com.cete.dynamicpdf.pageelements.charting.series
Class DateTimeLineSeries

Example: The following example creates a date time line 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 a date time Line series element and add values to it
        DateTimeLineSeries lineSeries1 = new DateTimeLineSeries("Website A");
        lineSeries1.getValues().add(5, p0);
        lineSeries1.getValues().add(7, p1);
        lineSeries1.getValues().add(9, p2);
        lineSeries1.getValues().add(6, p3);
        DateTimeLineSeries lineSeries2 = new DateTimeLineSeries("Website B");
        lineSeries2.getValues().add(4, p0);
        lineSeries2.getValues().add(2, p1);
        lineSeries2.getValues().add(5, p2);
        lineSeries2.getValues().add(8, p3);
        DateTimeLineSeries lineSeries3 = new DateTimeLineSeries("Website C");
        lineSeries3.getValues().add(2, p0);
        lineSeries3.getValues().add(4, p1);
        lineSeries3.getValues().add(6, p2);
        lineSeries3.getValues().add(9, p3);
        
        // Add date time line series to the plot area
        plotArea.getSeries().add(lineSeries1);
        plotArea.getSeries().add(lineSeries2);
        plotArea.getSeries().add(lineSeries3);

        // Create a title and add it to the yaxis
        Title title3 = new Title("Viewers (in millions)");
        lineSeries1.getYAxis().getTitles().add(title3);
        
        // set label  format for the axislabels
        lineSeries1.getXAxis().setLabelFormat("MMM");
        
        // Add the chart to the page
        page.getElements().add(chart);
        
        // Save the PDF
        document.draw("[PhysicalPath]/MyDocument.pdf");
       }
 }