pdfboxtest.HistandVolChart.java Source code

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package pdfboxtest;

import java.io.*;
import org.jfree.chart.JFreeChart;
import org.jfree.chart.ChartFactory;
import org.jfree.chart.ChartUtilities;
import org.jfree.chart.plot.PlotOrientation;
import org.jfree.data.category.DefaultCategoryDataset;

/**
 *
 * @author Matthew
 */
public class HistandVolChart {

    public File chart(String ticker, int numberOfYears) throws Exception {
        BufferedReader reader = null;
        String splitBy = ",";
        String line;
        double stockPrice;
        File file = new File(
                "C:\\Users\\Matthew\\Documents\\NetBeansProjects\\TradingData\\ticker\\" + ticker + ".data");
        reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file));

        DefaultCategoryDataset stockDataSet = new DefaultCategoryDataset();
        while (reader.readLine() != null) {
            line = reader.readLine();
            String[] stockData = line.split(splitBy);
            stockPrice = Double.parseDouble(stockData[0]);
            stockDataSet.addValue(stockPrice, ticker, line);
        }

        JFreeChart chartObject = ChartFactory.createLineChart(null, null, null, stockDataSet,
                PlotOrientation.VERTICAL, false, false, false);
        int width = 300;
        int height = 200;
        File chart = new File("C:\\Users\\Matthew\\Documents\\NetBeansProjects\\PDFBoxTest\\" + ticker + ".jpg");
        ChartUtilities.saveChartAsJPEG(chart, chartObject, width, height);
        return chart;
    }
}