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Looks OK to me in 1.0.14: LegendItemEntity java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D$Double[x=249.0,y=458.515625,w=38.0,h=18.484375] LegendItemEntity java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D$Double[x=289.0,y=458.515625,w=56.0,h=18.484375] LegendItemEntity java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D$Double[x=347.0,y=458.515625,w=44.0,h=18.484375] c...

Construct a ChartPanel from each chart and add each such panel to a GridLayout(0, 1).

It's deprecated, but setPaint() works after a fashion.

It looks like you could start with CSV and JDBCCategoryDataset.

Cross-posted here.

I prefer `javax.swing.Timer`; if you `sleep()` on a separate thread, you need to use `invokeLater()` to run on the event dispatch thread. Java Web Start is a good deployment strategy.

It's hard to say without seeing your code, but the picture suggests trying the approach shown here.

As an alternative to java.util.Timer, suggested by remiohead, javax.swing.Timer offers several advantages outlined in How to Use Swing Timers. DTSCTest is an example.

Cross-posted here; possible approach suggested here.

Cross-posted here.

Although now deleted, a commenter there suggested the Q&A How to automatically generate N “distinct” colors.

Cross-posted here.

See this Q&A for one possible approach.

You have to add the required names to the Class-Path attribute of your JAR's manifest.

You might compare your approach to the example discussed here:
Using JFreeChart to display recent changes in a time series.

HorizontalAlignment.LEFT, suggested by @paradoxoff, does exactly what you show. Using addSubtitle() is another convenient way to experiment with the myriad settings.