Custom Types with Builder API

Demonstrates how to use the Builder Api with Custom Types using SciChart.js, High Performance JavaScript Charts

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1import {
2    SciChartSurface,
3    chartBuilder,
4    ESeriesType,
5    EAxisType,
6    ELineDrawMode,
7    XyDataSeries,
8    EAnimationType,
9    EAxisAlignment,
10    EPaletteProviderType,
11    EFillPaletteMode,
12    EStrokePaletteMode,
13    IFillPaletteProvider,
14    IStrokePaletteProvider,
15    IRenderableSeries,
16    EBaseType,
17    parseColorToUIntArgb,
18    NumberRange,
19    EAnnotationType,
20    ECoordinateMode,
21    EHorizontalAnchorPoint,
22    EVerticalAnchorPoint,
23} from "scichart";
24import { appTheme } from "../../theme";
25
26// Define a custom PaletteProvider
27export class ExampleMountainPaletteProvider implements IStrokePaletteProvider, IFillPaletteProvider {
28    public static Name: "ExampleMountain";
29    public readonly strokePaletteMode = EStrokePaletteMode.SOLID;
30    public readonly fillPaletteMode = EFillPaletteMode.SOLID;
31    private readonly palettedStroke: number;
32    private readonly palettedFill: number;
33    private readonly options: { stroke: string; fill: string };
34
35    constructor(options: { stroke: string; fill: string }) {
36        this.options = options;
37        this.palettedStroke = parseColorToUIntArgb(options.stroke);
38        this.palettedFill = parseColorToUIntArgb(options.fill);
39    }
40
41    // tslint:disable-next-line:no-empty
42    public onAttached(parentSeries: IRenderableSeries): void {}
43
44    // tslint:disable-next-line:no-empty
45    public onDetached(): void {}
46
47    public overrideFillArgb(xValue: number, yValue: number, index: number): number {
48        if (yValue > 0.5 && yValue < 0.75) {
49            return this.palettedFill;
50        } else {
51            return undefined;
52        }
53    }
54
55    public overrideStrokeArgb(xValue: number, yValue: number, index: number): number {
56        if (yValue > 0.5 && yValue < 0.75) {
57            return this.palettedStroke;
58        } else {
59            return undefined;
60        }
61    }
62
63    // Add a toJSON method so this can be serialized.
64    // @ts-ignore
65    public toJSON() {
66        return {
67            type: EPaletteProviderType.Custom,
68            customType: ExampleMountainPaletteProvider.Name,
69            options: this.options,
70        };
71    }
72}
73
74// Register it for use by the builder api
75chartBuilder.registerType(
76    EBaseType.PaletteProvider,
77    ExampleMountainPaletteProvider.Name,
78    (options: { stroke: string; fill: string }) => new ExampleMountainPaletteProvider(options)
79);
80
81export const drawExample = async (rootElement: string | HTMLDivElement) => {
82    // Build the surface
83    const { sciChartSurface, wasmContext } = await chartBuilder.build2DChart(rootElement, {
84        surface: { theme: appTheme.SciChartJsTheme },
85        yAxes: {
86            type: EAxisType.NumericAxis,
87            options: { axisAlignment: EAxisAlignment.Left, visibleRange: new NumberRange(0, 1) },
88        },
89        // Add annotations
90        annotations: [
91            {
92                type: EAnnotationType.SVGTextAnnotation,
93                options: {
94                    text: "Builder API Demo",
95                    x1: 0.5,
96                    y1: 0.5,
97                    opacity: 0.33,
98                    yCoordShift: -26,
99                    xCoordinateMode: ECoordinateMode.Relative,
100                    yCoordinateMode: ECoordinateMode.Relative,
101                    horizontalAnchorPoint: EHorizontalAnchorPoint.Center,
102                    verticalAnchorPoint: EVerticalAnchorPoint.Center,
103                    fontSize: 36,
104                    fontWeight: "Bold",
105                },
106            },
107            {
108                type: EAnnotationType.SVGTextAnnotation,
109                options: {
110                    text: "Create SciChart charts with JSON Objects",
111                    x1: 0.5,
112                    y1: 0.5,
113                    yCoordShift: 26,
114                    opacity: 0.33,
115                    xCoordinateMode: ECoordinateMode.Relative,
116                    yCoordinateMode: ECoordinateMode.Relative,
117                    horizontalAnchorPoint: EHorizontalAnchorPoint.Center,
118                    verticalAnchorPoint: EVerticalAnchorPoint.Center,
119                    fontSize: 24,
120                    fontWeight: "Bold",
121                },
122            },
123        ],
124    });
125    // Build the series.
126    // By doing this separately we can easily get the reference to the series so we can add generated data to it
127    const [mountainSeries] = chartBuilder.buildSeries(wasmContext, {
128        type: ESeriesType.MountainSeries,
129        options: {
130            paletteProvider: {
131                type: EPaletteProviderType.Custom,
132                customType: ExampleMountainPaletteProvider.Name,
133                options: { stroke: appTheme.MutedRed, fill: appTheme.VividOrange },
134            },
135            fillLinearGradient: {
136                startPoint: { x: 0, y: 0 },
137                endPoint: { x: 0, y: 1 },
138                gradientStops: [
139                    { color: appTheme.VividBlue, offset: 0 },
140                    { color: "Transparent", offset: 1 },
141                ],
142            },
143            stroke: appTheme.PaleSkyBlue,
144            strokeThickness: 3,
145            drawNaNAs: ELineDrawMode.PolyLine,
146            animation: { type: EAnimationType.Scale, options: { ease: "cubic" } },
147        },
148    });
149
150    // Create a dataSeries the normal way
151    const dataSeries = new XyDataSeries(wasmContext);
152    // Generate data
153    const POINTS = 1000;
154    const STEP = (3 * Math.PI) / POINTS;
155    for (let i = 0; i <= 1000; i++) {
156        let y = Math.abs(Math.sin(i * STEP));
157        if (y < 0.2) {
158            y = NaN;
159        }
160        dataSeries.append(i, y);
161    }
162    mountainSeries.dataSeries = dataSeries;
163    // Since we built the series separately, we have to manually add it to the surface
164    sciChartSurface.renderableSeries.add(mountainSeries);
165
166    return { sciChartSurface, wasmContext };
167};
168

Custom Types Example - Angular

Overview

This example demonstrates how to integrate SciChart.js within an Angular application using a standalone component. The example, titled "Custom Types", showcases the creation of custom chart functionality by extending the default behavior through a custom PaletteProvider. It illustrates how to dynamically update a Mountain Series chart with custom stroke and fill styling based on data values.

Technical Implementation

The implementation utilizes the SciChart.js Builder API to construct and configure a 2D chart via JSON objects. In the file drawExample.ts, the chart is built with a numeric Y-Axis, custom annotations, and a Mountain Series that leverages a custom PaletteProvider (ExampleMountainPaletteProvider) to override fill and stroke based on specific data thresholds. This PaletteProvider is registered through the Builder API for later reuse. The Angular integration is managed by a standalone component defined in angular.ts, where the ScichartAngularComponent injects the chart into the Angular application. For a comprehensive guide on setting up SciChart.js in Angular, see the Getting Started with SciChart JS documentation, and for details on the Builder API approach, refer to the Intro to the Builder API.

Features and Capabilities

This example highlights several advanced features:

  • Real-time Data Updates: The dynamic data series updates in real-time, ensuring that live data changes are rendered promptly.
  • Custom Chart Types: By implementing a custom PaletteProvider, developers can tailor the visual representation of the chart based on custom thresholds.
  • JSON Configuration: The Builder API leverages JSON configuration to define chart properties, making it flexible to update and customize elements on-the-fly. For more on JSON configuration, check the JavaScript Chart JSON documentation.

Integration and Best Practices

Integration in Angular is achieved by using standalone components and taking advantage of Angular's dependency injection and lifecycle management. The ScichartAngularComponent minimizes boilerplate, seamlessly incorporating the chart’s initialization and cleanup within Angular’s lifecycle hooks as detailed in the Angular Lifecycle Hooks guide. Best practices include modularizing custom types and optimizing performance by reducing unnecessary change detection, which are further elaborated in the Using Angular Components with Third-Party Libraries article. Additionally, the example demonstrates how to register and use custom chart types, a concept further explored in the Custom Types with Builder API documentation.

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