Big Faceless Graph Library

The Big Faceless Graph library is a class library that helps developers create industry leading Graphs and Charts in Java
The Big Faceless Graph library is a class library that will help developers create industry leading Graphs and Charts in Java.

Backed by a full 3D engine, it can plot 2D or shaded 3D Pie Charts, Line Graphs, Area and Bar Graphs from any viewpoint to PNG, Flash, PDF or SVG, quickly and with stunning results.

Version 2 of the Big Faceless Graph Library builds on everything we were asked for in version 1 - we believe it's the most comprehensive Graph library on the market.

There are many interesting features of the Graph Library, but we suspect the most useful is the Tag Library interface. This makes embedding graphs in web pages almost trivial - as easy as creating an HTML table, for instance.

Most people will embed the graph as a PNG, which means JavaScript can be used to create rollovers and actions, in exactly the same way as an image map. If you prefer a vector image, SVG and Flash can be created by changing one word of your XML.

The most popular request we received with version 1 was mixed lines and bars on the same graph. We've gone one better and in version 2 any number of data sets can be mixed on the graph, overlaid on each other as if they were panes of glass. You can use up to four axes (one on each side) to mix data measuring different scales on the one graph, and have full control over the scaling.

Main features of Big Faceless Graph Library:

XML and JSP Tag Library interface, for extremely easy integration with web projects

SOAP and XML Web Services interface for graph creation

Very comprehensive API and Tag documentation with dozens of examples

Embed JavaScript in your tags to easily create powerful rollovers

Full 3D engine with adjustable light source, produces the most realistic graphs on the market

Output to PNG, SVG, Macromedia Flash, PDF or java.awt.Image for use in Applets

Graph Dates, Currencies, Percentages, Numbers and Discrete data out of the box, easily extended for total control over the axes

Mix Bars, Lines, Candles, Bubbles, all on the same graph

Add text, lines or custom markers anywhere on the graph, including axes

Use up to four axes on the one graph, including logarithmic axes

Plot mathematical functions, data samples and spline curves fitted to data, all on the same graph

It's fast - plot several 3D graphs a second to PDF


What's New in This Release:

Can now specify colors in XML graphs using the CSS3 syntax rgb(), rgba(), hsl() and hsla()

Correctly scale graphs when one or all axes is a Gap or Log axis.

Added setTimeZone to DateAxis, and allow it to be specified in the XML, eg. "date(dd-MMM-yyyy, UTC)"

Corrected rendering of area graphs when min value > 0

Fixed drawing of lineseries when there are no data points (only markers)

Tag Library interface now plays nicely when interleaved with other tag libraries (eg JSTL).

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