ChartDirector 7.0 (Perl Edition)
Tree Map Layout
Source Code Listing
#!/usr/bin/perl
# The ChartDirector for Perl module is assumed to be in "../lib"
use File::Basename;
use lib (dirname($0)."/../lib") =~ /(.*)/;
use perlchartdir;
sub createChart
{
my $chartIndex = shift;
# Random data for the tree map
my $r = new RanSeries(3);
my $data = $r->getSeries(20, 20, 400);
# Create a Tree Map object of size 300 x 300 pixels
my $c = new TreeMapChart(300, 300);
$c->setPlotArea(20, 20, 260, 260);
# Obtain the root of the tree map, which is the entire plot area
my $root = $c->getRootNode();
# Add first level nodes to the root.
$root->setData($data);
if ($chartIndex == 0) {
# Squarity - Layout the cells so that they are as square as possible.
$c->addTitle("Squarify");
$root->setLayoutMethod($perlchartdir::TreeMapSquarify);
} elsif ($chartIndex == 1) {
# Strip layout - Cells flow from left to right, top to bottom. The number of cells in each
# row is such that they will be as close to a square as possible. (The setLayoutMethod also
# supports other flow directions.)
$c->addTitle("Strip");
$root->setLayoutMethod($perlchartdir::TreeMapStrip);
} elsif ($chartIndex == 2) {
# Binary Split by Size - Split the cells into left/right groups so that their size are as
# close as possible. For each group, split the cells into top/bottom groups using the same
# criteria. Continue until each group contains one cell. (The setLayoutMethod also supports
# other flow directions.)
$c->addTitle("Binary Split by Size");
$root->setLayoutMethod($perlchartdir::TreeMapBinaryBySize);
} elsif ($chartIndex == 3) {
# Binary Split by Count - Same as "Binary Split by Size", except that the cell count
# (instead of the size) is used to split the cells.
$c->addTitle("Binary Split by Count");
$root->setLayoutMethod($perlchartdir::TreeMapBinaryByCount);
} elsif ($chartIndex == 4) {
# Binary Split by Size (Sorted) - Same as "Binary Split by Size" except the cells are sorted
# first.
$c->addTitle("Binary Split by Size (Sorted)");
$root->setSorting(-1);
$root->setLayoutMethod($perlchartdir::TreeMapBinaryBySize);
}
# Get the prototype (template) for the first level nodes.
my $nodeConfig = $c->getLevelPrototype(1);
# Set the label format for the nodes to show the label and value with 8pt Arial Bold font in
# black color (000000) and center aligned in the node.
$nodeConfig->setLabelFormat("{index}", "Arial", 8, 0x000000, $perlchartdir::Center);
# Set automatic fill color and white (ffffff) border
$nodeConfig->setColors($perlchartdir::DataColor, 0xffffff);
# Output the chart
$c->makeChart("treemaplayout$chartIndex.png");
}
createChart(0);
createChart(1);
createChart(2);
createChart(3);
createChart(4);