ChartDirector 7.0 (Java Edition)

Heat Map Cell Labels




This example demonstrates adding labels to the cells, adding gaps between cells and using a custom color scale.

This example is similar to Discrete Heat Map, with the following additions:

Source Code Listing

[JSP Version] jspdemo/heatmapcelllabels.jsp
<%@page import="ChartDirector.*, java.util.*" %> <% // The x-axis and y-axis labels String[] xLabels = {"A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F", "G", "H", "I", "J"}; String[] yLabels = {"0", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9"}; // Random data for the 10 x 10 cells RanSeries rand = new RanSeries(2); double[] zData = rand.get2DSeries(xLabels.length, yLabels.length, 0, 100); // We set the middle 5 x 5 cells to NoValue to remove them from the chart for(int x = 3; x < 7; ++x) { for(int y = 3; y < 7; ++y) { zData[y * xLabels.length + x] = Chart.NoValue; } } // Create an XYChart object of size 480 x 540 pixels. XYChart c = new XYChart(480, 540); // Set the plotarea at (50, 40) and of size 400 x 400 pixels. Set the background, border, and grid // lines to transparent. PlotArea p = c.setPlotArea(50, 40, 400, 400, -1, -1, Chart.Transparent, Chart.Transparent); // Create a discrete heat map with 10 x 10 cells DiscreteHeatMapLayer layer = c.addDiscreteHeatMapLayer(zData, xLabels.length); // Set the x-axis labels. Use 8pt Arial Bold font. Set axis stem to transparent, so only the labels // are visible. Set 0.5 offset to position the labels in between the grid lines. Position the x-axis // at the top of the chart. c.xAxis().setLabels(xLabels); c.xAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold", 8); c.xAxis().setColors(Chart.Transparent, Chart.TextColor); c.xAxis().setLabelOffset(0.5); c.xAxis().setTitle("X axis title placeholder", "Arial Bold", 12); c.setXAxisOnTop(); // Set the y-axis labels. Use 8pt Arial Bold font. Set axis stem to transparent, so only the labels // are visible. Set 0.5 offset to position the labels in between the grid lines. Reverse the y-axis // so that the labels are flowing top-down instead of bottom-up. c.yAxis().setLabels(yLabels); c.yAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold", 8); c.yAxis().setColors(Chart.Transparent, Chart.TextColor); c.yAxis().setLabelOffset(0.5); c.yAxis().setTitle("Y axis title placeholder", "Arial Bold", 12); c.yAxis().setReverse(); // Set a 3-pixel gap between cells layer.setCellGap(3); // Use the z value as the cell label layer.setDataLabelFormat("{z|0}"); // Position the color axis 20 pixels below the plot area and of the width as the plot area. Put the // labels at the bottom side of the color axis. Use 8pt Arial Bold font for the labels. ColorAxis cAxis = layer.setColorAxis(p.getLeftX(), p.getBottomY() + 20, Chart.TopLeft, p.getWidth(), Chart.Bottom); cAxis.setLabelStyle("Arial Bold", 8); cAxis.setTitle("Color legend title placeholder", "Arial Bold", 12); // Set the color stops and scale of the color axis double[] colorScale = {0, 0x00ff00, 50, 0xffff00, 80, 0xff6600, 100, 0xff0000}; cAxis.setColorScale(colorScale); cAxis.setLinearScale(0, 100, 10); // 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='<*cdml*>({xLabel}, {yLabel}) = {z|2}'")); %> <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Heat Map Cell Labels</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;"> Heat Map Cell Labels </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>