ChartDirector 7.0 (Java Edition)

Y Zone Coloring




This example demonstrates using y zone colors - colors that change at certain y value thresholds.

In this example, a y zone color is used as the fill color of an area layer, so that the area fill color changes above a certain threshold.

Y zone colors are created using Layer.yZoneColor. You can use a y zone color in any ChartDirector API that expects a color. For instance, you can use a y zone color as background color, fill color of data sets, line color, etc.

A single y zone color can support one threshold value and change between two colors. The two colors can be any colors, including another y zone color. You may create y zone colors with multiple thresholds by cascading multiple y zone colors this way.

Source Code Listing

[JSP Version] jspdemo/yzonecolor.jsp
<%@page import="ChartDirector.*, java.util.*" %> <% // The data for the chart double[] data = {30, 28, 40, 55, 75, 68, 54, 60, 50, 62, 75, 65, 75, 89, 60, 55, 53, 35, 50, 66, 56, 48, 52, 65, 62}; // 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 500 x 300 pixels, with a pale yellow (0xffffc0) background, a // black border, and 1 pixel 3D border effect XYChart c = new XYChart(500, 300, 0xffffc0, 0x000000, 1); //Set search path to current JSP directory for loading icon images c.setSearchPath(getServletConfig().getServletContext(), request); // Set the plotarea at (55, 50) and of size 420 x 205 pixels, with white background. Turn on both // horizontal and vertical grid lines with light grey color (0xc0c0c0) c.setPlotArea(55, 50, 420, 205, 0xffffff).setGridColor(0xc0c0c0, 0xc0c0c0); // Add a legend box at (55, 25) (top of the chart) with horizontal layout. Use 8pt Arial font. Set // the background and border color to Transparent. LegendBox legendBox = c.addLegend(55, 25, false, "", 8); legendBox.setBackground(Chart.Transparent); // Add keys to the legend box to explain the color zones legendBox.addKey("Normal Zone", 0x8033ff33); legendBox.addKey("Alert Zone", 0x80ff3333); // Add a title box to the chart using 13pt Arial Bold Italic font. The title is in CDML and includes // embedded images for highlight. The text is white (0xffffff) on a black background, with a 1 pixel // 3D border. c.addTitle( "<*block,valign=absmiddle*><*img=star.png*><*img=star.png*> Y Zone Color Demo " + "<*img=star.png*><*img=star.png*><*/*>", "Arial Bold Italic", 13, 0xffffff).setBackground( 0x000000, -1, 1); // Add a title to the y axis c.yAxis().setTitle("Energy Concentration (KJ per liter)"); // Set the labels on the x axis. c.xAxis().setLabels(labels); // Display 1 out of 3 labels on the x-axis. c.xAxis().setLabelStep(3); // Add a title to the x axis using CDML c.xAxis().setTitle("<*block,valign=absmiddle*><*img=clock.png*> Elapsed Time (hour)<*/*>"); // Set the axes width to 2 pixels c.xAxis().setWidth(2); c.yAxis().setWidth(2); // Add an area layer to the chart. The area is using a y zone color, where the color is // semi-transparent green below 60, and semi-transparent red above 60. c.addAreaLayer(data, c.yZoneColor(60, 0x8033ff33, 0x80ff3333)); // Add a custom CDML text at the bottom right of the plot area as the logo c.addText(475, 255, "<*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 viewer.setImageMap(c.getHTMLImageMap("", "", "title='Hour {xLabel}: {value} KJ/liter'")); %> <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Y Zone Coloring</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;"> Y Zone Coloring </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>