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package richclient;

import dataTransferObjects.StockProductDTO;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import org.jfree.chart.ChartFactory;
import org.jfree.chart.ChartPanel;
import org.jfree.chart.JFreeChart;
import org.jfree.chart.axis.NumberAxis;
import org.jfree.chart.plot.PlotOrientation;
import org.jfree.chart.plot.XYPlot;
import org.jfree.chart.renderer.xy.XYLineAndShapeRenderer;
import org.jfree.data.xy.XYDataset;

/**
 * This class represents a line chart that represent the market evolution
 *
 * @author Manixab
 */
public class EvolutionChart extends JPanel {

    private ArrayList<StockProductDTO> stocks;

    private ChartPanel chartPanel;

    /**
     * Constructor of EvolutionChart
     */
    public EvolutionChart() {
    }

    /**
     * Creates a chart.
     *
     * @param dataset the data for the chart.
     *
     * @return a chart.
     */
    public JFreeChart createChart(XYDataset dataset) {

        // create the chart
        final JFreeChart chart = ChartFactory.createXYLineChart("Market evolution", // chart title
                "Time", // x axis label
                "Value", // y axis label
                dataset, // data
                PlotOrientation.VERTICAL, true, // include legend
                true, // tooltips
                false // urls
        );

        // NOW DO SOME OPTIONAL CUSTOMISATION OF THE CHART...
        chart.setBackgroundPaint(Color.white);

        //        final StandardLegend legend = (StandardLegend) chart.getLegend();
        //      legend.setDisplaySeriesShapes(true);
        // get a reference to the plot for further customisation...
        final XYPlot plot = chart.getXYPlot();
        plot.setBackgroundPaint(Color.lightGray);
        //    plot.setAxisOffset(new Spacer(Spacer.ABSOLUTE, 5.0, 5.0, 5.0, 5.0));
        plot.setDomainGridlinePaint(Color.white);
        plot.setRangeGridlinePaint(Color.white);

        final XYLineAndShapeRenderer renderer = new XYLineAndShapeRenderer();
        renderer.setSeriesLinesVisible(0, true);
        renderer.setSeriesShapesVisible(1, true);
        plot.setRenderer(renderer);

        // change the auto tick unit selection to integer units only...
        final NumberAxis rangeAxis = (NumberAxis) plot.getRangeAxis();
        rangeAxis.setStandardTickUnits(NumberAxis.createIntegerTickUnits());
        // OPTIONAL CUSTOMISATION COMPLETED.

        return chart;

    }

    /**
     * Function to get the chartPanel
     *
     * @return chartPanel
     */
    public ChartPanel getChartPanel() {
        return chartPanel;
    }
}