JFreeChart Dynamic Data Demo Chart Example

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import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import org.jfree.chart.ChartFactory;
import org.jfree.chart.ChartPanel;
import org.jfree.chart.JFreeChart;
import org.jfree.chart.axis.ValueAxis;
import org.jfree.chart.plot.XYPlot;
import org.jfree.data.time.Millisecond;
import org.jfree.data.time.TimeSeries;
import org.jfree.data.time.TimeSeriesCollection;
import org.jfree.data.xy.XYDataset;
import org.jfree.ui.ApplicationFrame;
import org.jfree.ui.RefineryUtilities;

public class JavaJFreeChartDynmicDataDemo extends ApplicationFrame implements ActionListener {

	/** The time series data. */
	private TimeSeries series;
	private double lastValue = 100.0;

	public JavaJFreeChartDynmicDataDemo(final String title) {

		super(title);
		this.series = new TimeSeries("Random Data", Millisecond.class);
		final TimeSeriesCollection dataset = new TimeSeriesCollection(this.series);
		final JFreeChart chart = createChart(dataset);

		final ChartPanel chartPanel = new ChartPanel(chart);
		final JButton button = new JButton("Add New Data Item");
		button.setActionCommand("ADD_DATA");
		button.addActionListener(this);

		final JPanel content = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
		content.add(chartPanel);
		content.add(button, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
		chartPanel.setPreferredSize(new java.awt.Dimension(500, 270));
		setContentPane(content);

	}

	private JFreeChart createChart(final XYDataset dataset) {
		final JFreeChart result = ChartFactory.
				createTimeSeriesChart("Dynamic Data Demo", "Time", "Value", dataset,
				true, true, false);
		final XYPlot plot = result.getXYPlot();
		ValueAxis axis = plot.getDomainAxis();
		axis.setAutoRange(true);
		axis.setFixedAutoRange(60000.0); // 60 seconds
		axis = plot.getRangeAxis();
		axis.setRange(0.0, 200.0);
		return result;
	}

	public void actionPerformed(final ActionEvent e) {
		if (e.getActionCommand().equals("ADD_DATA")) {
			final double factor = 0.90 + 0.2 * Math.random();
			this.lastValue = this.lastValue * factor;
			final Millisecond now = new Millisecond();
			System.out.println("Now = " + now.toString());
			this.series.add(new Millisecond(), this.lastValue);
		}
	}

	public static void main(final String[] args) {

		final JavaJFreeChartDynmicDataDemo demo = new 
				JavaJFreeChartDynmicDataDemo("Dynamic Data Demo");
		demo.pack();
		RefineryUtilities.centerFrameOnScreen(demo);
		demo.setVisible(true);

	}
}
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