diff --git a/xchart-demo/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/demo/XChartDemo.java b/xchart-demo/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/demo/XChartDemo.java
index 9a3758d7eb077fada48f5ce799aa52b1a76886a7..5bae95c0626bcafdd4c128a32c4bb972882a593f 100644
--- a/xchart-demo/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/demo/XChartDemo.java
+++ b/xchart-demo/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/demo/XChartDemo.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import javax.swing.tree.TreeSelectionModel;
import com.xeiam.xchart.XChartPanel;
import com.xeiam.xchart.demo.charts.Example1;
import com.xeiam.xchart.demo.charts.Example10;
+import com.xeiam.xchart.demo.charts.Example11;
import com.xeiam.xchart.demo.charts.Example2;
import com.xeiam.xchart.demo.charts.Example3;
import com.xeiam.xchart.demo.charts.Example4;
@@ -162,6 +163,9 @@ public class XChartDemo extends JPanel implements TreeSelectionListener {
chart = new DefaultMutableTreeNode(new ChartInfo("Example10 - Plots Hundreds of Series on One Plot", new Example10().getChart()));
category.add(chart);
+ chart = new DefaultMutableTreeNode(new ChartInfo("Example11 - Using ChartBuilder to Make a Chart", new Example11().getChart()));
+ category.add(chart);
+
}
/**
diff --git a/xchart-demo/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/demo/charts/Example11.java b/xchart-demo/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/demo/charts/Example11.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..109ee4b447dd72c90d103e0d254c4ca502e14bf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xchart-demo/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/demo/charts/Example11.java
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright 2011-2013 Xeiam LLC.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.xeiam.xchart.demo.charts;
+
+import com.xeiam.xchart.Chart;
+import com.xeiam.xchart.ChartBuilder;
+import com.xeiam.xchart.SwingWrapper;
+
+/**
+ * Using ChartBuilder to Make a Chart
+ *
+ * @author timmolter
+ */
+public class Example11 implements ExampleChart {
+
+ public static void main(String[] args) {
+
+ ExampleChart exampleChart = new Example11();
+ Chart chart = exampleChart.getChart();
+ new SwingWrapper(chart).displayChart();
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public Chart getChart() {
+
+ // Create Chart
+ Chart chart = new ChartBuilder().width(800).height(600).title("My Title").xAxisTitle("X").yAxisTitle("Y").showLegend(false).build();
+ chart.addSeries("x", new double[] { 1, 2, 5, 7 }, new double[] { -3, 6, 9, 0 });
+
+ return chart;
+ }
+}
diff --git a/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/Chart.java b/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/Chart.java
index 9d2edcbc0748cd7e349e09768dc232b64ab3cee5..c955a7b2fa9a3a166342f5cb30280eb64e5b461e 100644
--- a/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/Chart.java
+++ b/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/Chart.java
@@ -65,6 +65,20 @@ public class Chart {
fontColor = ChartColor.getAWTColor(ChartColor.BLACK);
}
+ /**
+ * Constructor
+ *
+ * @param chartBuilder
+ */
+ public Chart(ChartBuilder chartBuilder) {
+
+ this(chartBuilder.width, chartBuilder.height);
+ setTitle(chartBuilder.title);
+ setXAxisTitle(chartBuilder.xAxisTitle);
+ setYAxisTitle(chartBuilder.yAxisTitle);
+ setLegendVisible(chartBuilder.isLegendVisible);
+ }
+
/**
* @param g
* @param width
diff --git a/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/ChartBuilder.java b/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/ChartBuilder.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c582ce9c3863e74c44805d55760a8aded2e10dca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/ChartBuilder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Xeiam LLC http://xeiam.com
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
+ * this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
+ * the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
+ * use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies
+ * of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do
+ * so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+ * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+ * SOFTWARE.
+ */
+package com.xeiam.xchart;
+
+/**
+ * @author timmolter
+ */
+public class ChartBuilder {
+
+ protected int width = 800;
+ protected int height = 600;
+ protected String title = "";
+ protected String xAxisTitle = "";
+ protected String yAxisTitle = "";
+ protected boolean isLegendVisible = true;
+
+ public ChartBuilder width(int width) {
+
+ this.width = width;
+ return this;
+ }
+
+ public ChartBuilder height(int height) {
+
+ this.height = height;
+ return this;
+ }
+
+ public ChartBuilder title(String title) {
+
+ this.title = title;
+ return this;
+ }
+
+ public ChartBuilder xAxisTitle(String xAxisTitle) {
+
+ this.xAxisTitle = xAxisTitle;
+ return this;
+ }
+
+ public ChartBuilder yAxisTitle(String yAxisTitle) {
+
+ this.yAxisTitle = yAxisTitle;
+ return this;
+ }
+
+ public ChartBuilder showLegend(boolean isLegendVisible) {
+
+ this.isLegendVisible = isLegendVisible;
+ return this;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * return fully built Chart
+ *
+ * @return a Chart
+ */
+ public Chart build() {
+
+ return new Chart(this);
+ }
+
+}