Represents the method for painting data on to a plot, and filters that are applied to the data before plotting.
id of this plotElement's parent, which groups the plotElements into one abstract plot. The parent and children must share the same dataSourceFilter.
true indicates the axis label hasn't been changed manually and may/should be set automatically.
true indicates that the renderType hasn't been changed manually and may/should be set automatically.
Set the property, and also set the autoComponent property. Note setComponent will clear the property. TODO: this should probably be in the controller.