README.md

## [![XChart](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/timmolter/XChart/develop/etc/XChart_64_64.png)](http://knowm.org/open-source/xchart) XChart

XChart is a light weight Java library for plotting data.

## Description

XChart is a light-weight and convenient library for plotting data designed to go from data to chart in the least amount of time possible and to take the guess-work out of customizing the chart style.

## Simplest Example

Create a `Chart` instance via `QuickChart`, add a series of data to it, and either display it or save it as a bitmap.  

```java

    double[] xData = new double[] { 0.0, 1.0, 2.0 };
    double[] yData = new double[] { 2.0, 1.0, 0.0 };

    // Create Chart
    Chart chart = QuickChart.getChart("Sample Chart", "X", "Y", "y(x)", xData, yData);

    // Show it
    new SwingWrapper(chart).displayChart();

    // Save it
    BitmapEncoder.saveBitmap(chart, "./Sample_Chart", BitmapFormat.PNG);

    // or save it in high-res
    BitmapEncoder.saveBitmapWithDPI(chart, "./Sample_Chart_300_DPI", BitmapFormat.PNG, 300);
```

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/timmolter/XChart/develop/etc/XChart_Simplest.png)

## Intermediate Example

Create a `Chart` via a `ChartBuilder`, style chart, add a series to it, style series, and display chart.

```java

    // Create Chart
    XYChart chart = new XYChartBuilder().width(600).height(500).title("Gaussian Blobs").xAxisTitle("X").yAxisTitle("Y").build();

    // Customize Chart
    chart.getStyler().setDefaultSeriesRenderStyle(ChartXYSeriesRenderStyle.Scatter);
    chart.getStyler().setChartTitleVisible(false);
    chart.getStyler().setLegendPosition(LegendPosition.InsideSW);
    chart.getStyler().setMarkerSize(16);

    // Series
    chart.addSeries("Gaussian Blob 1", getGaussian(1000, 1, 10), getGaussian(1000, 1, 10));
    XYSeries series = chart.addSeries("Gaussian Blob 2", getGaussian(1000, 1, 10), getGaussian(1000, 0, 5));
    series.setMarker(SeriesMarkers.DIAMOND);

    new SwingWrapper(chart).displayChart();
```

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/timmolter/XChart/develop/etc/XChart_Intermediate.png)

## Advanced Example

Create a `Chart` via a `ChartBuilder`, style chart, add a series to it, add chart to `XChartPanel`, embed in Java Swing App, and display GUI.

```java
    // Create Chart
    final XYChart chart = new XYChartBuilder().width(600).height(400).title("Area Chart").xAxisTitle("X").yAxisTitle("Y").build();

    // Customize Chart
    chart.getStyler().setLegendPosition(LegendPosition.InsideNE);
    chart.getStyler().setDefaultSeriesRenderStyle(ChartXYSeriesRenderStyle.Area);

    // Series
    chart.addSeries("a", new double[] { 0, 3, 5, 7, 9 }, new double[] { -3, 5, 9, 6, 5 });
    chart.addSeries("b", new double[] { 0, 2, 4, 6, 9 }, new double[] { -1, 6, 4, 0, 4 });
    chart.addSeries("c", new double[] { 0, 1, 3, 8, 9 }, new double[] { -2, -1, 1, 0, 1 });

    // Create and set up the window.
    final JFrame frame = new JFrame("Advanced Example");

    // Schedule a job for the event-dispatching thread:
    // creating and showing this application's GUI.
    javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {

      @Override
      public void run() {

        frame.setLayout(new BoxLayout(frame.getContentPane(), BoxLayout.Y_AXIS)); // <-- you need this for now

        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        JPanel chartPanel = new XChartPanel(chart);
        frame.add(chartPanel);

        JLabel label = new JLabel("Blah blah blah.", SwingConstants.CENTER);

        frame.add(label);

        // Display the window.
        frame.pack();
        frame.setVisible(true);
      }
    });
```

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/timmolter/XChart/develop/etc/XChart_Advanced.png)


To make it real-time, simply call `updateSeries` on the `XChartPanel` instance.

## Features

* [x] No required additional dependencies
* [x] ~179KB Jar
* [x] Line charts
* [x] Scatter charts
* [x] Area charts
* [x] Bar charts
* [x] Histogram charts
* [x] Pie charts
* [x] Donut charts
* [x] Bubble charts
* [x] Stick charts
* [x] Error bars
* [x] Logarithmic axes
* [x] Number, Date, Bubble and Category X-Axis
* [x] Multiple series
* [x] Extensive customization
* [x] Themes - XChart, GGPlot2, Matlab
* [x] Right-click, Save-As...
* [x] User-defined axes range
* [x] Custom legend placement
* [x] CSV import and export
* [x] High resolution chart export
* [x] Export as PNG, JPG, BMP, GIF with custom DPI setting
* [x] Export SVG, EPS and PDF using optional `de.erichseifert.vectorgraphics2d` library
* [x] Real-time charts
* [x] Java 6 and up

## Chart Types

Currently, there are three major chart types: `XYChart`, `CategoryChart` and `PieChart`. Each type has its corresponding `ChartBuilder`, `Styler` and `Series`.

| Chart Type | Builder | Styler | Series | Allowed X-Axis Data Types | Default Series Render Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XYChart | XYChartBuilder | XYStyler | XYSeries | Number, Date | Line |
| CategoryChart | CategoryChartBuilder | CategoryStyler | CategorySeries | Number, Date, String | Bar |
| PieChart | PieChartBuilder | PieStyler | PieSeries | String | Pie |
| BubbleChart | BubbleChartBuilder | BubbleStyler | BubbleSeries | Number, Date  | Round |

The different Stylers contain chart styling methods specific to the corresponding chart type as well as common styling methods common across all chart types.

### XYChart

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/timmolter/XChart/develop/etc/XYChart.png)

`XYChart` charts take Date or Number data types for the X-Axis and Number data types for the Y-Axis. For both axes, the tick marks are auto generated to span the range and domain of the data in evenly-spaced intervals. 

Series render styles include: `Line`, `Scatter` and `Area`.

### CategoryChart 

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/timmolter/XChart/develop/etc/CategoryChart.png)

`CategoryChart` charts take Date, Number or String data types for the X-Axis and Number data types for the Y-Axis. For the X-Axis, each category is given its own tick mark.  

Series render styles include: `Bar`, `Line`, `Scatter`, `Area` and `Stick`.

### PieChart

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/timmolter/XChart/develop/etc/PieChart.png)

`PieChart` charts take String data types for the pie slice name and Number data types for the pie slice value.  

Series render styles include: `Pie` and `Donut`.

### BubbleChart

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/timmolter/XChart/develop/etc/XChart_Real_Time_Bubble_Chart.gif)

`BubbleChart` charts take Date or Number data types for the X-Axis and Number data types for the Y-Axis and bubble sizes. 

Series render styles include: `Round` and in the near future `Square`.

## Real-time Java Charts using XChart

The above image shows a real-time bubble chart. Real-time charts are as simple as calling `replaceData` on one or more series objects and triggering a redraw of the `JPanel` containing the chart. There are several real-time chart demos, all of which can be found here: <https://github.com/timmolter/XChart/tree/develop/xchart-demo/src/main/java/org/knowm/xchart/demo/charts/realtime>.

## Chart Customization

All the styling options can be found in one of two possible places: 1) the Chart's `Styler` or 2) the series' `set` methods. With this chart customization design, all customization options can be quickly "discovered" using an IDE's built in "Content Assist". With centralized styling like this, there is no need to hunt around the entire charting API to find that one customization you're looking for - it's all right in one spot!

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/timmolter/XChart/develop/etc/XChart_Chart_Customization.png)
 
![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/timmolter/XChart/develop/etc/XChart_Series_Customization.png)
 
## Chart Themes

XChart ships with three different themes: Default `XChart`, `GGPlot2` and `Matlab`. Using a different theme is as simple as setting the Chart's theme with the `theme` method of the `ChartBuilder`.

    XYChart chart = new XYChartBuilder().width(800).height(600).theme(ChartTheme.Matlab).build();

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/timmolter/XChart/develop/etc/XChart_Themes.png)

## What's Next?

Now go ahead and [study some more examples](http://knowm.org/open-source/xchart/xchart-example-code/), [download the thing](http://knowm.org/open-source/xchart/xchart-change-log) and [provide feedback](https://github.com/timmolter/XChart/issues).
 
## Getting Started

### Non-Maven

Download Jar: http://knowm.org/open-source/xchart/xchart-change-log

### Maven

The XChart release artifacts are hosted on Maven Central.

Add the XChart library as a dependency to your pom.xml file:

```xml
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.knowm.xchart</groupId>
        <artifactId>xchart</artifactId>
        <version>3.1.0</version>
    </dependency>
```

For snapshots, add the following to your pom.xml file:

```xml
    <repository>
      <id>sonatype-oss-snapshot</id>
      <snapshots/>
      <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
    </repository>

    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.knowm.xchart</groupId>
      <artifactId>xchart</artifactId>
      <version>3.1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
    </dependency>
```

Snapshots can be manually downloaded from Sonatyope: [https://oss.sonatype.org/content/groups/public/org/knowm/xchart/xchart/](https://oss.sonatype.org/content/groups/public/org/knowm/xchart/xchart/)

### SBT

To use XChart with the Scala Build Tool (SBT) add the following to your build.sbt

```scala
libraryDependencies += "org.knowm.xchart" % "xchart" % "3.1.0" exclude("de.erichseifert.vectorgraphics2d", "VectorGraphics2D") withSources()
```

## Building

#### general

    mvn clean package  
    mvn javadoc:aggregate  

#### maven-license-plugin

    mvn license:check
    mvn license:format
    mvn license:remove

## Running Demo

    cd /path/to/xchart-demo/jar/
    java -cp xchart-demo-3.1.0.jar:xchart-3.1.0.jar org.knowm.xchart.demo.XChartDemo

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/timmolter/XChart/develop/etc/XChart_Demo.png)

## Bugs

Please report any bugs or submit feature requests to [XChart's Github issue tracker](https://github.com/timmolter/XChart/issues).  

## Continuous Integration

[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/timmolter/XChart.png?branch=develop)](https://travis-ci.org/timmolter/XChart.png)  
[Build History](https://travis-ci.org/timmolter/XChart/builds)  

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## Release Information

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