JFreeChart - change SeriesStroke of chart lines from solid to dashed in one line

Question

The answer accepted here (JFreechart(Java) - How to draw lines that is partially dashed lines and partially solid lines?) helped me start down the path of changing my series

Answer 1

Have you tried implementing AbstractRenderer#getItemStroke?

In this example I'm using a dashed line for x > 4 for series 2:

XYLineAndShapeRenderer renderer = new XYLineAndShapeRenderer(){
    Stroke soild = new BasicStroke(2.0f);
    Stroke dashed =  new BasicStroke(1.0f,BasicStroke.CAP_BUTT, BasicStroke.JOIN_MITER, 10.0f, new float[] {10.0f}, 0.0f);
    @Override
    public Stroke getItemStroke(int row, int column) {
if (row == 2){
  double x = dataset.getXValue(row, column);
  if ( x > 4){
    return dashed;
  } else {
    return soild;
  } 
} else
  return super.getItemStroke(row, column);
    }
  };
  renderer.setBaseShapesVisible(true);
  renderer.setBaseShapesFilled(true);
  renderer.setBaseStroke(new BasicStroke(3));
  plot.setRenderer(renderer);

Although this example is using and XYSeries and not dates you shold be able to modify it for you needs.

Here is the full example

import java.awt.BasicStroke;
import java.awt.Stroke;

import javax.swing.JPanel;

import org.jfree.chart.ChartFactory;
import org.jfree.chart.ChartPanel;
import org.jfree.chart.JFreeChart;
import org.jfree.chart.plot.PlotOrientation;
import org.jfree.chart.plot.XYPlot;
import org.jfree.chart.renderer.xy.XYLineAndShapeRenderer;
import org.jfree.data.xy.XYDataset;
import org.jfree.data.xy.XYSeries;
import org.jfree.data.xy.XYSeriesCollection;
import org.jfree.ui.ApplicationFrame;
import org.jfree.ui.RefineryUtilities;

public class LineChartDemo2 extends ApplicationFrame {

    public LineChartDemo2(String title) {
        super(title);
        JPanel chartPanel = createDemoPanel();
        chartPanel.setPreferredSize(new java.awt.Dimension(500, 270));
        setContentPane(chartPanel);
    }

    private static JFreeChart createChart(final XYDataset dataset) {

        JFreeChart chart = ChartFactory.createXYLineChart(
            "Line Chart Demo: XYLineAndShapeRenderer",     
            "X",                     
            "Y",                     
            dataset,              
            PlotOrientation.VERTICAL,
            false,                     
            false,                 
            false             
        );

        XYPlot plot = (XYPlot) chart.getPlot();
        plot.setDomainPannable(true);
        plot.setRangePannable(true);

        XYLineAndShapeRenderer renderer = new XYLineAndShapeRenderer(){
            Stroke soild = new BasicStroke(2.0f);
            Stroke dashed =  new BasicStroke(1.0f,BasicStroke.CAP_BUTT, BasicStroke.JOIN_MITER, 10.0f, new float[] {10.0f}, 0.0f);
            @Override
            public Stroke getItemStroke(int row, int column) {
                if (row == 2){
                    double x = dataset.getXValue(row, column);
                    if ( x > 4){
                        return dashed;
                    } else {
                        return soild;
                    } 
                } else
                    return super.getItemStroke(row, column);
            }
        };

        renderer.setBaseShapesVisible(true);
        renderer.setBaseShapesFilled(true);
        renderer.setBaseStroke(new BasicStroke(3));
        plot.setRenderer(renderer);
        return chart;
    }

    public static JPanel createDemoPanel() {
        JFreeChart chart = createChart(createDataset());
        ChartPanel panel = new ChartPanel(chart);
        panel.setMouseWheelEnabled(true);
        return panel;
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        LineChartDemo2 demo = new LineChartDemo2(
                "JFreeChart");
        demo.pack();
        RefineryUtilities.centerFrameOnScreen(demo);
        demo.setVisible(true);
    }

    private static XYDataset createDataset() {

        XYSeries series1 = new XYSeries("First");
        series1.add(1.0, 1.0);
        series1.add(2.0, 4.0);
        series1.add(3.0, 3.0);
        series1.add(4.0, 5.0);
        series1.add(5.0, 5.0);
        series1.add(6.0, 7.0);
        series1.add(7.0, 7.0);
        series1.add(8.0, 8.0);

        XYSeries series2 = new XYSeries("Second");
        series2.add(1.0, 5.0);
        series2.add(2.0, 7.0);
        series2.add(3.0, 6.0);
        series2.add(4.0, 8.0);
        series2.add(5.0, 4.0);
        series2.add(6.0, 4.0);
        series2.add(7.0, 2.0);
        series2.add(8.0, 1.0);

        XYSeries series3 = new XYSeries("Third");
        series3.add(3.0, 4.0);
        series3.add(4.0, 3.0);
        series3.add(5.0, 2.0);
        series3.add(6.0, 3.0);
        series3.add(7.0, 6.0);
        series3.add(8.0, 3.0);
        series3.add(9.0, 4.0);
        series3.add(10.0, 3.0);

        XYSeriesCollection dataset = new XYSeriesCollection();
        dataset.addSeries(series1);
        dataset.addSeries(series2);
        dataset.addSeries(series3);

        return dataset;

    }


}