    initStyles = function() {
        addCSS(defaultStyles);
    };

    $(initStyles);

    pending = [];
    $.fn.sparkline = function (userValues, userOptions) {
        return this.each(function () {
            var options = new $.fn.sparkline.options(this, userOptions),
                 $this = $(this),
                 render, i;
            render = function () {
                var values, width, height, tmp, mhandler, sp, vals;
                if (userValues === 'html' || userValues === undefined) {
                    vals = this.getAttribute(options.get('tagValuesAttribute'));
                    if (vals === undefined || vals === null) {
                        vals = $this.html();
                    }
                    values = vals.replace(/(^\s*<!--)|(-->\s*$)|\s+/g, '').split(',');
                } else {
                    values = userValues;
                }

                width = options.get('width') === 'auto' ? values.length * options.get('defaultPixelsPerValue') : options.get('width');
                if (options.get('height') === 'auto') {
                    if (!options.get('composite') || !$.data(this, '_jqs_vcanvas')) {
                        // must be a better way to get the line height
                        tmp = document.createElement('span');
                        tmp.innerHTML = 'a';
                        $this.html(tmp);
                        height = $(tmp).innerHeight() || $(tmp).height();
                        $(tmp).remove();
                        tmp = null;
                    }
                } else {
                    height = options.get('height');
                }

                if (!options.get('disableInteraction')) {
                    mhandler = $.data(this, '_jqs_mhandler');
                    if (!mhandler) {
                        mhandler = new MouseHandler(this, options);
                        $.data(this, '_jqs_mhandler', mhandler);
                    } else if (!options.get('composite')) {
                        mhandler.reset();
                    }
                } else {
                    mhandler = false;
                }

                if (options.get('composite') && !$.data(this, '_jqs_vcanvas')) {
                    if (!$.data(this, '_jqs_errnotify')) {
                        alert('Attempted to attach a composite sparkline to an element with no existing sparkline');
                        $.data(this, '_jqs_errnotify', true);
                    }
                    return;
                }

                sp = new $.fn.sparkline[options.get('type')](this, values, options, width, height);

                sp.render();

                if (mhandler) {
                    mhandler.registerSparkline(sp);
                }
            };
            if (($(this).html() && !options.get('disableHiddenCheck') && $(this).is(':hidden')) || !$(this).parents('body').length) {
                if (!options.get('composite') && $.data(this, '_jqs_pending')) {
                    // remove any existing references to the element
                    for (i = pending.length; i; i--) {
                        if (pending[i - 1][0] == this) {
                            pending.splice(i - 1, 1);
                        }
                    }
                }
                pending.push([this, render]);
                $.data(this, '_jqs_pending', true);
            } else {
                render.call(this);
            }
        });
    };

    $.fn.sparkline.defaults = getDefaults();


    $.sparkline_display_visible = function () {
        var el, i, pl;
        var done = [];
        for (i = 0, pl = pending.length; i < pl; i++) {
            el = pending[i][0];
            if ($(el).is(':visible') && !$(el).parents().is(':hidden')) {
                pending[i][1].call(el);
                $.data(pending[i][0], '_jqs_pending', false);
                done.push(i);
            } else if (!$(el).closest('html').length && !$.data(el, '_jqs_pending')) {
                // element has been inserted and removed from the DOM
                // If it was not yet inserted into the dom then the .data request
                // will return true.
                // removing from the dom causes the data to be removed.
                $.data(pending[i][0], '_jqs_pending', false);
                done.push(i);
            }
        }
        for (i = done.length; i; i--) {
            pending.splice(done[i - 1], 1);
        }
    };


    /**
     * User option handler
     */
    $.fn.sparkline.options = createClass({
        init: function (tag, userOptions) {
            var extendedOptions, defaults, base, tagOptionType;
            this.userOptions = userOptions = userOptions || {};
            this.tag = tag;
            this.tagValCache = {};
            defaults = $.fn.sparkline.defaults;
            base = defaults.common;
            this.tagOptionsPrefix = userOptions.enableTagOptions && (userOptions.tagOptionsPrefix || base.tagOptionsPrefix);

            tagOptionType = this.getTagSetting('type');
            if (tagOptionType === UNSET_OPTION) {
                extendedOptions = defaults[userOptions.type || base.type];
            } else {
                extendedOptions = defaults[tagOptionType];
            }
            this.mergedOptions = $.extend({}, base, extendedOptions, userOptions);
        },


        getTagSetting: function (key) {
            var prefix = this.tagOptionsPrefix,
                val, i, pairs, keyval;
            if (prefix === false || prefix === undefined) {
                return UNSET_OPTION;
            }
            if (this.tagValCache.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
                val = this.tagValCache.key;
            } else {
                val = this.tag.getAttribute(prefix + key);
                if (val === undefined || val === null) {
                    val = UNSET_OPTION;
                } else if (val.substr(0, 1) === '[') {
                    val = val.substr(1, val.length - 2).split(',');
                    for (i = val.length; i--;) {
                        val[i] = normalizeValue(val[i].replace(/(^\s*)|(\s*$)/g, ''));
                    }
                } else if (val.substr(0, 1) === '{') {
                    pairs = val.substr(1, val.length - 2).split(',');
                    val = {};
                    for (i = pairs.length; i--;) {
                        keyval = pairs[i].split(':', 2);
                        val[keyval[0].replace(/(^\s*)|(\s*$)/g, '')] = normalizeValue(keyval[1].replace(/(^\s*)|(\s*$)/g, ''));
                    }
                } else {
                    val = normalizeValue(val);
                }
                this.tagValCache.key = val;
            }
            return val;
        },

        get: function (key, defaultval) {
            var tagOption = this.getTagSetting(key),
                result;
            if (tagOption !== UNSET_OPTION) {
                return tagOption;
            }
            return (result = this.mergedOptions[key]) === undefined ? defaultval : result;
        }
    });


    $.fn.sparkline._base = createClass({
        disabled: false,

        init: function (el, values, options, width, height) {
            this.el = el;
            this.$el = $(el);
            this.values = values;
            this.options = options;
            this.width = width;
            this.height = height;
            this.currentRegion = undefined;
        },

        /**
         * Setup the canvas
         */
        initTarget: function () {
            var interactive = !this.options.get('disableInteraction');
            if (!(this.target = this.$el.simpledraw(this.width, this.height, this.options.get('composite'), interactive))) {
                this.disabled = true;
            } else {
                this.canvasWidth = this.target.pixelWidth;
                this.canvasHeight = this.target.pixelHeight;
            }
        },

        /**
         * Actually render the chart to the canvas
         */
        render: function () {
            if (this.disabled) {
                this.el.innerHTML = '';
                return false;
            }
            return true;
        },

        /**
         * Return a region id for a given x/y co-ordinate
         */
        getRegion: function (x, y) {
        },

        /**
         * Highlight an item based on the moused-over x,y co-ordinate
         */
        setRegionHighlight: function (el, x, y) {
            var currentRegion = this.currentRegion,
                highlightEnabled = !this.options.get('disableHighlight'),
                newRegion;
            if (x > this.canvasWidth || y > this.canvasHeight || x < 0 || y < 0) {
                return null;
            }
            newRegion = this.getRegion(el, x, y);
            if (currentRegion !== newRegion) {
                if (currentRegion !== undefined && highlightEnabled) {
                    this.removeHighlight();
                }
                this.currentRegion = newRegion;
                if (newRegion !== undefined && highlightEnabled) {
                    this.renderHighlight();
                }
                return true;
            }
            return false;
        },

        /**
         * Reset any currently highlighted item
         */
        clearRegionHighlight: function () {
            if (this.currentRegion !== undefined) {
                this.removeHighlight();
                this.currentRegion = undefined;
                return true;
            }
            return false;
        },

        renderHighlight: function () {
            this.changeHighlight(true);
        },

        removeHighlight: function () {
            this.changeHighlight(false);
        },

        changeHighlight: function (highlight)  {},

        /**
         * Fetch the HTML to display as a tooltip
         */
        getCurrentRegionTooltip: function () {
            var options = this.options,
                header = '',
                entries = [],
                fields, formats, formatlen, fclass, text, i,
                showFields, showFieldsKey, newFields, fv,
                formatter, format, fieldlen, j;
            if (this.currentRegion === undefined) {
                return '';
            }
            fields = this.getCurrentRegionFields();
            formatter = options.get('tooltipFormatter');
            if (formatter) {
                return formatter(this, options, fields);
            }
            if (options.get('tooltipChartTitle')) {
                header += '<div class="jqs jqstitle">' + options.get('tooltipChartTitle') + '</div>\n';
            }
            formats = this.options.get('tooltipFormat');
            if (!formats) {
                return '';
            }
            if (!$.isArray(formats)) {
                formats = [formats];
            }
            if (!$.isArray(fields)) {
                fields = [fields];
            }
            showFields = this.options.get('tooltipFormatFieldlist');
            showFieldsKey = this.options.get('tooltipFormatFieldlistKey');
            if (showFields && showFieldsKey) {
                // user-selected ordering of fields
                newFields = [];
                for (i = fields.length; i--;) {
                    fv = fields[i][showFieldsKey];
                    if ((j = $.inArray(fv, showFields)) != -1) {
                        newFields[j] = fields[i];
                    }
                }
                fields = newFields;
            }
            formatlen = formats.length;
            fieldlen = fields.length;
            for (i = 0; i < formatlen; i++) {
                format = formats[i];
                if (typeof format === 'string') {
                    format = new SPFormat(format);
                }
                fclass = format.fclass || 'jqsfield';
                for (j = 0; j < fieldlen; j++) {
                    if (!fields[j].isNull || !options.get('tooltipSkipNull')) {
                        $.extend(fields[j], {
                            prefix: options.get('tooltipPrefix'),
                            suffix: options.get('tooltipSuffix')
                        });
                        text = format.render(fields[j], options.get('tooltipValueLookups'), options);
                        entries.push('<div class="' + fclass + '">' + text + '</div>');
                    }
                }
            }
            if (entries.length) {
                return header + entries.join('\n');
            }
            return '';
        },

        getCurrentRegionFields: function () {},

        calcHighlightColor: function (color, options) {
            var highlightColor = options.get('highlightColor'),
                lighten = options.get('highlightLighten'),
                parse, mult, rgbnew, i;
            if (highlightColor) {
                return highlightColor;
            }
            if (lighten) {
                // extract RGB values
                parse = /^#([0-9a-f])([0-9a-f])([0-9a-f])$/i.exec(color) || /^#([0-9a-f]{2})([0-9a-f]{2})([0-9a-f]{2})$/i.exec(color);
                if (parse) {
                    rgbnew = [];
                    mult = color.length === 4 ? 16 : 1;
                    for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
                        rgbnew[i] = clipval(Math.round(parseInt(parse[i + 1], 16) * mult * lighten), 0, 255);
                    }
                    return 'rgb(' + rgbnew.join(',') + ')';
                }

            }
            return color;
        }

    });

    barHighlightMixin = {
        changeHighlight: function (highlight) {
            var currentRegion = this.currentRegion,
                target = this.target,
                shapeids = this.regionShapes[currentRegion],
                newShapes;
            // will be null if the region value was null
            if (shapeids) {
                newShapes = this.renderRegion(currentRegion, highlight);
                if ($.isArray(newShapes) || $.isArray(shapeids)) {
                    target.replaceWithShapes(shapeids, newShapes);
                    this.regionShapes[currentRegion] = $.map(newShapes, function (newShape) {
                        return newShape.id;
                    });
                } else {
                    target.replaceWithShape(shapeids, newShapes);
                    this.regionShapes[currentRegion] = newShapes.id;
                }
            }
        },

        render: function () {
            var values = this.values,
                target = this.target,
                regionShapes = this.regionShapes,
                shapes, ids, i, j;

            if (!this.cls._super.render.call(this)) {
                return;
            }
            for (i = values.length; i--;) {
                shapes = this.renderRegion(i);
                if (shapes) {
                    if ($.isArray(shapes)) {
                        ids = [];
                        for (j = shapes.length; j--;) {
                            shapes[j].append();
                            ids.push(shapes[j].id);
                        }
                        regionShapes[i] = ids;
                    } else {
                        shapes.append();
                        regionShapes[i] = shapes.id; // store just the shapeid
                    }
                } else {
                    // null value
                    regionShapes[i] = null;
                }
            }
            target.render();
        }
    };
