Example: The following example creates a date time area series chart.
import com.cete.dynamicpdf.*; import com.cete.dynamicpdf.pageelements.charting.*; import com.cete.dynamicpdf.pageelements.charting.series.*; import java.util.Calendar; class MyClass { public static void main(String args[]){ // Create a PDF Document Document document = new Document(); // Create a Page and add it to the document Page page = new Page(); document.getPages().add(page); // Create a chart Chart chart = new Chart(0, 0, 400, 200); // Get the default plot area from the chart PlotArea plotArea = chart.getPrimaryPlotArea(); // Create header titles and add it to the chart Title title1 = new Title("Website Visitors"); Title title2 = new Title("Year - 2007"); chart.getHeaderTitles().add(title1); chart.getHeaderTitles().add(title2); // Create positions Calendar p0=Calendar.getInstance(); p0.set(2007,0,1); Calendar p1=Calendar.getInstance(); p1.set(2007,1,1); Calendar p2=Calendar.getInstance(); p2.set(2007,2,1); Calendar p3=Calendar.getInstance(); p3.set(2007,3,1); // Create date time area series and add values to it DateTimeAreaSeries areaSeries1 = new DateTimeAreaSeries("Website A"); areaSeries1.getValues().add(5, p0); areaSeries1.getValues().add(7, p1); areaSeries1.getValues().add(9, p2); areaSeries1.getValues().add(6, p3); DateTimeAreaSeries areaSeries2 = new DateTimeAreaSeries("Website B"); areaSeries2.getValues().add(4, p0); areaSeries2.getValues().add(2, p1); areaSeries2.getValues().add(5, p2); areaSeries2.getValues().add(8, p3); DateTimeAreaSeries areaSeries3 = new DateTimeAreaSeries("Website C"); areaSeries3.getValues().add(2, p0); areaSeries3.getValues().add(4, p1); areaSeries3.getValues().add(6, p2); areaSeries3.getValues().add(9, p3); // add date time area series to the plot area plotArea.getSeries().add(areaSeries1); plotArea.getSeries().add(areaSeries2); plotArea.getSeries().add(areaSeries3); // Create a title and add it to yaxis Title title3 = new Title("Viewers (in millions)"); areaSeries1.getYAxis().getTitles().add(title3); // Set label list format for the axislabels areaSeries1.getXAxis().setLabelFormat("MMM"); // Add the chart to the page page.getElements().add(chart); // Save the PDF document.draw("[PhysicalPath]/MyDocument.pdf"); } }