Package org.jfree.chart.title

Class DateTitle

java.lang.Object

org.jfree.chart.title.Title

org.jfree.chart.title.TextTitle

org.jfree.chart.title.DateTitle

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable

public class DateTitle
extends TextTitle

A chart title that displays the date.

Keep in mind that a chart can have several titles, and that they can appear at the top, left, right or bottom of the chart - a DateTitle will commonly appear at the bottom of a chart, although you can place it anywhere.

By specifying the locale, dates are formatted to the correct standard for the given locale. For example, a date would appear as "January 17, 2000" in the US, but "17 January 2000" in most European locales.

Author:

David Berry

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.jfree.chart.title.TextTitle

DEFAULT_FONT, DEFAULT_TEXT_PAINT

Fields inherited from class org.jfree.chart.title.Title

BOTTOM, CENTER, DEFAULT_HORIZONTAL_ALIGNMENT, DEFAULT_POSITION, DEFAULT_SPACER, DEFAULT_VERTICAL_ALIGNMENT, EAST, LEFT, MIDDLE, NORTH, RIGHT, SOUTH, TOP, WEST

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
DateTitle()	Creates a new chart title that displays the current date in the default (LONG) format for the locale, positioned to the bottom right of the chart.
DateTitle(int style)	Creates a new chart title that displays the current date with the specified style (for the default locale).
DateTitle(int style, Locale locale, Font font, Paint paint)	Creates a new chart title that displays the current date.
DateTitle(int style, Locale locale, Font font, Paint paint, org.jfree.ui.RectangleEdge position, org.jfree.ui.HorizontalAlignment horizontalAlignment, org.jfree.ui.VerticalAlignment verticalAlignment, org.jfree.ui.Spacer spacer)	Creates a new chart title that displays the current date.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	setDateFormat(int style, Locale locale)	Set the format of the date.

Methods inherited from class org.jfree.chart.title.TextTitle

clone, draw, equals, getBackgroundPaint, getFont, getPaint, getPreferredHeight, getPreferredWidth, getText, hashCode, setBackgroundPaint, setFont, setPaint, setText

Methods inherited from class org.jfree.chart.title.Title

addChangeListener, getHorizontalAlignment, getNotify, getPosition, getSpacer, getVerticalAlignment, removeChangeListener, setHorizontalAlignment, setNotify, setPosition, setSpacer, setVerticalAlignment

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

DateTitle

public DateTitle()

Creates a new chart title that displays the current date in the default (LONG) format for the locale, positioned to the bottom right of the chart.

The color will be black in 12 point, plain Helvetica font (maps to Arial on Win32 systems without Helvetica).

DateTitle

public DateTitle(int style)

Creates a new chart title that displays the current date with the specified style (for the default locale).

The date style should be one of: SHORT, MEDIUM, LONG or FULL (defined in java.util.DateFormat).

Parameters:

style - the date style.

DateTitle

public DateTitle(int style,
Locale locale,
Font font,
Paint paint)

Creates a new chart title that displays the current date.

The date style should be one of: SHORT, MEDIUM, LONG or FULL (defined in java.util.DateFormat).

For the locale, you can use Locale.getDefault() for the default locale.

Parameters:

style - the date style.

locale - the locale.

font - the font.

paint - the text color.

DateTitle

public DateTitle(int style,
Locale locale,
Font font,
Paint paint,
org.jfree.ui.RectangleEdge position,
org.jfree.ui.HorizontalAlignment horizontalAlignment,
org.jfree.ui.VerticalAlignment verticalAlignment,
org.jfree.ui.Spacer spacer)

Creates a new chart title that displays the current date.

The date style should be one of: SHORT, MEDIUM, LONG or FULL (defined in java.util.DateFormat).

For the locale, you can use Locale.getDefault() for the default locale.

Parameters:

style - the date style.

locale - the locale.

font - the font (not null).

paint - the text color (not null).

position - the relative location of this title (use constants in Title).

horizontalAlignment - the horizontal text alignment of this title (use constants in Title).

verticalAlignment - the vertical text alignment of this title (use constants in Title).

spacer - determines the blank space around the outside of the title (not null).

Method Details

setDateFormat

public void setDateFormat(int style,
Locale locale)

Set the format of the date.

The date style should be one of: SHORT, MEDIUM, LONG or FULL (defined in java.util.DateFormat).

For the locale, you can use Locale.getDefault() for the default locale.

Parameters:

style - the date style.

locale - the locale.