Java tutorial
import java.awt.Color; import java.awt.Dimension; import java.awt.Font; import java.awt.FontMetrics; import java.awt.Graphics; import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter; import java.awt.event.WindowEvent; import java.awt.event.WindowListener; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JPanel; public class ChartPanel extends JPanel { private double[] values; private String[] names; private String title; public ChartPanel(double[] v, String[] n, String t) { names = n; values = v; title = t; } public void paintComponent(Graphics g) { super.paintComponent(g); if (values == null || values.length == 0) return; double minValue = 0; double maxValue = 0; for (int i = 0; i < values.length; i++) { if (minValue > values[i]) minValue = values[i]; if (maxValue < values[i]) maxValue = values[i]; } Dimension d = getSize(); int clientWidth = d.width; int clientHeight = d.height; int barWidth = clientWidth / values.length; Font titleFont = new Font("SansSerif", Font.BOLD, 20); FontMetrics titleFontMetrics = g.getFontMetrics(titleFont); Font labelFont = new Font("SansSerif", Font.PLAIN, 10); FontMetrics labelFontMetrics = g.getFontMetrics(labelFont); int titleWidth = titleFontMetrics.stringWidth(title); int y = titleFontMetrics.getAscent(); int x = (clientWidth - titleWidth) / 2; g.setFont(titleFont); g.drawString(title, x, y); int top = titleFontMetrics.getHeight(); int bottom = labelFontMetrics.getHeight(); if (maxValue == minValue) return; double scale = (clientHeight - top - bottom) / (maxValue - minValue); y = clientHeight - labelFontMetrics.getDescent(); g.setFont(labelFont); for (int i = 0; i < values.length; i++) { int valueX = i * barWidth + 1; int valueY = top; int height = (int) (values[i] * scale); if (values[i] >= 0) valueY += (int) ((maxValue - values[i]) * scale); else { valueY += (int) (maxValue * scale); height = -height; } g.setColor(Color.red); g.fillRect(valueX, valueY, barWidth - 2, height); g.setColor(Color.black); g.drawRect(valueX, valueY, barWidth - 2, height); int labelWidth = labelFontMetrics.stringWidth(names[i]); x = i * barWidth + (barWidth - labelWidth) / 2; g.drawString(names[i], x, y); } } public static void main(String[] argv) { JFrame f = new JFrame(); f.setSize(400, 300); double[] values = new double[3]; String[] names = new String[3]; values[0] = 1; names[0] = "Item 1"; values[1] = 2; names[1] = "Item 2"; values[2] = 4; names[2] = "Item 3"; f.getContentPane().add(new ChartPanel(values, names, "title")); WindowListener wndCloser = new WindowAdapter() { public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) { System.exit(0); } }; f.addWindowListener(wndCloser); f.setVisible(true); } }