Question

As Every one knows JFreeChart supports 2-D (X,Y) charts, but I have a program that needs 3-D (X,Y,Z), 4-D (X,Y,Z,E) … up to six dimensions. For example,
my input data looks like this for 2D (X,Y):

(0.611787,2.304051)       
(1.636265 ,2.261579)       
(1.073176 ,1.188980) 

If I have 3D (X,Y,Z), it looks like this:

(0.142197 ,1.440918 ,0.217366)       
(0.149352 ,0.748124 ,3.214357)       
(0.536232 ,0.107004 ,4.198831)    

If I have four columns, it means 4-D, and may increase to 6-D. I need some help and suggestions if JFreeChart supports 3-D. If not, is there any other software similar to JfreeChart that can be integrated with Java code.

Answer 1

JFreeChart includes the XYZDataset interface, and implementing classes are suitable for three dimensional data. It’s up to your program to determine how best to display the third dimension. For example, XYBlockRenderer uses a PaintScale, while other schemes use XYZToolTipGenerator or XYZURLGenerator. AFAIK, higher dimensions are not supported.