NewsForge: Review: JFreeChart

"I first went in search of a Java charting package when I had to write a financial application for one of my projects in 2003. JFreeChart caught my eye, not only because it was available under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), but also because it provided support for financial charts right out of the box. With last month's release, JFreeChart is the first open source, Java-based charting library to reach the 1.0 milestone.

"The library supports the standard array of pie, bar, line, area, and other charts. What makes it stand apart from similar Java open source offerings is its support for more complex charts, including Gantt, polar, and financial charts such as candlesticks..."

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