org.jfree.chart.title

Class DateTitle

public class DateTitle extends TextTitle implements Serializable

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.

Constructor Summary
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, RectangleEdge position, HorizontalAlignment horizontalAlignment, VerticalAlignment verticalAlignment, RectangleInsets padding)
Creates a new chart title that displays the current date.
Method Summary
voidsetDateFormat(int style, Locale locale)
Set the format of the date.

Constructor Detail

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, RectangleEdge position, HorizontalAlignment horizontalAlignment, VerticalAlignment verticalAlignment, RectangleInsets padding)
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). padding determines the blank space around the outside of the title (not null).

Method Detail

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.

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