This is what I gathered and came up with using JavaFX
import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentLinkedQueue;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
import javafx.animation.AnimationTimer;
import javafx.animation.Timeline;
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.chart.LineChart;
import javafx.scene.chart.NumberAxis;
import javafx.scene.chart.XYChart.Series;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
public class ACS extends Application
{
private static final int MAX_DATA_POINTS = 200;
private Series series;
private float xSeriesData = 0;
private final ConcurrentLinkedQueue<Number> dataQ = new ConcurrentLinkedQueue<Number>();
private ExecutorService executor;
private AddToQueue addToQueue;
private Timeline timeline2;
private NumberAxis xAxis;
private void init(final Stage primaryStage)
{
xAxis = new NumberAxis(0, MAX_DATA_POINTS, 1);
xAxis.setForceZeroInRange(false);
xAxis.setAutoRanging(false);
final NumberAxis yAxis = new NumberAxis(0, 200, 1);
yAxis.setAutoRanging(false);
// -- Chart
final LineChart<Number, Number> sc = new LineChart<Number, Number>(xAxis, yAxis) {
// Override to remove symbols on each data point
@Override
protected void dataItemAdded(final Series<Number, Number> series, final int itemIndex, final Data<Number, Number> item)
{}
};
sc.setAnimated(false);
sc.setId("liveAreaChart");
sc.setTitle("Animated Area Chart");
// -- Chart Series
series = new LineChart.Series<Number, Number>();
series.setName("Area Chart Series");
sc.getData().add(series);
final Scene scene = new Scene(sc, 800, 800);
scene.getStylesheets().add("site.css");
sc.getStyleClass().add("thick-chart");
primaryStage.setScene(scene);
}
@Override
public void start(final Stage primaryStage) throws Exception
{
init(primaryStage);
primaryStage.show();
// -- Prepare Executor Services
executor = Executors.newCachedThreadPool();
addToQueue = new AddToQueue();
executor.execute(addToQueue);
// -- Prepare Timeline
prepareTimeline();
}
public static void main(final String[] args)
{
launch(args);
}
private class AddToQueue implements Runnable
{
double PERIOD = 20;
double SCALE = 20;
int pos = 0;
@Override
public void run()
{
try {
final double Min = 20;
final double Max = 55;
// add a item of random data to queue
//uncomment the line below to generate a normal graph
// dataQ.add(Min + (Math.random() * ((Max - Min))));
dataQ.add(((Math.sin((++pos * 2 * Math.PI) / PERIOD) * (SCALE / 2)) + (SCALE / 2)));
Thread.sleep(1000);
executor.execute(this);
}
catch (final InterruptedException ex) {
// Logger.getLogger(ACS.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
}
}
}
// -- Timeline gets called in the JavaFX Main thread
private void prepareTimeline()
{
// Every frame to take any data from queue and add to chart
new AnimationTimer() {
@Override
public void handle(final long now)
{
addDataToSeries();
}
}.start();
}
private void addDataToSeries()
{
for (int i = 0; i < 20; i++) { // -- add 20 numbers to the plot+
if (dataQ.isEmpty()) {
break;
}
// series.getData().add(new LineChart.Data(xSeriesData++, dataQ.remove()));
final Number datapoint = dataQ.remove();
xSeriesData = xSeriesData + 1;
System.out.println(xSeriesData + " " + datapoint);
series.getData().add(new LineChart.Data(xSeriesData, datapoint));
}
// remove points to keep us at no more than MAX_DATA_POINTS
if (series.getData().size() > (MAX_DATA_POINTS * 10)) {
series.getData().remove(0, series.getData().size() - (MAX_DATA_POINTS * 10));
}
// update
xAxis.setLowerBound(xSeriesData - (MAX_DATA_POINTS));
xAxis.setUpperBound(xSeriesData - 1);
}
}