ChartDirector 7.0 (Java Edition)

Vector Chart




This example demonstrates a vector chart.

A vector chart is like a scatter chart, but the symbols are arrows which can be of arbitrary lengths pointing to arbitrary directions. Thus each symbol in a vector chart is specified by 4 values - the x and y coordinates, the length and the direction.

In ChartDirector, an XY vector layer is created using XYChart.addVectorLayer.

Source Code Listing

[JSP Version] jspdemo/vector.jsp
<%@page import="ChartDirector.*, java.util.*" %> <% // The (x, y) coordinates of the starting point of the vectors double[] dataX = {20, 40, 60, 80, 100, 20, 40, 60, 80, 100, 20, 40, 58, 62, 80, 100, 20, 40, 60, 80, 100, 20, 40, 60, 80, 100}; double[] dataY = {20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 40, 40, 40, 40, 40, 60, 60, 60, 60, 60, 60, 80, 80, 80, 80, 80, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100}; // The lengths (radii) and directions (angles) of the vectors double[] dataR = {6, 6, 9, 6, 6, 6, 9, 12, 9, 6, 9, 12, 12, 12, 12, 9, 6, 9, 12, 9, 6, 6, 6, 9, 6, 6 }; double[] dataA = {-45, -30, 0, 30, 45, -60, -45, 0, 45, 60, -90, -90, -90, 90, 90, 90, -120, -135, 180, 135, 120, -135, -150, 180, 150, 135}; // Create a XYChart object of size 450 x 390 pixels XYChart c = new XYChart(450, 390); // Set the plotarea at (55, 40) and of size 350 x 300 pixels, with a light grey border (0xc0c0c0). // Turn on both horizontal and vertical grid lines with light grey color (0xc0c0c0) c.setPlotArea(55, 40, 350, 300, -1, -1, 0xc0c0c0, 0xc0c0c0, -1); // Add a title to the chart using 18pt Times Bold Itatic font. c.addTitle("Vector Chart Demonstration", "Times New Roman Bold Italic", 18); // Add a title to the y axis using 12pt Arial Bold Italic font c.yAxis().setTitle("Y Axis Title", "Arial Bold Italic", 12); // Add a title to the x axis using 12pt Arial Bold Italic font c.xAxis().setTitle("X Axis Title", "Arial Bold Italic", 12); // Set the axes line width to 3 pixels c.xAxis().setWidth(3); c.yAxis().setWidth(3); // Add a vector layer to the chart using blue (0000CC) color, with vector arrow size set to 11 // pixels c.addVectorLayer(dataX, dataY, dataR, dataA, Chart.YAxisScale, 0x0000cc).setArrowHead(11); // 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='Vector at ({x}, {value}): Length = {len}, Angle = {dir} deg'")); %> <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Vector Chart</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;"> Vector Chart </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>