ChartDirector 7.0 (Java Edition)

Line with Error Symbols




This example demonstrates combining a line layer with a box-whisker layer to draw a line with error symbols.

The blue line and the yellow diamond symbols are from the line layer, created using XYChart.addLineLayer2, Layer.addDataSet, and DataSet.setDataSymbol.

The error symbols come from the box-whisker layer, created using XYChart.addBoxWhiskerLayer. In this example, the "box" parts of the box- whisker symbols are disabled by setting the data for the box and median to empty arrays. As a result, only the "whisker" parts of the box-whisker symbols are visible and they become the error symbols.

The maximum and minimum marks in this example is computed by adding/subtracting the error value to/from the data value using a ChartDirector utility class ArrayMath.

Source Code Listing

[JSP Version] jspdemo/errline.jsp
<%@page import="ChartDirector.*, java.util.*" %> <% // The data with error information double[] data = {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[] errData = {5, 6, 5.1, 6.5, 6.6, 8, 5.4, 5.1, 4.6, 5.0, 5.2, 6.0, 4.9, 5.6, 4.8, 6.2, 7.4, 7.1, 6.0, 6.6, 7.1, 5.3, 5.5, 7.9, 6.1}; // The labels for the chart String[] labels = {"0", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "10", "11", "12", "13", "14", "15", "16", "17", "18", "19", "20", "21", "22", "23", "24"}; // Create a XYChart object of size 600 x 300 pixels, with a light grey (eeeeee) background, black // border, 1 pixel 3D border effect and rounded corners. XYChart c = new XYChart(600, 300, 0xeeeeee, 0x000000, 1); c.setRoundedFrame(); //Set search path to current JSP directory for loading icon images c.setSearchPath(getServletConfig().getServletContext(), request); // Set the plotarea at (55, 55) and of size 520 x 195 pixels, with white (ffffff) background. Set // horizontal and vertical grid lines to grey (cccccc). c.setPlotArea(55, 55, 520, 195, 0xffffff, -1, -1, 0xcccccc, 0xcccccc); // Add a title box to the chart using 15pt Times Bold Italic font. The title is in CDML and includes // embedded images for highlight. The text is on a light grey (dddddd) background, with glass // lighting effect. c.addTitle( "<*block,valign=absmiddle*><*img=star.png*><*img=star.png*> Molecular Temperature Control " + "<*img=star.png*><*img=star.png*><*/*>", "Times New Roman Bold Italic", 15).setBackground( 0xdddddd, 0, Chart.glassEffect()); // Add a title to the y axis c.yAxis().setTitle("Temperature"); // Add a title to the x axis using CMDL c.xAxis().setTitle("<*block,valign=absmiddle*><*img=clock.png*> Elapsed Time (hour)<*/*>"); // Set the labels on the x axis. c.xAxis().setLabels(labels); // Display 1 out of 3 labels on the x-axis. Show minor ticks for remaining labels. c.xAxis().setLabelStep(3, 1); // Set the axes width to 2 pixels c.xAxis().setWidth(2); c.yAxis().setWidth(2); // Add a line layer to the chart LineLayer lineLayer = c.addLineLayer2(); // Add a blue (0xff) data set to the line layer, with yellow (0xffff80) diamond symbols lineLayer.addDataSet(data, 0x0000ff).setDataSymbol(Chart.DiamondSymbol, 12, 0xffff80); // Set the line width to 2 pixels lineLayer.setLineWidth(2); // Add a box whisker layer to the chart. Use the upper and lower mark of the box whisker layer to // act as error zones. The upper and lower marks are computed using the ArrayMath object. BoxWhiskerLayer errLayer = c.addBoxWhiskerLayer(null, null, new ArrayMath(data).add(errData).result( ), new ArrayMath(data).sub(errData).result(), data, Chart.Transparent, 0xbb6633); // Set the line width to 2 pixels errLayer.setLineWidth(2); // Set the error zone to occupy half the space between the symbols errLayer.setDataGap(0.5); // Add a custom CDML text at the bottom right of the plot area as the logo c.addText(575, 247, "<*block,valign=absmiddle*><*img=small_molecule.png*> <*block*><*font=Times New Roman Bold " + "Italic,size=10,color=804040*>Molecular\nEngineering<*/*>").setAlignment(Chart.BottomRight); // Output the chart WebChartViewer viewer = new WebChartViewer(request, "chart1"); viewer.setChart(c, Chart.SVG); // Include tool tip for the chart. We only need to show the tool tip for the box whisker layer. viewer.setImageMap(errLayer.getHTMLImageMap("", "", "title='Temperature at hour {xLabel}: {med} +/- {={med}-{min}} C'")); %> <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Line with Error Symbols</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;"> Line with Error Symbols </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>