('Ext.chart.Tip', {

        /* Begin Definitions */

        requires: ['Ext.tip.ToolTip', 'Ext.chart.TipSurface'],

        /* End Definitions */

        constructor: function(config) {
            var me = this,
                surface,
                sprites,
                tipSurface;
            if (config.tips) {
                me.tipTimeout = null;
                me.tipConfig = Ext.apply({}, config.tips, {
                    renderer: Ext.emptyFn,
                    constrainPosition: false
                });
                me.tooltip = Ext.create('Ext.tip.ToolTip', me.tipConfig);
                Ext.getBody().on('mousemove', me.tooltip.onMouseMove, me.tooltip);
                if (me.tipConfig.surface) {
                    //initialize a surface
                    surface = me.tipConfig.surface;
                    sprites = surface.sprites;
                    tipSurface = Ext.create('Ext.chart.TipSurface', {
                        id: 'tipSurfaceComponent',
                        sprites: sprites
                    });
                    if (surface.width && surface.height) {
                        tipSurface.setSize(surface.width, surface.height);
                    }
                    me.tooltip.add(tipSurface);
                    me.spriteTip = tipSurface;
                }
            }
        },

        showTip: function(item) {
            var me = this;
            if (!me.tooltip) {
                return;
            }
            clearTimeout(me.tipTimeout);
            var tooltip = me.tooltip,
                spriteTip = me.spriteTip,
                tipConfig = me.tipConfig,
                trackMouse = tooltip.trackMouse,
                sprite, surface, surfaceExt, pos, x, y;
            if (!trackMouse) {
                tooltip.trackMouse = true;
                sprite = item.sprite;
                surface = sprite.surface;
                surfaceExt = Ext.get(surface.getId());
                if (surfaceExt) {
                    pos = surfaceExt.getXY();
                    x = pos[0] + (sprite.attr.x || 0) + (sprite.attr.translation && sprite.attr.translation.x || 0);
                    y = pos[1] + (sprite.attr.y || 0) + (sprite.attr.translation && sprite.attr.translation.y || 0);
                    tooltip.targetXY = [x, y];
                }
            }
            if (spriteTip) {
                tipConfig.renderer.call(tooltip, item.storeItem, item, spriteTip.surface);
            } else {
                tipConfig.renderer.call(tooltip, item.storeItem, item);
            }
            tooltip.show();
            tooltip.trackMouse = trackMouse;
        },

        hideTip: function(item) {
            var tooltip = this.tooltip;
            if (!tooltip) {
                return;
            }
            clearTimeout(this.tipTimeout);
            this.tipTimeout = setTimeout(function() {
                tooltip.hide();
            }, 0);
        }
    });