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Example to draw “Time Series Line Chart” using jfreechart in Java


A very good example of “Time Series Chart” is available here :


I am writing this example to explore it further means to describe which settings you can change as per your requirements. I have tried my best to document everything. Please let me know if you have any questions after going through the code. Let's start...

TimeSeriesChart.java

//Code Starts here
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package jfreecharts;

/**
 *
 * @author sshankar
 */

import java.awt.BasicStroke;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.Stroke;
import java.io.File;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFileChooser;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import org.jfree.chart.axis.DateAxis;
import org.jfree.chart.axis.DateTickMarkPosition;
import org.jfree.chart.axis.NumberAxis;
import org.jfree.chart.ChartFactory;
import org.jfree.chart.ChartPanel;
import org.jfree.chart.ChartUtilities;
import org.jfree.chart.JFreeChart;
import org.jfree.chart.plot.XYPlot;
import org.jfree.chart.renderer.xy.XYItemRenderer;
import org.jfree.chart.renderer.xy.XYLineAndShapeRenderer;
import org.jfree.data.time.Second;
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.RefineryUtilities;

/**
 * A demo.
 *
 */

public class TimeSeriesChart extends ApplicationFrame {

    /**
     * A demo.
     *
     * @param title  the frame title.
     */
    public TimeSeriesChart(final String title) {

        super(title);
        final XYDataset dataset = createDataset();
        final JFreeChart chart = createChart(dataset);
        final ChartPanel chartPanel = new ChartPanel(chart);
        chartPanel.setPreferredSize(new java.awt.Dimension(800, 600));
        chartPanel.setMouseZoomable(true, false);
        this.add(chartPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
        
        JPanel customPanel = new JPanel();
        JButton saveButton = new JButton("Save Graph as Image");

        saveButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                try{                                       
                    //Code to display save dialog box
                    String graph_file_name = "";
                    final JFrame frame = new JFrame();
                    JFileChooser chooser = new JFileChooser();

                    //Code to select files of .jpg extention only
                    ExampleFileFilter filter = new ExampleFileFilter();
                    filter.addExtension("jpg");
                    filter.setDescription("JPEG image");
                    chooser.setFileFilter(filter);
                    int choice = 0;
                    do{
                        choice = chooser.showSaveDialog(frame);
                    }while(choice != JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION);

                    graph_file_name = chooser.getSelectedFile().getAbsolutePath();
                   
                    //code to find if extension is already given with file name or not
                    String fileName = graph_file_name;
                    String ext      = "";
                   
                    int mid= fileName.lastIndexOf(".");
                    if(mid > 0){
                        ext   = fileName.substring(mid+1,fileName.length()); 
                    }
                                       
                    if(!(ext != null && !ext.trim().isEmpty() && ext.length() != 0)) {
                        graph_file_name = graph_file_name+".jpg";
                    }
 
                    // Save as JPEG
                    ChartUtilities.saveChartAsJPEG(new File(graph_file_name), chart, 800, 600);
                    JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Image Saved Successfully.", "Information", JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
                
                }catch(Exception ex){
                    JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Please try again", "Information", JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
                }
            }
        });
       
        customPanel.add(saveButton);
         this.add(customPanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
       
    }

     /**
     * Creates a chart.
     *
     * @param dataset  a dataset.
     *
     * @return A chart.
     */
    private JFreeChart createChart(final XYDataset dataset) {

        final JFreeChart chart = ChartFactory.createTimeSeriesChart(
            "Sample Chart",
            "Date",
            "Value",
            dataset,
            true,
            true,
            false
        );

        chart.setBackgroundPaint(Color.LIGHT_GRAY);//light gray
       
        final XYPlot plot = chart.getXYPlot();
        plot.setBackgroundPaint(new Color(0xffffe0));
        plot.setDomainGridlinesVisible(true);
        plot.setDomainGridlinePaint(Color.lightGray);
        plot.setRangeGridlinesVisible(true);
        plot.setRangeGridlinePaint(Color.lightGray);
        plot.setDomainCrosshairVisible(true);
        plot.setRangeCrosshairVisible(false);
               
        final XYItemRenderer xyitemrenderer  = plot.getRenderer();
        if (xyitemrenderer  instanceof XYLineAndShapeRenderer) {
            final XYLineAndShapeRenderer renderer = (XYLineAndShapeRenderer) xyitemrenderer;
            renderer.setBaseShapesFilled(true);
            renderer.setBaseShapesVisible(true);
            renderer.setShapesVisible( true );
            renderer.setDrawOutlines( true );
           
            //sets the joint level size means the dot size which join two points on a graph 2f,3f
            Stroke stroke = new BasicStroke(
            3f, BasicStroke.CAP_ROUND, BasicStroke.JOIN_BEVEL);
            renderer.setBaseOutlineStroke(stroke);
                       
        }
       
               
        final DateAxis xaxis = (DateAxis) plot.getDomainAxis();
         //Change domain axis lable by 180/4=45 degree
        //axis.setLabelAngle(Math.PI / 4.0);
       
        //Sets the Tick Labels means domain value labels by 90 degree
        xaxis.setVerticalTickLabels(true);
       
        //Try to play with it. It will work only in case of  horizontal tick mark
        xaxis.setTickMarkPosition(DateTickMarkPosition.MIDDLE);
       
        //set date format
        xaxis.setDateFormatOverride(new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm:ss MM-dd-yy"));
       
        final NumberAxis yaxis = (NumberAxis) plot.getRangeAxis();
        //To set range values integer only. Default are float
        yaxis.setStandardTickUnits(NumberAxis.createIntegerTickUnits());
       
        return chart;

    }
   
    /**
     * Creates a sample dataset.
     *
     * @return the dataset.
     */
    private XYDataset createDataset() {

        final TimeSeriesCollection dataset = new TimeSeriesCollection();
        dataset.setDomainIsPointsInTime(true);
                
        final TimeSeries s1 = new TimeSeries("Series 1", Second.class);
        s1.add(new Second(0, 0, 0, 7, 7, 2012), 12);
        s1.add(new Second(0, 30, 2, 7, 7, 2012), 31);
        s1.add(new Second(0, 15, 12, 7, 7, 2012), 80);
       
        final TimeSeries s2 = new TimeSeries("Series 2", Second.class);
        s2.add(new Second(0, 20, 3, 7, 7, 2012), 50);
        s2.add(new Second(0, 40, 6, 7, 7, 2012), 63);
        s2.add(new Second(0, 25, 12, 7, 7, 2012), 77);
       
        final TimeSeries s3 = new TimeSeries("Series 2", Second.class);
        s3.add(new Second(0, 10, 1, 7, 7, 2012), 52);
        s3.add(new Second(0, 20, 12, 7, 7, 2012), 66);
        s3.add(new Second(0, 35, 9, 7, 7, 2012), 79);
       
        dataset.addSeries(s1);
        dataset.addSeries(s2);
        dataset.addSeries(s3);
       
        return dataset;
}
   
     
    /**
     * Starting point for the demonstration application.
     *
     * @param args  ignored.
     */
    public static void main(final String[] args) {

        final TimeSeriesChart demo = new TimeSeriesChart("Time Series Chart");
        demo.pack();
        RefineryUtilities.centerFrameOnScreen(demo);
        demo.setVisible(true);
   }

}


Output :



You can also save graph as image by clicking on  "Save Graph as Image" button.


Note : In Simple Line Chart you can’t perform zooming operations. But in Time
Series Line Chart you can also perform zoom-in operations. For that, go to the 
graph area and drag mouse pointer from left-to-right and top-to-bottom in such 
a way that a rectangle or square is drawn. Drop the mouse pointer; it would 
zoom-in for that particular area (rectangle). To zoom-out drag mouse from right 
to left or bottom-to-top.


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



Comments

  1. how to show value when rendering on timeseries image.

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  2. do you mean by values for each point plotted on chart area?

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  3. its fine bt i m facing a problem in which i m reading values from csv file and in that case it is considering 12pm as 12am and ruined my graph.Please give me solution of it

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  4. Hi Himanshu, as shown in function createDataset(). I think i had used almost all type of time values. Please check your code which is fetching/reading values from CSV. In Second class object you have to use 24hr format only.

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  5. The setDateFormatOverride don't accept simpleDateFormat

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  6. Hi shiv Modi, how to sink database display timestamp

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