private JFreeChart buildChart(TimeSeriesCollection dataset, String title, boolean endPoints) {
// Create the chart
JFreeChart chart =
ChartFactory.createTimeSeriesChart(title, "Date", "Price", dataset, true, true, false);
// Display each series in the chart with its point shape in the legend
LegendTitle sl = chart.getLegend();
// sl.setDisplaySeriesShapes(true);
// Setup the appearance of the chart
chart.setBackgroundPaint(Color.white);
XYPlot plot = chart.getXYPlot();
plot.setBackgroundPaint(Color.lightGray);
plot.setDomainGridlinePaint(Color.white);
plot.setRangeGridlinePaint(Color.white);
plot.setAxisOffset(new RectangleInsets(UnitType.ABSOLUTE, 5.0, 5.0, 5.0, 5.0));
plot.setDomainCrosshairVisible(true);
plot.setRangeCrosshairVisible(true);
// Display data points or just the lines?
if (endPoints) {
XYItemRenderer renderer = plot.getRenderer();
if (renderer instanceof StandardXYItemRenderer) {
StandardXYItemRenderer rr = (StandardXYItemRenderer) renderer;
// rr.setPlotShapes(true);
rr.setShapesFilled(true);
rr.setItemLabelsVisible(true);
}
}
// Tell the chart how we would like dates to read
DateAxis axis = (DateAxis) plot.getDomainAxis();
axis.setDateFormatOverride(new SimpleDateFormat("MMM-yyyy"));
return chart;
}
