JFreeChart to file?

[Valentino_FBI]

Hello,

Is it possible to save a JFreeChart (including all maded changes over the chart or plot , like colors, titles and so on) to a file? And how to do that?
The goal is at some time to read the file and to see the same Chart as before (when i saved it)

Thanks a lot

[RugWarrior]

Hi,

you can save your chart as image (png or jpg).

Regards,
Sol

[Valentino_FBI]

I know that but this don't match the main goal!
When i read the chart i want to be able to change its properties. If it is a picture (jpeg or png) i would not be able to do whatever changes i would like to, right?

So , i'm still waiting for any solutions
thanks

[skunk]

All components implement Serializable, so you should be able to simply use the standard java serialization API.

http://java.sun.com/developer/technical ... alization/

[david.gilbert]

All components implement Serializable, so you should be able to simply use the standard java serialization API./

Agreed, but with a couple of provisos:

(1) I've no idea if we've maintained serialization compatibility between the versions in the 1.0.x series. If you're going to rely on it, then consider helping out to create a suite of tests to ensure that compatibility is preserved;

(2) There may still be subtle bugs in the serialization - I don't know if this feature of the code sees a lot of use, so test, test, test.

You might also want to look at the xstream project, which will serialize the charts in XML format (if you like XML).

[Valentino_FBI]

As i see that is the way... so thanks all of you again
As david.gilbert says, I'm going to test it.. and test it