public String generateBarChart( String hitSection, HttpSession session, PrintWriter pw, String courseId, int studentId) { /* int groupId=0; if (groupName.equals("All")){ groupId=0; }else{ groupId = studStatisticBean.getGroupIdByName(groupName); }*/ String filename = null; try { // Retrieve list of WebHits StudentsConceptChartDataSet cDataSet = new StudentsConceptChartDataSet(studStatisticBean, courseId, studentId); ArrayList list = cDataSet.getDataBySection(hitSection); // Throw a custom NoDataException if there is no data if (list.size() == 0) { System.out.println("No data has been found"); throw new NoDataException(); } // Create and populate a CategoryDataset Iterator iter = list.listIterator(); DefaultCategoryDataset dataSet = new DefaultCategoryDataset(); while (iter.hasNext()) { StudentsConceptHit wh = (StudentsConceptHit) iter.next(); // Comparable c1= Double.parseDouble(wh.getHitDegree()); dataSet.addValue( wh.getHitDegree(), "degree of mastery for concept ", String.valueOf(wh.getHitConcept())); } // Create the chart object CategoryAxis categoryAxis = new CategoryAxis("Concepts"); ValueAxis valueAxis = new NumberAxis("Degree of Mastery"); valueAxis.setRange(0.0, 6.0); categoryAxis.setCategoryLabelPositions( new CategoryLabelPositions().createUpRotationLabelPositions(45)); BarRenderer renderer = new BarRenderer(); renderer.setDrawBarOutline(true); renderer.setItemURLGenerator( new StandardCategoryURLGenerator("xy_chart.jsp", "series", "section")); StandardCategoryToolTipGenerator scttg = new StandardCategoryToolTipGenerator(); renderer.setToolTipGenerator(scttg); Plot plot = new CategoryPlot(dataSet, categoryAxis, valueAxis, renderer); JFreeChart chart = new JFreeChart("", JFreeChart.DEFAULT_TITLE_FONT, plot, true); chart.setBackgroundPaint(java.awt.Color.white); // Write the chart image to the temporary directory ChartRenderingInfo info = new ChartRenderingInfo(new StandardEntityCollection()); filename = ServletUtilities.saveChartAsPNG(chart, 600, 400, info, session); // Write the image map to the PrintWriter ChartUtilities.writeImageMap(pw, filename, info); pw.flush(); } catch (NoDataException e) { System.out.println(e.toString()); filename = "public_nodata_500x300.png"; } catch (Exception e) { System.out.println("Exception - " + e.toString()); e.printStackTrace(System.out); filename = "public_error_500x300.png"; } return filename; }