BE THE CODER > Charts > JFreeChart Examples

JFreeChart is a free and pure java chart library for creating professional quality charts. This requires the libraries jfreechart-1.0.13.jar and jcommon-1.0.8.jar to be in classpath. The following example shows creating a simple pie chart.

File Name :	com/bethecoder/tutorials/jfree_charts/tests/SimplePieChart.java
Author :	Sudhakar KV
Email :	[email protected]


package com.bethecoder.tutorials.jfree_charts.tests;



import org.jfree.chart.ChartFactory;

import org.jfree.chart.ChartFrame;

import org.jfree.chart.JFreeChart;

import org.jfree.data.general.DefaultPieDataset;



public class SimplePieChart {



  /**

   * @param args

   */

  public static void main(String[] args) {

    

    //Prepare the data set

    DefaultPieDataset pieDataset = new DefaultPieDataset();

    pieDataset.setValue("Coca-Cola", 26);

    pieDataset.setValue("Pepsi", 20);

    pieDataset.setValue("Gold Spot", 12);

    pieDataset.setValue("Slice", 14);

    pieDataset.setValue("Appy Fizz", 18);

    pieDataset.setValue("Limca", 10);

    

    //Create the chart

    JFreeChart chart = ChartFactory.createPieChart(

      "Soft Drink Pie Chart", pieDataset, true, true, true);



    //Render the frame

    ChartFrame chartFrame = new ChartFrame("Simple Pie Chart", chart);

    chartFrame.setVisible(true);

    chartFrame.setSize(400, 300);

  }



}