Fix for x-axis wrong order for bar charts - issue #58

xchart-demo/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/demo/charts/bar/BarChart04.java

@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ public class BarChart04 implements ExampleChart {
 
     // Create Chart
     Chart chart = new ChartBuilder().chartType(ChartType.Bar).width(800).height(600).title("XFactor vs. Age").xAxisTitle("Age").yAxisTitle("XFactor").build();
-    chart.addSeries("male", new double[] { 10, 20, 30, 50 }, new double[] { 40, 30, 20, 60 });
     chart.addSeries("female", new double[] { 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 }, new double[] { 50, 10, 20, 40, 35 });
+    chart.addSeries("male", new double[] { 10, 20, 30, 50 }, new double[] { 40, 30, 20, 60 });
 
     chart.getStyleManager().setYAxisMin(5);
     chart.getStyleManager().setYAxisMax(70);

xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/AxisTickBarChartCalculator.java

@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@
  */
 package com.xeiam.xchart.internal.chartpart;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.Iterator;
-import java.util.Set;
-import java.util.TreeSet;
+import java.util.List;
 
 import com.xeiam.xchart.Series;
 import com.xeiam.xchart.internal.Utils;
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public class AxisTickBarChartCalculator extends AxisTickCalculator {
     int margin = Utils.getTickStartOffset(workingSpace, tickSpace); // in plot space double gridStep = getGridStepForDecimal(tickSpace);
 
     // get all categories
-    Set<Object> categories = new TreeSet<Object>();
+    List<Object> categories = new ArrayList<Object>();
     for (Series series : chartPainter.getAxisPair().getSeriesMap().values()) {
 
       Iterator<?> xItr = series.getXData().iterator();
@@ -71,9 +71,11 @@ public class AxisTickBarChartCalculator extends AxisTickCalculator {
         else if (chartPainter.getAxisPair().getXAxis().getAxisType() == AxisType.String) {
           x = xItr.next();
         }
+        if (!categories.contains(x)) {
           categories.add(x);
         }
       }
+    }
 
     int numCategories = categories.size();
 

xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/PlotContentBarChart.java

@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ package com.xeiam.xchart.internal.chartpart;
 import java.awt.Graphics2D;
 import java.awt.geom.Path2D;
 import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Iterator;
-import java.util.Set;
-import java.util.TreeSet;
+import java.util.List;
 
 import com.xeiam.xchart.Series;
 import com.xeiam.xchart.StyleManager;
@@ -57,12 +57,15 @@ public class PlotContentBarChart extends PlotContent {
     int yTopMargin = Utils.getTickStartOffset((int) bounds.getHeight(), yTickSpace);
 
     // get all categories
-    Set<Object> categories = new TreeSet<Object>();
+    List<Object> categories = new ArrayList<Object>();
     for (Series series : getChartPainter().getAxisPair().getSeriesMap().values()) {
 
       Iterator<?> xItr = series.getXData().iterator();
       while (xItr.hasNext()) {
-        categories.add(xItr.next());
+        Object object = xItr.next();
+        if (!categories.contains(object)) {
+          categories.add(object);
+        }
       }
     }
     int numBars = categories.size();