DataCharts.LineGraph.java Source code

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package DataCharts;

import java.awt.Font;
import org.jfree.chart.ChartFactory;
import org.jfree.chart.JFreeChart;
import org.jfree.chart.block.BlockBorder;
import org.jfree.chart.plot.XYPlot;
import org.jfree.chart.renderer.xy.XYItemRenderer;
import org.jfree.chart.renderer.xy.XYLineAndShapeRenderer;
import org.jfree.chart.title.TextTitle;
import org.jfree.data.xy.XYDataset;

/**
 *
 * @author Davis
 */
public class LineGraph {

    public static JFreeChart createChart(XYDataset dataset) {

        JFreeChart chart = ChartFactory.createTimeSeriesChart("Customers by Month", "Months", "Customers", dataset);

        String fontName = "SansSerif";
        chart.getTitle().setFont(new Font(fontName, Font.BOLD, 18));
        chart.addSubtitle(new TextTitle(" ", new Font(fontName, Font.PLAIN, 14)));

        XYPlot plot = (XYPlot) chart.getPlot();
        plot.setDomainPannable(false);
        plot.setRangePannable(false);
        plot.setDomainCrosshairVisible(true);
        plot.setRangeCrosshairVisible(true);

        plot.getDomainAxis().setLowerMargin(0.0);
        plot.getDomainAxis().setLabelFont(new Font(fontName, Font.BOLD, 14));
        plot.getDomainAxis().setTickLabelFont(new Font(fontName, Font.PLAIN, 12));

        plot.getRangeAxis().setLabelFont(new Font(fontName, Font.BOLD, 14));
        plot.getRangeAxis().setTickLabelFont(new Font(fontName, Font.PLAIN, 12));

        chart.getLegend().setItemFont(new Font(fontName, Font.PLAIN, 14));
        chart.getLegend().setFrame(BlockBorder.NONE);

        XYItemRenderer r = plot.getRenderer();
        if (r instanceof XYLineAndShapeRenderer) {
            XYLineAndShapeRenderer renderer = (XYLineAndShapeRenderer) r;
            renderer.setBaseShapesVisible(true);
            renderer.setDrawSeriesLineAsPath(false);
            // set the default stroke for all series
            renderer.setAutoPopulateSeriesStroke(false);

        }
        return chart;

    }
}