Multi-Dimensional Graphing Libraries for Java

Question

I have been working on projects that deal with 2-Dimensional graphing, UML diagramming and relational graphing (node-link diagrams). I am interested in moving to projects that deal more with 3-Dimensional graphing of scatter plots and 3-Dimensional navigation. Could someone suggest a few books, or libraries that would help me get started?

EDIT: I don't think I was very clear in my question. The focus of my work is information and scientific visualization so I need something that is not only good for drawing but also for visualizing data.

Answer 1

JOGL (Java Open GL) is the standard 3d library for java. The OpenGL "Red Book" is the standard Book for Open GL programming.

I dunno if there are any good packages for doing 3d plotting out of the box, though.

Answer 2

How about using one of the Java frontends for GNUplot?

• classes for producing plots with the Unix/Linux gnuplot tool
• JavaPlot
• jgnuplot

Another possibility would be to use the Java/R interface and let R do the heavy lifting inside your Java app.

One last option is JMathPlot.

Answer 3

JFreeChart is a very good graphing library for Java.

Answer 4

How about the 3D functionality of processing? Or is that too generic for your needs?

Answer 5

MathGL is GPL plotting library (can plot 2- and 3-ranged data) and in principle it may have Java interface (using SWIG). But I never test it since I'm not familiar with Java :(

Answer 6

Try my open source 2D/3D java graphing library, DataDisplay. Any feedback you can give would be just swell.

https://sourceforge.net/p/msu-doe-dd/