Chapter 15. Programming Using the BIRT Charting API

This chapter describes the basic requirements of a charting application and demonstrates how to use the BIRT charting API to create a new chart and modify an existing chart definition. The BIRT chart engine provides the BIRT charting API. Classes and interfaces in this API support:

• Writing Java applications to generate many types of charts, such as bar charts, line charts, pie charts, scatter charts, and stock charts.

• Customizing the properties of a chart to fit the users’ requirements.

• Modifying an existing chart item in a BIRT report design or adding a chart to an existing report design.

This chapter shows how to customize an existing chart and create a new chart within a BIRT application. ...

Get Integrating and Extending BIRT now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.