Derek Hohls wrote:
I am also interested in applying it... but my issues are not so much compatibility but more the points that Jorg raised i.e. does it expose all of the functionality of JFreeChart - I get the impression from looking at the docs and the schema that it only offers a limited subset of the full power of JFreeChart.
Yes, your impression is correct.
So, then, the issues are: * will Fins (soon? ever?) be upgraded to cover all JFreeChart?
We're currently discussing it on the list. It will require substantial effort, but the fine guys at Outerthought may give us a hand, in view of Fins integration into xReporter.
* is it not better to try and find some way to work with JFreeChart directly (and how easy would this be?
Well, JFreeChart is still in pre-release, and, while powerful, is complex and has a penchant for refactoring for refactoring's sake: changed package names, changed class names, etc.
Needless to say, this attitude has slowed us quite a bit... hopefully JFreeChart will settle down after 1.0 release.
To sum it up: I don't think going directly to JFreeChart would save you a great deal of time.
PS For what its worth, I have a stylesheet that can build relatively simple bar, line and pie charts from a "standard"
XML source file (somewhat similar to FINS)... if anyone is
interested.
I also thought about a charting software built using XSL and SVG... but the sheer complexity of doing something more complex than pie and bars scared me away :(
Yes Jorg, Fins needs manual adjusting to every new feature of JFreeChart, there is no "automagic" way to wrap an XML layer around it, AFAIK.
Regards,
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