JavaFX Tutorial - Java BarChart.getCategoryGap()

Syntax

BarChart.getCategoryGap() has the following syntax.

public final double getCategoryGap()

Example

In the following code shows how to use BarChart.getCategoryGap() method.

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import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.collections.FXCollections;
import javafx.collections.ObservableList;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.chart.BarChart;
import javafx.scene.chart.CategoryAxis;
import javafx.scene.chart.NumberAxis;
import javafx.scene.chart.XYChart;
import javafx.scene.chart.XYChart.Series;
import javafx.scene.layout.StackPane;
import javafx.stage.Stage;

public class Main extends Application {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        launch(args);
    }
    @Override
    public void start(Stage primaryStage) {
        CategoryAxis xAxis = new CategoryAxis();
        NumberAxis yAxis = new NumberAxis();
        BarChart barChart = new BarChart(xAxis, yAxis,getChartData());
        barChart.setCategoryGap(0.2);
        System.out.println(barChart.getBarGap());
        System.out.println(barChart.getCategoryGap());
        barChart.setTitle("A");
        primaryStage.setTitle("BarChart example");

        StackPane root = new StackPane();
        root.getChildren().add(barChart);
        primaryStage.setScene(new Scene(root, 400, 250));
        primaryStage.show();
    }
    private ObservableList<XYChart.Series<String, Double>> getChartData() {
        double aValue = 17.56;
        double cValue = 17.06;
        ObservableList<XYChart.Series<String, Double>> answer = FXCollections.observableArrayList();
        Series<String, Double> aSeries = new Series<String, Double>();
        Series<String, Double> cSeries = new Series<String, Double>();
        aSeries.setName("a");
        cSeries.setName("C");
        
        for (int i = 2011; i < 2021; i++) {
            aSeries.getData().add(new XYChart.Data(Integer.toString(i), aValue));
            aValue = aValue + Math.random() - .5;
            cSeries.getData().add(new XYChart.Data(Integer.toString(i), cValue));
            cValue = cValue + Math.random() - .5;
        }
        answer.addAll(aSeries, cSeries);
        return answer;
    }
}