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JfreeChart: Stacked Bar Chart and CategoryAxis showing dates

I have created a stacked bar chart in which I show a count on the y axis and dates on the x axis. The problem is that when I have many dates on the x axis it gets very cluttered and impossible to read. I would like to show only some of the dates, e.g one date per week. Is that possible? I am using ChartFactory.createStackedBarChart() to create the chart, and I have the data in a DefaultCategoryDataSet.

Any input is appreciated!

Solution

  • For a CategoryAxis, which is used the for the domain axis in a StackedBarChart, you have considerable flexility with the method setCategoryLabelPositions(). Typical usage is illustrated in the BarChartDemo1 source, shown here.

    CategoryAxis domainAxis = plot.getDomainAxis();
domainAxis.setCategoryLabelPositions(
    CategoryLabelPositions.createUpRotationLabelPositions(Math.PI / 6.0));