A Cewolf ChartPostProcessor with dynamic variable

[MichaelJ McCabe]

I am setting a cewolf's chart maxX value as follows

ValueAxis axis = (plot.getRangeAxis());  
((NumberAxis) axis).setRange(0, value); 

The problem I am having, is that the 'value' needs to change in relation to a session variable. I obviously cant do

(Integer)session.getAttribute("maxXValue")

because of the local variable "session" being accessed from within a inner class. How would I go about injecting a variable into this chart processor?

[Ulf Dittmer]

You can use the JSP EL to pass the value to the postprocessor:

<cewolf:param name="maxXValue" value="${maxXValue}"/>

Assuming that there are no other attributes with that name in the page or request scope, it will get it from the session. Or you can use "${sessionScope.maxXValue}".

[MichaelJ McCabe]

Ulf Dittmer wrote:You can use the JSP EL to pass the value to the postprocessor:

<cewolf:param name="maxXValue" value="${maxXValue}"/>

Assuming that there are no other attributes with that name in the page or request scope, it will get it from the session. Or you can use "${sessionScope.maxXValue}".

I dont need to get a value to my JSP page though. I need to set the max X value within the ChartPostProcessor i have below

		ChartPostProcessor dataNoAxis = new ChartPostProcessor() {
	    	public void processChart(Object chart, Map params) {
	    		JFreeChart jfreechart = (JFreeChart)chart;
	    		CategoryPlot plot = (CategoryPlot) ((JFreeChart) chart).getPlot();
	    		plot.getDomainAxis().setTickLabelsVisible( false );
	    		plot.getRangeAxis().setTickLabelsVisible( false );

	    		plot.setInsets(new RectangleInsets(0,-7,0,-7));
	    		
	    		ValueAxis axis = (plot.getRangeAxis());  
	    	               ((NumberAxis) axis).setRange(0, MAXXVALUE); 
	   		}
	 	};

[Ulf Dittmer]

I'm not sure what you mean by "get a value to my JSP page" - JSP has access to the user's session, so it can retrieve the value.

The "params" Map in the processChart method contains all values that are passed in via cewolf:param tags, so I think adding that single line of JSP code is all it takes to implement this (plus the Java code that retrieves the element from the Map and uses it).

[MichaelJ McCabe]

Ulf Dittmer wrote:I'm not sure what you mean by "get a value to my JSP page" - JSP has access to the user's session, so it can retrieve the value.

The "params" Map in the processChart method contains all values that are passed in via cewolf:param tags, so I think adding that single line of JSP code is all it takes to implement this (plus the Java code that retrieves the element from the Map and uses it).

Ah ok, I understand. But I am getting "cannot find symbol - maxXValue" when trying to compile.

I am using this in my processChart method

String maxX = (String) params.get(String.valueOf(maxXValue));

and this in my jsp page cewolf chart

		<cewolf:chartpostprocessor id="dataNoAxis">
			<cewolf:param name="maxXValue" value="${maxXValue}"/> 
		</cewolf:chartpostprocessor> 

[Ulf Dittmer]

String maxX = (String) params.get(String.valueOf(maxXValue));

That should read

String maxX = (String) params.get("maxXValue");

[MichaelJ McCabe]

Thank you very much, again, for all your help. I now have it working.

Both ${maxXValue} and ${sessionScope.maxXValue} didnt work so I ended up doing

<% int maxXValue = (Integer)session.getAttribute("maxXValue"); %>

then using

value="<%=maxXValue %>"

looking great

[Ulf Dittmer]

Good to hear that you got it working. It sounds as if your web app may not be set up correctly for EL; http://faq.javaranch.com/java/ElOrJstlNotWorkingAsExpected may help.