Draw 3D Line Chart Using JFreeChart in Java

Hi all, following is the example of how to draw 3D Line Chart in Java using JFreeChart library.

LineChart3DDemo.java

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package drawgraph;

/**

 *

 * @author sshankar

 */

import java.awt.Color;

import java.awt.Dimension;

import org.jfree.chart.ChartFactory;

import org.jfree.chart.ChartPanel;

import org.jfree.chart.JFreeChart;

import org.jfree.chart.plot.CategoryPlot;

import org.jfree.chart.plot.PlotOrientation;

import org.jfree.data.category.CategoryDataset;

import org.jfree.data.category.DefaultCategoryDataset;

import org.jfree.ui.ApplicationFrame;

import org.jfree.ui.RefineryUtilities;

import org.jfree.chart.axis.AxisLocation;

import org.jfree.chart.axis.CategoryAxis;

import org.jfree.chart.axis.CategoryLabelPositions;

/**

 * A simple demonstration application showing how to create a line chart using data from a

 * {@link CategoryDataset}.

 */

public class LineChart3DDemo extends ApplicationFrame {

    /**

     * Creates a new demo.

     *

     * @param title  the frame title.

     */

    static final DefaultCategoryDataset dataset = new DefaultCategoryDataset();

   

    public LineChart3DDemo(String title,String categoryAxisLabel, String valueAxisLabel) {

   

        super(title);

        final CategoryDataset dataset = createDataset();

        final JFreeChart chart = createChart(title,categoryAxisLabel, valueAxisLabel,dataset);

        final ChartPanel chartPanel = new ChartPanel(chart);

        chartPanel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(500, 270));

        setContentPane(chartPanel);

    }

    /**

     * Creates a sample dataset.

     *

     * @return The dataset.

     */

    static private CategoryDataset createDataset() {

       

        dataset.addValue(1.0, "Series1", "Category1");

        dataset.addValue(4.0, "Series1", "Category2");

        dataset.addValue(3.0, "Series1", "Category3");

        dataset.addValue(5.0, "Series1", "Category4");

        dataset.addValue(5.0, "Series1", "Category5");

        dataset.addValue(5.0, "Series2", "Category1");

        dataset.addValue(7.0, "Series2", "Category2");

        dataset.addValue(6.0, "Series2", "Category3");

        dataset.addValue(8.0, "Series2", "Category4");

        dataset.addValue(4.0, "Series2", "Category5");

        dataset.addValue(4.0, "Series3", "Category1");

        dataset.addValue(3.0, "Series3", "Category2");

        dataset.addValue(2.0, "Series3", "Category3");

        dataset.addValue(3.0, "Series3", "Category4");

        dataset.addValue(6.0, "Series3", "Category5");

       

        return dataset;

               

    }

   

    /**

     * Creates a sample chart.

     *

     * @param dataset  a dataset.

     *

     * @return The chart.

     */

    private static JFreeChart createChart(String title,String categoryAxisLabel, String valueAxisLabel, CategoryDataset dataset) {

       

        JFreeChart jfreechart = ChartFactory.createLineChart3D(title, categoryAxisLabel, valueAxisLabel, dataset, PlotOrientation.VERTICAL, true, true, true);

        jfreechart.setBackgroundPaint(Color.WHITE);

       

        CategoryPlot categoryplot = jfreechart.getCategoryPlot();

        categoryplot.setBackgroundPaint(new Color(238, 238, 255));

        categoryplot.setDomainAxisLocation(AxisLocation.BOTTOM_OR_RIGHT);

               

        //Manages the Domain(x-axis) label position

        CategoryAxis categoryaxis = categoryplot.getDomainAxis();

        categoryaxis.setCategoryLabelPositions(CategoryLabelPositions.DOWN_45);

   

        return jfreechart;

    }

    

    /**

     * Starting point for the demonstration application.

     *

     * @param args  ignored.

     */

    public static void main(final String[] args) {

        final LineChart3DDemo demo = new LineChart3DDemo("3D Line Chart Demo","Category","Values");

        demo.pack();

        RefineryUtilities.centerFrameOnScreen(demo);

        demo.setVisible(true);

    }

}

After successfully running the file, you will get following output :

Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!  Enjoy Programming :)