final CategoryItemRendererState state = super.initialise(g2, dataArea,
plot, rendererIndex, info);
// get the clipping values...
final ValueAxis rangeAxis = this.getRangeAxis(plot, rendererIndex);
this.lowerClip = rangeAxis.getRange().getLowerBound();
this.upperClip = rangeAxis.getRange().getUpperBound();
// calculate the bar width
this.calculateBarWidth(plot, dataArea, rendererIndex, state);
return state;