ChartDirector 7.0 (Java Edition)

Data Table (1)




This example demonstrates putting a data table under the x-axis.

In ChartDirector, the labels in a label based x-axis (that is, axis configured with Axis.setLabels or Axis.setLabels2) can be converted to a table using Axis.makeLabelTable.

Note: Axis.makeLabelTable is only supported on a label based axis with no label stepping. You should not use this method with other axis configuration.


The Axis.makeLabelTable returns a CDMLTable object representing the table. It can be used to add more content to the table and to configure the appearance of the table.

In this example, 3 rows with alternating background colors are added to the table using CDMLTable.appendRow. The cells in the rows are filled with data values using CDMLTable.setText. A column is added to the left of the table using CDMLTable.insertCol, and filled with the legend icons obtained using Layer.getLegendIcon.

Source Code Listing

[JSP Version] jspdemo/datatable.jsp
<%@page import="ChartDirector.*, java.util.*" %> <% // The data for the line chart double[] data0 = {42, 49, 33, 38, 64, 56, 29, 41, 44, 57, 59, 42}; double[] data1 = {65, 75, 47, 34, 42, 49, 73, 62, 90, 69, 66, 78}; double[] data2 = {36, 28, 25, 28, 38, 20, 22, 30, 25, 33, 30, 24}; String[] labels = {"Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec"}; // Create a XYChart object of size 600 x 400 pixels XYChart c = new XYChart(600, 400); // Add a title to the chart using 18pt Times Bold Italic font TextBox title = c.addTitle("Product Line Global Revenue", "Times New Roman Bold Italic", 18); // Tentatively set the plotarea at (50, 55) and of (chart_width - 100) x (chart_height - 120) pixels // in size. Use a vertical gradient color from sky blue (aaccff) t0 light blue (f9f9ff) as // background. Set both horizontal and vertical grid lines to dotted semi-transprent black // (aa000000). PlotArea plotArea = c.setPlotArea(50, 55, c.getWidth() - 100, c.getHeight() - 120, c.linearGradientColor(0, 55, 0, 55 + c.getHeight() - 120, 0xaaccff, 0xf9fcff), -1, -1, c.dashLineColor(0xaa000000, Chart.DotLine), -1); // Add a legend box and anchored the top center at the horizontal center of the chart, just under // the title. Use 10pt Arial Bold as font, with transparent background and border. LegendBox legendBox = c.addLegend(c.getWidth() / 2, title.getHeight(), false, "Arial Bold", 10); legendBox.setAlignment(Chart.TopCenter); legendBox.setBackground(Chart.Transparent, Chart.Transparent); // Set y-axis title using 10 points Arial Bold Italic font, label style to 8 points Arial Bold, and // axis color to transparent c.yAxis().setTitle("Revenue (USD millions)", "Arial Bold Italic", 10); c.yAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold", 8); c.yAxis().setColors(Chart.Transparent); // Set y-axis tick density to 30 pixels. ChartDirector auto-scaling will use this as the guideline // when putting ticks on the y-axis. c.yAxis().setTickDensity(30); // Add a line layer to the chart LineLayer layer = c.addLineLayer2(); // Set the line width to 3 pixels layer.setLineWidth(3); // Add the three data sets to the line layer, using circles, diamands and X shapes as symbols layer.addDataSet(data0, 0xff0000, "Quantum Computer").setDataSymbol(Chart.CircleSymbol, 9); layer.addDataSet(data1, 0x00ff00, "Atom Synthesizer").setDataSymbol(Chart.DiamondSymbol, 11); layer.addDataSet(data2, 0xff6600, "Proton Cannon").setDataSymbol(Chart.Cross2Shape(), 11); // Set the x axis labels c.xAxis().setLabels(labels); // Convert the labels on the x-axis to a CDMLTable CDMLTable table = c.xAxis().makeLabelTable(); // Set the default top/bottom margins of the cells to 3 pixels table.getStyle().setMargin2(0, 0, 3, 3); // Use Arial Bold as the font for the first row table.getRowStyle(0).setFontStyle("Arial Bold"); // // We can add more information to the table. In this sample code, we add the data series and the // legend icons to the table. // // Add 3 more rows to the table. Set the background of the 1st and 3rd rows to light grey (eeeeee). table.appendRow().setBackground(0xeeeeee, Chart.LineColor); table.appendRow(); table.appendRow().setBackground(0xeeeeee, Chart.LineColor); // Put the values of the 3 data series to the cells in the 3 rows for(int i = 0; i < data0.length; ++i) { table.setText(i, 1, String.valueOf(data0[i])); table.setText(i, 2, String.valueOf(data1[i])); table.setText(i, 3, String.valueOf(data2[i])); } // Insert a column on the left for the legend icons. Use 5 pixels left/right margins and 3 pixels // top/bottom margins for the cells in this column. table.insertCol(0).setMargin2(5, 5, 3, 3); // The top cell is set to transparent, so it is invisible table.getCell(0, 0).setBackground(Chart.Transparent, Chart.Transparent); // The other 3 cells are set to the legend icons of the 3 data series table.setText(0, 1, layer.getLegendIcon(0)); table.setText(0, 2, layer.getLegendIcon(1)); table.setText(0, 3, layer.getLegendIcon(2)); // Layout legend box first, so we can get its size c.layoutLegend(); // Adjust the plot area size, such that the bounding box (inclusive of axes) is 2 pixels from the // left, right and bottom edge, and is just under the legend box. c.packPlotArea(2, legendBox.getTopY() + legendBox.getHeight(), c.getWidth() - 3, c.getHeight() - 3); // After determining the exact plot area position, we may adjust the legend box and the title // positions so that they are centered relative to the plot area (instead of the chart) legendBox.setPos(plotArea.getLeftX() + (plotArea.getWidth() - legendBox.getWidth()) / 2, legendBox.getTopY()); title.setPos(plotArea.getLeftX() + (plotArea.getWidth() - title.getWidth()) / 2, title.getTopY()); // Output the chart WebChartViewer viewer = new WebChartViewer(request, "chart1"); viewer.setChart(c, Chart.SVG); // Include tool tip for the chart viewer.setImageMap(c.getHTMLImageMap("", "", "title='Revenue of {dataSetName} in {xLabel}: US$ {value}M'")); %> <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Data Table (1)</title> <!-- Include ChartDirector Javascript Library to support chart interactions --> <script type="text/javascript" src="cdjcv.js"></script> </head> <body style="margin:5px 0px 0px 5px"> <div style="font:bold 18pt verdana;"> Data Table (1) </div> <hr style="border:solid 1px #000080; background:#000080" /> <div style="font:10pt verdana; margin-bottom:1.5em"> <a href="viewsource.jsp?file=<%=request.getServletPath()%>">View Source Code</a> </div> <!-- ****** Here is the chart image ****** --> <%= viewer.renderHTML(response) %> </body> </html>