ApacheCreateChart.java

package featurescomparison.workingwithcharts.createchart.java;

import java.io.FileOutputStream;

import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Cell;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Chart;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.ClientAnchor;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Drawing;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Row;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Sheet;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Workbook;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.charts.AxisCrosses;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.charts.AxisPosition;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.charts.ChartAxis;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.charts.ChartDataSource;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.charts.ChartLegend;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.charts.DataSources;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.charts.LegendPosition;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.charts.LineChartData;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.charts.ValueAxis;
import org.apache.poi.ss.util.CellRangeAddress;
import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFWorkbook;

public class ApacheCreateChart
{
	public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception
	{
		String dataPath = "src/featurescomparison/workingwithcharts/createchart/data/";
		
		Workbook wb = new XSSFWorkbook();
        Sheet sheet = wb.createSheet("linechart");
        final int NUM_OF_ROWS = 3;
        final int NUM_OF_COLUMNS = 10;

        // Create a row and put some cells in it. Rows are 0 based.
        Row row;
        Cell cell;
        for (int rowIndex = 0; rowIndex < NUM_OF_ROWS; rowIndex++) {
            row = sheet.createRow((short) rowIndex);
            for (int colIndex = 0; colIndex < NUM_OF_COLUMNS; colIndex++) {
                cell = row.createCell((short) colIndex);
                cell.setCellValue(colIndex * (rowIndex + 1));
            }
        }

        Drawing drawing = sheet.createDrawingPatriarch();
        ClientAnchor anchor = drawing.createAnchor(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 5, 10, 15);

        Chart chart = drawing.createChart(anchor);
        ChartLegend legend = chart.getOrCreateLegend();
        legend.setPosition(LegendPosition.TOP_RIGHT);

        LineChartData data = chart.getChartDataFactory().createLineChartData();

        // Use a category axis for the bottom axis.
        ChartAxis bottomAxis = chart.getChartAxisFactory().createCategoryAxis(AxisPosition.BOTTOM);
        ValueAxis leftAxis = chart.getChartAxisFactory().createValueAxis(AxisPosition.LEFT);
        leftAxis.setCrosses(AxisCrosses.AUTO_ZERO);

        ChartDataSource<Number> xs = DataSources.fromNumericCellRange(sheet, new CellRangeAddress(0, 0, 0, NUM_OF_COLUMNS - 1));
        ChartDataSource<Number> ys1 = DataSources.fromNumericCellRange(sheet, new CellRangeAddress(1, 1, 0, NUM_OF_COLUMNS - 1));
        ChartDataSource<Number> ys2 = DataSources.fromNumericCellRange(sheet, new CellRangeAddress(2, 2, 0, NUM_OF_COLUMNS - 1));


        data.addSeries(xs, ys1);
        data.addSeries(xs, ys2);

        chart.plot(data, bottomAxis, leftAxis);

        // Write the output to a file
        FileOutputStream fileOut = new FileOutputStream(dataPath + "ApacheChart.xlsx");
        wb.write(fileOut);
        fileOut.close();
		
		System.out.println("Done.");
	}
}