Jfree chart version of jide soft line chart with gradient fill - jfreechart

Question

I need to get the code that would help me create a chart similar to the one shown in the image http://www.jidesoft.com/images/line-chart-gradient-fill.png also it should be a time series chart

Answer 1

First of all I want to recommend to buy the JFreeChart developers guide. It contains a large set of good examples and it supports the maintainer of this project.
Regarding your question: I don't know what your main target is.
A good starting point is the class TimeSeriesChartDemo1 provided with the JFreeChart sources.
Modify the createChart method of this demo by setting a different renderer:
private static JFreeChart createChart(XYDataset dataset) {
JFreeChart chart = ChartFactory.createTimeSeriesChart(
"Legal & General Unit Trust Prices", // title
"Date", // x-axis label
"Price Per Unit", // y-axis label
dataset, // data
true, // create legend?
true, // generate tooltips?
false // generate URLs?
);
chart.setBackgroundPaint(Color.white);
XYPlot plot = (XYPlot) chart.getPlot();
plot.setBackgroundPaint(Color.lightGray);
plot.setDomainGridlinePaint(Color.white);
plot.setRangeGridlinePaint(Color.white);
plot.setAxisOffset(new RectangleInsets(5.0, 5.0, 5.0, 5.0));
plot.setDomainCrosshairVisible(true);
plot.setRangeCrosshairVisible(true);
XYItemRenderer r = new XYAreaRenderer2();
r.setSeriesPaint(0, new Color(255, 0, 0, 50));
r.setSeriesPaint(0, new Color(0, 255, 0, 50));
plot.setRenderer(r);
DateAxis axis = (DateAxis) plot.getDomainAxis();
axis.setDateFormatOverride(new SimpleDateFormat("MMM-yyyy"));
return chart;
}