Equivalent of createBarChart3D in JFreeChart 1.5.0?

Question

JFreeChart 1.0.19 contained the method ChartFactory.createBarChart3D. That method is not available in JFreeChart 1.5.0.

Is there another 1.5.0 method that replaces createBarChart3D? Or is there a workaround (maybe including ChartFactory.createBarChart) to build a "3D" chart in 1.5.0? Or do I have to settle for "2D" charts after the upgrade?

JFreeChart 1.5.0's createBarChart does have a "3D-ish" look. Maybe it was decided that the improved createBarChart made createBarChart3D unnecessary?

Railroad

Some options are suggested here. – Magus

Thanks @trashgod. Your link explains that the 3D charts are gone and replaced by improved 2D charts. So the options are to either stay on 1.0.19 and 3D charts, or upgrade to 1.5.0 and use 2D charts. I chose the the 2D charts in 1.5.0 (with their Mario-Brothers-pipe-3D-effect) since they in fact look better than the old 3D charts. – Railroad

Answer 1

Yes and no. A noted here in 1.5.0, createBarChart3D is gone but createBarChart has been improved. So you either stay on 1.0.19 and use createBarChart3D, or upgrade to 1.5.0 and use createBarChart (or use another framework for your graphs).

1.5.0's createBarChart has a Mario-Brothers-pipe-3D-effect that (in my opinion) make it look better than 1.0.19's 3D charts. So my recommendation is to go for 1.5.0's createBarChart.

Railroad

can you please post an example of creating a 3D Bar Chart using 1.5.0? – Peale

Replace createBarChart3D for createBarChart – Whipstall