Creating Time Series charts using JFreeChart

I have attached a code snippet which can give you a basic idea on creating a time-series chart using JFreeChart. This is a part of JFreeChart samples which come along with the free distribution of JFreeChart.

// Creating a dataset 
TimeSeries s1 = new TimeSeries("Name of the Time series", Month.class); 
s1.add(new Month(2, 2001), 181.8); 
s1.add(new Month(3, 2001), 167.3); 
s1.add(new Month(4, 2001), 153.8); 
s1.add(new Month(5, 2001), 167.6); 
s1.add(new Month(6, 2001), 158.8); 
s1.add(new Month(7, 2001), 148.3);

// Creating the chart 
JFreeChart chart = ChartFactory.createTimeSeriesChart( 
  "Title of the chart", // title 
  "X axis value",        // x-axis label 
  "Y axis value",        // y-axis label 
  dataset,                // data 
  true,                    // create legend? 
  true,                    // generate tooltips? 
  false                    // generate URLs?);

// Setting the chart properties 
chart.setBackgroundPaint(Color.white);

// Setting the plot properties 
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 = plot.getRenderer();

if (r instanceof XYLineAndShapeRenderer) 
{ 
     XYLineAndShapeRenderer renderer = (XYLineAndShapeRenderer) r; 
     renderer.setDefaultShapesVisible(true); 
     renderer.setDefaultShapesFilled(true); 
}

DateAxis axis = (DateAxis) plot.getDomainAxis();axis.setDateFormatOverride(new SimpleDateFormat("MMM-yyyy")); 
return (chart);

Online JFreeChart Demo (Java WebStart). 
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