Java tutorial
package org.jfree.chart.demo; import java.awt.BasicStroke; import java.awt.Color; import java.awt.Dimension; import java.awt.Font; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.TimeZone; import javax.swing.JPanel; import org.jfree.chart.ChartFactory; import org.jfree.chart.ChartPanel; import org.jfree.chart.JFreeChart; import org.jfree.chart.axis.PeriodAxis; import org.jfree.chart.axis.PeriodAxisLabelInfo; import org.jfree.chart.plot.XYPlot; import org.jfree.chart.renderer.xy.XYLineAndShapeRenderer; import org.jfree.data.time.Day; import org.jfree.data.time.TimePeriodAnchor; import org.jfree.data.time.TimeSeries; import org.jfree.data.time.TimeSeriesCollection; import org.jfree.data.xy.XYDataset; import org.jfree.ui.ApplicationFrame; import org.jfree.ui.RectangleInsets; import org.jfree.ui.RefineryUtilities; public class PeriodAxisDemo2 extends ApplicationFrame { private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L; public PeriodAxisDemo2(String s) { super(s); XYDataset xydataset = createDataset(); JFreeChart jfreechart = createChart(xydataset); ChartPanel chartpanel = new ChartPanel(jfreechart); chartpanel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(500, 270)); chartpanel.setMouseZoomable(true, false); setContentPane(chartpanel); } private static JFreeChart createChart(XYDataset xydataset) { JFreeChart jfreechart = ChartFactory.createTimeSeriesChart("Legal & General Unit Trust Prices", "Date", "Price Per Unit", xydataset, true, true, false); jfreechart.setBackgroundPaint(Color.white); XYPlot xyplot = (XYPlot) jfreechart.getPlot(); xyplot.setBackgroundPaint(Color.lightGray); xyplot.setDomainGridlinePaint(Color.white); xyplot.setRangeGridlinePaint(Color.white); xyplot.setAxisOffset(new RectangleInsets(5D, 5D, 5D, 5D)); xyplot.setDomainCrosshairVisible(true); xyplot.setRangeCrosshairVisible(true); org.jfree.chart.renderer.xy.XYItemRenderer xyitemrenderer = xyplot.getRenderer(); if (xyitemrenderer instanceof XYLineAndShapeRenderer) { XYLineAndShapeRenderer xylineandshaperenderer = (XYLineAndShapeRenderer) xyitemrenderer; xylineandshaperenderer.setBaseShapesVisible(true); xylineandshaperenderer.setBaseShapesFilled(true); xylineandshaperenderer.setBaseItemLabelsVisible(true); } PeriodAxis periodaxis = new PeriodAxis("Date"); periodaxis.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("Pacific/Auckland")); periodaxis.setAutoRangeTimePeriodClass(org.jfree.data.time.Day.class); PeriodAxisLabelInfo aperiodaxislabelinfo[] = new PeriodAxisLabelInfo[3]; aperiodaxislabelinfo[0] = new PeriodAxisLabelInfo(org.jfree.data.time.Day.class, new SimpleDateFormat("d")); aperiodaxislabelinfo[1] = new PeriodAxisLabelInfo(org.jfree.data.time.Month.class, new SimpleDateFormat("MMM"), new RectangleInsets(2D, 2D, 2D, 2D), new Font("SansSerif", 1, 10), Color.blue, false, new BasicStroke(0.0F), Color.lightGray); aperiodaxislabelinfo[2] = new PeriodAxisLabelInfo(org.jfree.data.time.Year.class, new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy")); periodaxis.setLabelInfo(aperiodaxislabelinfo); xyplot.setDomainAxis(periodaxis); return jfreechart; } private static XYDataset createDataset() { TimeSeries timeseries = new TimeSeries("L&G European Index Trust"); timeseries.add(new Day(24, 1, 2004), 181.80000000000001D); timeseries.add(new Day(25, 1, 2004), 167.30000000000001D); timeseries.add(new Day(26, 1, 2004), 153.80000000000001D); timeseries.add(new Day(27, 1, 2004), 167.59999999999999D); timeseries.add(new Day(28, 1, 2004), 158.80000000000001D); timeseries.add(new Day(29, 1, 2004), 148.30000000000001D); timeseries.add(new Day(30, 1, 2004), 153.90000000000001D); timeseries.add(new Day(31, 1, 2004), 142.69999999999999D); timeseries.add(new Day(1, 2, 2004), 123.2D); timeseries.add(new Day(2, 2, 2004), 131.80000000000001D); timeseries.add(new Day(3, 2, 2004), 139.59999999999999D); timeseries.add(new Day(4, 2, 2004), 142.90000000000001D); timeseries.add(new Day(5, 2, 2004), 138.69999999999999D); timeseries.add(new Day(6, 2, 2004), 137.30000000000001D); timeseries.add(new Day(7, 2, 2004), 143.90000000000001D); timeseries.add(new Day(8, 2, 2004), 139.80000000000001D); timeseries.add(new Day(9, 2, 2004), 137D); timeseries.add(new Day(10, 2, 2004), 132.80000000000001D); TimeZone timezone = TimeZone.getTimeZone("Pacific/Auckland"); TimeSeriesCollection timeseriescollection = new TimeSeriesCollection(timezone); timeseriescollection.addSeries(timeseries); timeseriescollection.setXPosition(TimePeriodAnchor.MIDDLE); return timeseriescollection; } public static JPanel createDemoPanel() { JFreeChart jfreechart = createChart(createDataset()); return new ChartPanel(jfreechart); } public static void main(String args[]) { PeriodAxisDemo2 periodaxisdemo2 = new PeriodAxisDemo2("Period Axis Demo 2"); periodaxisdemo2.pack(); RefineryUtilities.centerFrameOnScreen(periodaxisdemo2); periodaxisdemo2.setVisible(true); } }