Drawing bar charts: a horizontal bar chart of the ten longest rivers with its values inside the bars and a color key, and charts with vertical bars, grouped and stacked.
Example_27.pdf — the PDF this example creates.
package examples;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import com.pdfjet.*;
import com.pdfjet.fonts.*;
/**
* Example_27.java
*
* Draws bar charts. The first page is a horizontal bar chart of the ten
* longest rivers, each bar in its own color with its length inside it, and a
* color key under the chart. The second page draws two charts with vertical
* bars from the same data: the two series grouped by month, and the same
* series stacked. The third, the units of 2026 with a line over the bars for
* the target of each month.
*/
final public class Example_27 {
public Example_27() throws Exception {
PDF pdf = new PDF(
new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream("Example_27.pdf")));
pdf.setCompliance(Compliance.PDF_UA_1);
pdf.setTitle("Bar Charts");
drawHorizontal(pdf);
drawVertical(pdf);
drawTarget(pdf);
pdf.complete();
}
private void drawHorizontal(PDF pdf) throws Exception {
Font f1 = new Font(pdf, IBMPlexSans.Bold);
f1.setSize(15f);
Font f2 = new Font(pdf, IBMPlexSans.Regular);
f2.setSize(9f);
Font f3 = new Font(pdf, IBMPlexSans.Bold);
f3.setSize(9f);
Font f4 = new Font(pdf, IBMPlexSans.Regular);
f4.setSize(8f);
Page page = new Page(pdf, Letter.PORTRAIT);
// The heading of the page, above the chart
new TextLine(f1, "Rivers of the World")
.setStructureType(StructElem.H1)
.setFontSize(18f)
.setLocation(36f, 40f)
.drawOn(page);
String[] rivers = {
"Nile", "Amazon", "Yangtze", "Mississippi-Missouri", "Yenisey-Baikal-Selenga",
"Huang He (Yellow)", "Ob-Irtysh", "Paraná", "Congo", "Amur"};
float[] lengths = {6650f, 6400f, 6300f, 5971f, 5540f, 5464f, 5410f, 4880f, 4700f, 4444f};
int[] colors = {
0x477aa8, 0x5f7e5f, 0x8b6f47, 0x8e7152, 0x517aa0,
0x967110, 0x687b68, 0x8e7155, 0x5c5c5c, 0x897154};
BarChart chart = new BarChart(f1, f2);
chart.setLocation(36f, 70f);
chart.setSize(540f, 400f);
chart.setTitle("10 Longest Rivers in the World");
chart.setSubtitle("Length in kilometers · Color reflects typical sediment / pollution character");
chart.setCategories(rivers);
chart.addSeries("", lengths, colors);
chart.setHorizontal(true);
chart.setGroupGap(0.4f);
chart.setValueAxisRange(0f, 8000f);
chart.setGridLineColor(0xe0e0e0);
chart.setValueLabels(true);
chart.setValueLabelsInside(true);
chart.setGroupingUsed(true);
chart.setAltDescription(
"The ten longest rivers in the world, in kilometers: Nile 6,650, Amazon 6,400, Yangtze 6,300, Mississippi-Missouri 5,971, Yenisey-Baikal-Selenga 5,540, Huang He (Yellow) 5,464, Ob-Irtysh 5,410, Paraná 4,880, Congo 4,700, Amur 4,444.");
chart.drawOn(page);
// The color key under the chart
int gray = 0x444444;
new TextLine(f3, "Color key (illustrative):")
.setTextColor(gray).setLocation(171f, 496f).drawOn(page);
int[] keyColors = {0x477aa8, 0x5f7e5f, 0x8e7155, 0x967110, 0x5c5c5c};
String[] keyTexts = {
"Clear / low sediment", "Sediment-rich, relatively clean", "Polluted / industrial & agricultural",
"Heavy natural sediment (loess)", "Natural dark tannin stain (Congo)"};
// Three on the first row and two on the second, each after the one
// before it by the width of its text
float x = 171f;
float y = 512f;
for (int i = 0; i < keyColors.length; i++) {
if (i == 3) {
x = 171f;
y = 527f;
}
// The swatches are rectangles, drawn as artifacts next to their text.
new Rect(x, y - 8.5f, 10.5f, 10.5f).setFillColor(keyColors[i]).drawOn(page);
new TextLine(f4, keyTexts[i])
.setTextColor(gray).setLocation(x + 15f, y).drawOn(page);
x += 15f + f4.stringWidth(keyTexts[i]) + 12f;
}
String note = "Color mapping is illustrative; lengths and conditions vary by source and season.";
new TextLine(f4, note)
.setTextColor(0x696969).setLocation(576f - f4.stringWidth(note), 550f).drawOn(page);
// The data of the chart in a table under it
String[] lengthTexts = {
"6,650", "6,400", "6,300", "5,971", "5,540", "5,464", "5,410", "4,880", "4,700", "4,444"};
String[] characters = {
keyTexts[0], keyTexts[1], keyTexts[2], keyTexts[2], keyTexts[0],
keyTexts[3], keyTexts[1], keyTexts[2], keyTexts[4], keyTexts[2]};
List<List<Cell>> rows = new ArrayList<List<Cell>>();
rows.add(Arrays.asList(
new Cell(f3, "River").setWidth(180f),
new Cell(f3, "Length, km").setWidth(90f).setTextAlignment(Alignment.RIGHT),
new Cell(f3, "Character").setWidth(270f)));
for (int i = 0; i < rivers.length; i++) {
rows.add(Arrays.asList(
new Cell(f2, rivers[i]).setWidth(180f),
new Cell(f2, lengthTexts[i]).setWidth(90f)
.setTextAlignment(Alignment.RIGHT),
new Cell(f2, characters[i]).setWidth(270f)));
}
Table table = new Table();
table.setTableData(rows, 1);
table.setHeaderRowStyle(f3, 0x000000, 0xEEF0F3);
table.setCellBorderColor(0xC8CCD2);
table.setLocation(36f, 572f);
table.drawOn(page);
}
private void drawVertical(PDF pdf) throws Exception {
Page page = new Page(pdf, Letter.PORTRAIT);
Font f1 = new Font(pdf, IBMPlexSans.Bold);
f1.setSize(10f);
Font f2 = new Font(pdf, IBMPlexSans.Regular);
f2.setSize(8f);
// The heading of the document, above the charts
new TextLine(f1, "Sales in 2025 and 2026")
.setStructureType(StructElem.H1)
.setFontSize(18f)
.setLocation(70f, 45f)
.drawOn(page);
String[] months = {
"Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun",
"Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec"};
float[] units2025 = {45f, 65f, 31f, 45f, 65f, 31f, 38f, 52f, 47f, 59f, 66f, 72f};
float[] units2026 = {75f, 20f, 73f, 75f, 20f, 73f, 61f, 58f, 69f, 64f, 77f, 80f};
BarChart chart = new BarChart(f1, f2);
chart.setLocation(70f, 70f);
chart.setSize(500f, 300f);
chart.setTitle("Units sold by month");
chart.setXAxisTitle("Month");
chart.setYAxisTitle("Units");
chart.setCategories(months);
chart.addSeries("2025", units2025);
chart.addSeries("2026", units2026);
chart.setGroupGap(0.4f);
chart.setBarGap(0.1f);
chart.setAltDescription("Units sold by month in 2025 and 2026, side by side: from 31 to 72 a month in 2025 and from 20 to 80 in 2026, the most in December in both years.");
chart.drawOn(page);
BarChart stacked = new BarChart(f1, f2);
stacked.setLocation(70f, 420f);
stacked.setSize(500f, 300f);
stacked.setTitle("Units sold by month, stacked");
stacked.setXAxisTitle("Month");
stacked.setYAxisTitle("Units");
stacked.setCategories(months);
stacked.addSeries("2025", units2025);
stacked.addSeries("2026", units2026);
stacked.setStacked(true);
stacked.setValueLabels(true);
stacked.setAltDescription("Units sold by month in 2025 and 2026, stacked: from 85 a month, in February and May, to 152 in December.");
stacked.drawOn(page);
}
private void drawTarget(PDF pdf) throws Exception {
Page page = new Page(pdf, Letter.PORTRAIT);
Font f1 = new Font(pdf, IBMPlexSans.Bold);
f1.setSize(10f);
Font f2 = new Font(pdf, IBMPlexSans.Regular);
f2.setSize(8f);
String[] months = {
"Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun",
"Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec"};
float[] units2026 = {75f, 20f, 73f, 75f, 20f, 73f, 61f, 58f, 69f, 64f, 77f, 80f};
float[] target = {60f, 60f, 62f, 64f, 66f, 68f, 68f, 68f, 70f, 72f, 75f, 80f};
// The description of the chart is made from its data
BarChart chart = new BarChart(f1, f2);
chart.setLocation(70f, 70f);
chart.setSize(500f, 300f);
chart.setTitle("Units sold by month in 2026, and the target");
chart.setXAxisTitle("Month");
chart.setYAxisTitle("Units");
chart.setCategories(months);
chart.addSeries("2026", units2026);
chart.addLineSeries("Target", target);
chart.drawOn(page);
}
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
long time0 = System.currentTimeMillis();
new Example_27();
long time1 = System.currentTimeMillis();
System.out.printf("Example_27 => %4d ms%n", time1 - time0);
}
} // End of Example_27.java
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