Series Class

The base class for all series which a Cartesian chart can display.

Declaration

public abstract class Series
extends SeriesBase

Inherited Members

java.lang.Object.equals(java.lang.Object)(Object)

Object.getClass()

java.lang.Object.hashCode()()

java.lang.Object.notify()()

java.lang.Object.notifyAll()()

java.lang.Object.toString()()

java.lang.Object.wait()()

java.lang.Object.wait(long)(long)

java.lang.Object.wait(long, int)(long,int)

getDisplayName()

getLegendTextPattern()

isVisible()

isVisibleInLegend()

setDisplayName(String)

setLegendTextPattern(String)

setVisible(boolean)

setVisibleInLegend(boolean)

Inheritance

Object

ChartElement

StyledElement

SeriesBase

Series

Series()

Initializes a new Series class instance with default parameters.

Declaration

public Series()

Methods

getData() Method

Returns the Cartesian series‘s data.

Declaration

public XYSeriesData getData()

Returns

Type	Description
XYSeriesData	An object that provides data points’ arguments and values.

getHintOptions() Method

Returns the SeriesHintOptions object that specifies a series’s hint text parameters.

Declaration

public SeriesHintOptions getHintOptions()

Returns

Type	Description
SeriesHintOptions	The SeriesHintOptions object specifying a series-related hint options.

setData(XYSeriesData) Method

Specifies the Cartesian series‘s data.

Declaration

public void setData(XYSeriesData data)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
data	XYSeriesData	An object that provides data points’ arguments and values.

Remarks

Note that the data provider type should be compatible with the chart x-axis type. Otherwise, the chart does not visualize series.

The following table represents compatible data interface and x-axis.

Data type	X-axis type
QualitativeSeriesData	QualitativeAxisX
NumericSeriesData	NumericAxisX
DateTimeSeriesData	DateTimeAxisX
FinancialSeriesData	DateTimeAxisX

setHintOptions(SeriesHintOptions) Method

Specifies the SeriesHintOptions object that specifies a series’s hint text parameters.

Declaration

public void setHintOptions(SeriesHintOptions options)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
options	SeriesHintOptions	The SeriesHintOptions object specifying a series-related hint options.