Dual X-Axis

This example demonstrates a chart with two x-axes and two y-axes.

ChartDirector supports arbitrary number of axes. The first two x and y axes are most commonly used and can be retrieved using XYChart.xAxis, XYChart.xAxis2, XYChart.yAxis and XYChart.yAxis2. These axes are by default positioned at the edges of the plot area.

The key features demonstrated in this example are:

Accessing both the top and bottom x-axes using XYChart.xAxis and XYChart.xAxis2 and set labels to both axes using Axis.setLabels.
Accessing both the primary and secondary y-axes by XYChart.yAxis and XYChart.yAxis2.
Synchronizing the primary and secondary y-axes by using XYChart.syncYAxis.
Use multiple x-axis label formats by using Axis.setMultiFormat.
Use Axis.setTickLength and Axis.setTickLength2 to control the axis ticks length and orientation (that is, internal or external to the chart)

[JSP Version] jspdemo/dualxaxis.jsp

<%@page import="ChartDirector.*, java.util.*" %>
<%
// The data for the chart
double[] data0 = {42, 49, 33, 38, 51, 46, 29, 41, 44, 57, 59, 52, 37, 34, 51, 56, 56, 60, 70, 76,
    63, 67, 75, 64, 51};
double[] data1 = {50, 55, 47, 34, 42, 49, 63, 62, 73, 59, 56, 50, 64, 60, 67, 67, 58, 59, 73, 77,
    84, 82, 80, 84, 98};

// The labels for the bottom x axis. Note the "-" means a minor tick.
String[] labels0 = {"0\nJun 4", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "10", "11", "12", "13",
    "14", "15", "16", "17", "18", "19", "20", "21", "22", "23", "0\nJun 5"};

// The labels for the top x axis. Note that "-" means a minor tick.
String[] labels1 = {"Jun 3\n12", "13", "14", "15", "16", "17", "18", "19", "20", "21", "22", "23",
    "Jun 4\n0", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "10", "11", "12"};

// Create a XYChart object of size 310 x 310 pixels
XYChart c = new XYChart(310, 310);

// Set the plotarea at (50, 50) and of size 200 x 200 pixels
c.setPlotArea(50, 50, 200, 200);

// Add a title to the primary (left) y axis
c.yAxis().setTitle("US Dollars");

// Set the tick length to -4 pixels (-ve means ticks inside the plot area)
c.yAxis().setTickLength(-4);

// Add a title to the secondary (right) y axis
c.yAxis2().setTitle("HK Dollars (1 USD = 7.8 HKD)");

// Set the tick length to -4 pixels (-ve means ticks inside the plot area)
c.yAxis2().setTickLength(-4);

// Synchronize the y-axis such that y2 = 7.8 x y1
c.syncYAxis(7.8);

// Add a title to the bottom x axis
c.xAxis().setTitle("Hong Kong Time");

// Set the labels on the x axis.
c.xAxis().setLabels(labels0);

// Display 1 out of 3 labels on the x-axis. Show minor ticks for remaining labels.
c.xAxis().setLabelStep(3, 1);

// Set the major tick length to -4 pixels and minor tick length to -2 pixels (-ve means ticks inside
// the plot area)
c.xAxis().setTickLength2(-4, -2);

// Set the distance between the axis labels and the axis to 6 pixels
c.xAxis().setLabelGap(6);

// Add a title to the top x-axis
c.xAxis2().setTitle("New York Time");

// Set the labels on the x axis.
c.xAxis2().setLabels(labels1);

// Display 1 out of 3 labels on the x-axis. Show minor ticks for remaining labels.
c.xAxis2().setLabelStep(3, 1);

// Set the major tick length to -4 pixels and minor tick length to -2 pixels (-ve means ticks inside
// the plot area)
c.xAxis2().setTickLength2(-4, -2);

// Set the distance between the axis labels and the axis to 6 pixels
c.xAxis2().setLabelGap(6);

// Add a line layer to the chart with a line width of 2 pixels
c.addLineLayer(data0, -1, "Red Transactions").setLineWidth(2);

// Add an area layer to the chart with no area boundary line
c.addAreaLayer(data1, -1, "Green Transactions").setLineWidth(0);

// 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='{dataSetName}\nHKT Jun {=3.5+{x}/24|0} {={x}%24}:00 (NYT Jun {=3+{x}/24|0} " +
    "{=({x}+12)%24}:00)\nHKD {={value}*7.8} (USD {value})'"));
%>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Dual X-Axis</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;">
        Dual X-Axis
    </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>