How to hide points in XY Step Area Chart?

Question

How can I hide the points in an XY Step Area Chart. The points are highlighted in the picture.

Answer 1

Among the possible approaches:

• Ask the XYStepAreaRenderer to make the shapes invisible:

  // shapes      
  final XYStepAreaRenderer r = (XYStepAreaRenderer) plot.getRenderer();
  r.setShapesVisible(false);
  

• Specify XYStepAreaRenderer.AREA (area only) for the type in a custom factory method, as outlined here for a related renderer.

  XYItemRenderer r = new XYStepAreaRenderer(XYStepAreaRenderer.AREA,…);
  

Shapes not visible:

Shapes visible: