Example: The following example creates a date time column series and adds values to it.
import com.cete.dynamicpdf.Document; import com.cete.dynamicpdf.Page; import com.cete.dynamicpdf.pageelements.charting.*; import com.cete.dynamicpdf.pageelements.charting.series.*; import com.cete.dynamicpdf.pageelements.charting.values.*; import java.util.Calendar; public 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 column series and add values to it DateTimeColumnSeries columnSeries1 = new DateTimeColumnSeries("Website A"); columnSeries1.getValues().add(new DateTimeColumnValue(5, p0)); columnSeries1.getValues().add(new DateTimeColumnValue(7, p1)); columnSeries1.getValues().add(new DateTimeColumnValue(4, p2)); columnSeries1.getValues().add(new DateTimeColumnValue(3, p3)); DateTimeColumnSeries columnSeries2 = new DateTimeColumnSeries("Website B"); columnSeries2.getValues().add(new DateTimeColumnValue(4, p0)); columnSeries2.getValues().add(new DateTimeColumnValue(2, p1)); columnSeries2.getValues().add(new DateTimeColumnValue(5, p2)); columnSeries2.getValues().add(new DateTimeColumnValue(8, p3)); DateTimeColumnSeries columnSeries3 = new DateTimeColumnSeries("Website C"); columnSeries3.getValues().add(new DateTimeColumnValue(2, p0)); columnSeries3.getValues().add(new DateTimeColumnValue(4, p1)); columnSeries3.getValues().add(new DateTimeColumnValue(6, p2)); columnSeries3.getValues().add(new DateTimeColumnValue(9, p3)); // Add date time column series to the plot area plotArea.getSeries().add(columnSeries1); plotArea.getSeries().add(columnSeries2); plotArea.getSeries().add(columnSeries3); // Create a title and add it to the yaxis Title title3 = new Title("Viewers (in millions)"); columnSeries1.getYAxis().getTitles().add(title3); // set label list format for the axislabels columnSeries1.getXAxis().setLabelFormat("MMM"); // Add the chart to the page page.getElements().add(chart); // Save the PDF document.draw("[PhysicalPath]/MyDocument.pdf" ); } }