However to be able to use it in my project I needed to create a GWT "wrapper" class as documented here. See the bottom of my post for the Wrapper Class Code
With my new warpper in hand I am now able to create my data table:
private AbstractDataTable createMoneyTable() {
DataTable data = DataTable.create();
data.addColumn(ColumnType.STRING, "Label");
data.addColumn(ColumnType.NUMBER, "Value");
data.addRows(4);
data.setValue(0, 0, "France");
data.setValue(1, 0, "Germany");
data.setValue(2, 0, "USA");
data.setValue(3, 0, "Poland");
data.setCell(0, 1, 10, "$10,000", null);
data.setCell(1, 1, 30, "$30,000", null);
data.setCell(2, 1, 20, "$20,000", null);
data.setCell(3, 1, 7.5, "$7,500", null);
return data;
}
Once my data table is ready I can also create a select handler:
private SelectHandler createMoneySelectHandler(final PilesOfMoney chart) {
return new SelectHandler() {
@Override
public void onSelect(SelectEvent event) {
String message = "";
// May be multiple selections.
JsArray selections = chart.getSelections();
for (int i = 0; i < selections.length(); i++) {
// add a new line for each selection
message += i == 0 ? "" : "\n";
Selection selection = selections.get(i);
if (selection.isCell()) {
// isCell() returns true if a cell has been selected.
// getRow() returns the row number of the selected cell.
int row = selection.getRow();
// getColumn() returns the column number of the selected
// cell.
int column = selection.getColumn();
message += "cell " + row + ":" + column + " selected";
} else if (selection.isRow()) {
// isRow() returns true if an entire row has been
// selected.
// getRow() returns the row number of the selected row.
int row = selection.getRow();
message += "row " + row + " selected";
} else {
// unreachable
message += "Selections should be either row selections or cell selections.";
message += " Other visualizations support column selections as well.";
}
}
Window.alert(message);
}
};
}
Create the Options method for this chart:
private PilesOfMoney.Options createMoneyOptions() {
PilesOfMoney.Options options = PilesOfMoney.Options
.create();
options.setTitle("Lots of money");
options.setCurrency("USD");
options.setCanSelect(true);
options.setMin(2);
options.setMax(70);
return options;
}
From my GWT onModuleLoad() method I can load the visualization api:
// Load the visualization api, passing the onLoadCallback to be called
// when loading is done.
VisualizationUtils.loadVisualizationApi(onLoadCallback,
CoreChart.PACKAGE);
Define my onLoadCallback:
// Create a callback to be called when the visualization API
// has been loaded.
Runnable onLoadCallback = new Runnable() {
public void run() {
Panel panel = RootPanel.get();
PilesOfMoney pom = new PilesOfMoney(createMoneyTable(),
createMoneyOptions());
pom.addSelectHandler(createMoneySelectHandler(pom));
panel.add(pom);
}
A couple of other things are still required
Modify your module.gwt.xml file and add the following import to support Visualizations:
<inherits name='com.google.gwt.visualization.Visualization'>
Modify the GWT applications web page and add the following code:
Once you have everything done your visualization should be ready to go:
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| Stacks of Money Demo |
You can also click on the stacks of cash and get a window alert showing the row of data that you clicked:
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| Stacks of Money with select event |
And finally the all important Wrapper Class for the Piles of Money chart:
/**
*
*/
package com.mynumnum.vis.client;
import com.google.gwt.core.client.JavaScriptObject;
import com.google.gwt.core.client.JsArray;
import com.google.gwt.dom.client.Element;
import com.google.gwt.visualization.client.AbstractDataTable;
import com.google.gwt.visualization.client.AbstractDrawOptions;
import com.google.gwt.visualization.client.Selectable;
import com.google.gwt.visualization.client.Selection;
import com.google.gwt.visualization.client.events.Handler;
import com.google.gwt.visualization.client.events.ReadyHandler;
import com.google.gwt.visualization.client.events.SelectHandler;
import com.google.gwt.visualization.client.events.StateChangeHandler;
import com.google.gwt.visualization.client.visualizations.Visualization;
/**
* @author Jim Hathaway
*
*/
public class PilesOfMoney extends Visualization
Selectable {
/**
* Options for drawing the chart.
*/
public static class Options extends AbstractDrawOptions {
public static Options create() {
return JavaScriptObject.createObject().cast();
}
protected Options() {
}
public final native void setTitle(String title) /*-{
this.title = title;
}-*/;
/**
* @param currency
* String USD or EUR
*/
public final native void setCurrency(String currency) /*-{
this.currency = currency;
}-*/;
/**
*
* @param canSelect
* boolean, if true (default), users can click on bars
*/
public final native void setCanSelect(boolean canSelect) /*-{
this.canSelect = canSelect;
}-*/;
public final native void setMin(int min) /*-{
this.min = min;
}-*/;
public final native void setMax(int max) /*-{
this.max = max;
}-*/;
}
public static final String PACKAGE = "pilesofmoney";
public PilesOfMoney() {
super();
}
public PilesOfMoney(AbstractDataTable data, Options options) {
super(data, options);
}
public final void addReadyHandler(ReadyHandler handler) {
Handler.addHandler(this, "ready", handler);
}
public final void addStateChangeHandler(StateChangeHandler handler) {
Handler.addHandler(this, "statechange", handler);
}
@Override
protected native JavaScriptObject createJso(Element parent) /*-{
return new $wnd.PilesOfMoney(parent);
}-*/;
public final void addSelectHandler(SelectHandler handler) {
Selection.addSelectHandler(this, handler);
}
public final JsArray
return Selection.getSelections(this);
}
public final void setSelections(JsArray
Selection.setSelections(this, sel);
}
}
You must create a lib folder in your 'project folder'/war/WEB-INF folder and copy gwt-servlet.jar into that folder.
