## AreaBarChart: Minimum Specification

The minimum specification for an AreaBarChart requires a valid data model. Generally the data model should assign the Category variable role to a ClassificationVariable, but if the role is not assigned, the AreaBarChart automatically assigns it to the first string column found in the data model, or to the first numeric column if the model has no string columns. The data model should assign the Height and Width variable roles to two instances of AnalysisVariable. If the Height and Width variable roles are not assigned, the AreaBarChart automatically assigns them to the first two numeric columns found in the data model.

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Basic Requirements for Creating a AreaBarChart: Swing-based code

## AreaBarChart: Functional Overview

The Independent variable(s) in the chart are treated as Classification variables. Each category of the Independent variable is displayed as a bar. Basic statistics such as Sum, Mean, and Frequency are supported, and you can control the labels that are displayed for each variable.

The component can display charts in 2D or 3D view. It can use the values of a subgroup variable to divide each bar into segments, based on the value of the subgroup variable. You can control the arrangement and text of the labels and values that identify the vertical and horizontal axes.

## AreaBarChart: Data Access

A bar chart's data properties are defined in a data model that descends from AreaBarChartDataModel, an abstract class whose subclasses provide a handle to the data and determine the number and arrangement of data elements (bars). AreaBarChartDataModel has one subclass, the AreaBarChartTableDataModel class, which models relational data from a Swing TableModel and maps the data columns to the graph.

## AreaBarChart: Display Properties

A AreaBarChart's individual display properties can be set by calling the AreaBarChart's getGraphModel() method, which returns a AreaBarChartModel that can be used to set the desired properties. The AreaBarChartModel class contains

- AreaBarChart-specific properties
- Common graph properties
- A collection of models that control the appearance of the graph's peripheral elements, such as its axes and legend.

Although modifying the AreaBarChartModel provides considerable control, it can be tedious to modify properties individually. For example, graphs distinguish between different types of text, such as label text, value text, data-label text, and title text. The text might also apply to different locations, such as the response axis, category axis, and legend. Whereas the AreaBarChartModel can independently control these different text types and locations, doing so requires you to apply the same properties to all applicable locations.

An easier way to set a AreaBarChart's display properties is to apply a pre-defined GraphStyle to the chart. A graph style sets many of the graph's visual characteristics, such as its use of colors, fonts, background, transparency, drop shadows, and more. A graph style can be used as is or modified through the GraphStyle class.

A graph style can be specified as an argument on a AreaBarChart's constructor. Or, it can be applied to an existing chart by calling the AreaBarChart's applyGraphStyle() method as follows:

    AreaBarChart areaBarChart = new AreaBarChart();
    areaBarChart.applyGraphStyle(new GraphStyle(GraphStyle.STYLE_SCIENCE);

Applying a GraphStyle to a graph propagates the GraphStyle's properties onto all applicable graph properties, including those in the graph model.

Rather than use the style as is, you can modify it before applying it. Modifying the style definition is typically easier and more convenient than modifying the graph's individual display properties. For example, the GraphStyle class contains only a single set of value text propertes. After applying the modified style, you can still adjust individual properties through the graph model.

The following code fragment modifies a graph style before applying it to a graph, and then uses the graph model to adjust an individual property.

    // Create and modify a graph style
    GraphStyle graphStyle = new GraphStyle(GraphStyle.STYLE_SCIENCE);
       graphStyle.getValueTextStyle().setColor(Color.darkGray);
       graphStyle.getValueTextStyle().setFont(new java.awt.Font("Arial",Font.BOLD,14));

    // Apply the modified graph style to a chart
    AreaBarChart areaBarChart = new AreaBarChart();
       areaBarChart.applyGraphStyle(graphStyle);

    // Set the category axis value text to black
    AreaBarChartModel graphModel=areaBarChart.getGraphModel();
       graphModel.getCategoryAxisModel().getValueTextStyle().setColor(Color.black);

Whether you set a graph style or individual display properties, the new display settings override any previous settings that were applied to the graph. For example, if a gray background and yellow bar outlines have been set on a graph, and then a style is applied to that same graph, the style's background and outline settings replace the previously set gray background and yellow outlines.

## AreaBarChart: Titles and Footnotes

The AreaBarChart component supports four titles and two footnotes, each with its own display attributes. To display multiple lines of text with the same attributes, use the line-end character (\n) in the specified text string.

To assign a title or footnote,

- Create a NoteModel to encapsulate a text value with associated display attributes
- Assign the model to the chart by calling one of the AreaBarChart's setTitle() or setFootnote() methods.

The easiest way to set the text for a title or footnote is to get the chart's title or footnote property and set its text as follows:

    areaBarChart.getTitle1().setText("Line One\nLine Two");

To change the text attributes for a title or footnote, set the attributes on a NoteModel and assign the NoteModel to the appropriate title or footnote. The following example sets the title "Product Revenue" and displays it in blue, using a 24-point TimesRoman font with a drop shadow.

    NoteModel myTitle = new NoteModel( "Product Revenue" );
    myTitle.getTextStyle().setColor(Color.blue);
    myTitle.getTextStyle().setFont(new java.awt.Font("TimesRoman",Font.PLAIN,24));
    myTitle.getTextStyle().getShadowStyle().setVisible(true);

    // Create the graph and assign the title
    AreaBarChart areaBarChart = new AreaBarChart();
    areaBarChart.setTitle1( myTitle );

## AreaBarChart: Behavior

The AreaBarChart asynchronously updates when a PropertyChangeEvent is received from any of its models (DataModel, GraphModel or NoteModels).