Creating series

A series is a sequence of data that is graphically displayed on a chart for visual analysis, using diferent styles. Several attributes are associated with a series, and they are common attributes, shared among different types of series, or specific attributes.

Series are represented by the AbstractSerie class. Concrete classes are extended from AbstractSerie to implement different types of series. Below we can see a list of series currently available and respective chart context and jar files:

Series typeChart context AWT jar fileSwing jar file
Line seriescom.jinsight.jetchart.GraphGraphChart.jarsGraphChart.jar
Bar seriescom.jinsight.jetchart.GraphGraphChart.jarsGraphChart.jar
Stacked bars seriescom.jinsight.jetchart.GraphGraphChart.jarsGraphChart.jar
Area seriescom.jinsight.jetchart.GraphGraphChart.jarsGraphChart.jar
Point seriescom.jinsight.jetchart.GraphGraphChart.jarsGraphChart.jar
Image seriescom.jinsight.jetchart.GraphGraphChart.jarsGraphChart.jar
OHLC/HLC line seriescom.jinsight.jetchart.GraphGraphChart.jarsGraphChart.jar
OHLC/HLC bar seriescom.jinsight.jetchart.GraphGraphChart.jarsGraphChart.jar
Candlestick seriescom.jinsight.jetchart.GraphGraphChart.jarsGraphChart.jar
XY seriescom.jinsight.jetchart.ScatterGraphScatterChart.jarsScatterChart.jar
XY Line seriescom.jinsight.jetchart.ScatterGraphScatterChart.jarsScatterChart.jar
XY Image seriescom.jinsight.jetchart.ScatterGraphScatterChart.jarsScatterChart.jar
Bubble seriescom.jinsight.jetchart.ScatterGraphScatterChart.jarsScatterChart.jar
Pie seriescom.jinsight.jetchart.PieGraphPieChart.jarsPieChart.jar


Next topics present simple application examples demonstrating how to create and display each of the available types of series.