javafx – Application architecture JAVA FX, AWT, RMI

Question:

For a scientific desktop application, it became necessary to use the JFreeChart graphics library specifically for AWT, since under java fx with a large amount of displayed data, the application slows down, but at the same time, for the rest of the interface, I want to use the capabilities of java fx. In this connection, an idea arose for discussion: What if we make a separate component for the graph on a fast-working library for AWT and use some means of interprocess communication: rmi, ws, rest to link it with the main application on java fx? What are the pitfalls in this approach?

Answer:

Within the framework of the current question, there is no need to complicate the architecture, since JavaFX supports displaying JComponent (see SwingNode )

An example for your situation:

import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.embed.swing.SwingNode;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.layout.BorderPane;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
import org.jfree.chart.ChartFactory;
import org.jfree.chart.ChartPanel;
import org.jfree.chart.JFreeChart;
import org.jfree.chart.block.BlockBorder;
import org.jfree.chart.plot.PlotOrientation;
import org.jfree.chart.plot.XYPlot;
import org.jfree.chart.renderer.xy.XYLineAndShapeRenderer;
import org.jfree.chart.title.TextTitle;
import org.jfree.data.xy.XYDataset;
import org.jfree.data.xy.XYSeries;
import org.jfree.data.xy.XYSeriesCollection;

import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;

public class Main extends Application {

    public void start(Stage primaryStage) throws Exception {
        final SwingNode swingNode = new SwingNode();
        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(() -> swingNode.setContent(createChartPanel()));

        primaryStage.setScene(new Scene(new BorderPane(swingNode)));
        primaryStage.show();
    }

    private ChartPanel createChartPanel() {
        XYDataset dataset = createDataset();
        JFreeChart chart = createChart(dataset);
        ChartPanel chartPanel = new ChartPanel(chart);
        chartPanel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(15, 15, 15, 15));
        chartPanel.setBackground(Color.white);

        return chartPanel;
    }

    private XYDataset createDataset() {
        XYSeries series = new XYSeries("2016");
        series.add(18, 567);
        series.add(20, 612);
        series.add(25, 800);
        series.add(30, 980);
        series.add(40, 1410);
        series.add(50, 2350);

        XYSeriesCollection dataset = new XYSeriesCollection();
        dataset.addSeries(series);

        return dataset;
    }

    private JFreeChart createChart(XYDataset dataset) {

        JFreeChart chart = ChartFactory.createXYLineChart(
                "Average salary per age",
                "Age",
                "Salary (€)",
                dataset,
                PlotOrientation.VERTICAL,
                true,
                true,
                false
        );

        XYPlot plot = chart.getXYPlot();

        XYLineAndShapeRenderer renderer = new XYLineAndShapeRenderer();
        renderer.setSeriesPaint(0, Color.RED);
        renderer.setSeriesStroke(0, new BasicStroke(2.0f));

        plot.setRenderer(renderer);
        plot.setBackgroundPaint(Color.white);

        plot.setRangeGridlinesVisible(true);
        plot.setRangeGridlinePaint(Color.BLACK);

        plot.setDomainGridlinesVisible(true);
        plot.setDomainGridlinePaint(Color.BLACK);

        chart.getLegend().setFrame(BlockBorder.NONE);

        chart.setTitle(new TextTitle("Average Salary per Age",
                        new Font("Serif", java.awt.Font.BOLD, 18)
                )
        );

        return chart;

    }

}

well, and accordingly, do not forget to connect the library:

    <dependency>
        <groupId>jfree</groupId>
        <artifactId>jfreechart</artifactId>
        <version>1.0.13</version>
    </dependency>

PS: if your application slows down with this approach, then:

  1. Try looking towards the native JavaFX charts (see manual )
  2. If there is really a lot of data, then perhaps the problem can be solved by improving the hardware. Resource monitoring will help you determine this.
  3. If points 1 and 2 did not help, then for help you will need a sample application (which you can run and see that the program really slows down). According to the data for the load.

PS2: In the third case, it is not necessary to show your entire application (if it is prohibited by any policy), it is enough to simulate this situation in a separate new program.

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