Java SE (Java Platform, Standard Edition)

I'm trying to implement logic that will do the following:

Panning plot within plot display area by clicking and dragging mouse

If the user clicks and drags in the chart plot area (the region where the chart plot actually displays, not including the axes, legends, titles, etc.), I want to be able to provide the effect of panning the plot (e.g. similar to grabbing and dragging a map in Google maps) within the plot display. This makes the most sense, of course, if the user has zoomed in to some level and the entire plot is no longer fully visible within the display.

Zooming on a plot

If the user places the mouse somewhere in the chart plot area and uses their mouse wheel, I want to be able to provide the effect of zooming in and out of the plot. The plot area itself must remain at its original size, just the representation of the plot needs to simulate the effect of being zoomed in or out on.

Thoughts, suggestions, ...

To make the zoom and pan effect, my thought was to adjust the axes bounds as appropriate to simulate these effects. The trick for some of what I'm planning on doing is finding out where the mouse is in the plot area (not the whole chart) so that I can find the x,y offsets from the plot origin (which appears to be in the upper left - at the chart level anyway). For panning, I don't think I care what the offset is, just that it's within the plot. For zooming, I may need to know where the mouse is in the plot so that the zooming could be centered on that location in the plot. This makes me think that it would also be helpful to find out how to translate the mouse x,y pixel position to a corresponding x,y value in the plot data domain.

I've been experimenting with attaching event handlers to detect various mouse actions and what information can be gleaned from these events. So far I have not found anything that allows me to determine the bounds of the plot region in the overall chart. I can get the mouse x,y position, but I don't know where it is in relation to the plot area bounds. I don't want to initiate a pan of a plot if the user happens to drag their mouse somewhere outside the plot area (i.e. over an axis, legend, etc.). Also, it would not make sense to start a zoom on the chart unless the mouse is over the plot.

Please let me know if this seems to be a reasonable approach, and if not, please suggest any ideas for alternatives. Any help, ideas and suggestions regarding how to solve these issues and/or determine this information would be welcome.