getting number of legend items in beforeGeneration

jsherriff

Is there a way to do this in the chart api? I am currently getting the number of legenditemhints in beforeRender(), but need to be able to get them earlier. If not, is there an equivalent count available in beforeGeneration? I have a complicated use-case, but this is it, simplified: I want to hide the legend if it has more than N items, but if I hide it I want the chart to consume the legend's now unused space. If I hide it in the beforeRender(), it just hides the legend and the chart doesn't change size. If I hide it in the beforeGeneration() the chart is resized, but I don't know how to test for N items.

Thanks

J