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    build2DChart,
4    buildSeries,
5    registerType,
6    registerAllTypes,
7    ESeriesType,
8    EAxisType,
9    ELineDrawMode,
10    XyDataSeries,
11    EAnimationType,
12    EAxisAlignment,
13    EPaletteProviderType,
14    EFillPaletteMode,
15    EStrokePaletteMode,
16    IFillPaletteProvider,
17    IStrokePaletteProvider,
18    IRenderableSeries,
19    EBaseType,
20    parseColorToUIntArgb,
21    NumberRange,
22    EAnnotationType,
23    ECoordinateMode,
24    EHorizontalAnchorPoint,
25    EVerticalAnchorPoint,
26} from "scichart";
27import { appTheme } from "../../theme";
28
29// The Builder API is lean by default in v6. This chart is defined with type-strings only,
30// so register the built-in types before building it
31registerAllTypes();
32
33// Define a custom PaletteProvider
34export class ExampleMountainPaletteProvider implements IStrokePaletteProvider, IFillPaletteProvider {
35    public static Name = "ExampleMountain";
36    public readonly strokePaletteMode = EStrokePaletteMode.SOLID;
37    public readonly fillPaletteMode = EFillPaletteMode.SOLID;
38    private readonly palettedStroke: number;
39    private readonly palettedFill: number;
40    private readonly options: { stroke: string; fill: string };
41
42    constructor(options: { stroke: string; fill: string }) {
43        this.options = options;
44        this.palettedStroke = parseColorToUIntArgb(options.stroke);
45        this.palettedFill = parseColorToUIntArgb(options.fill);
46    }
47
48    // tslint:disable-next-line:no-empty
49    public onAttached(parentSeries: IRenderableSeries): void {}
50
51    // tslint:disable-next-line:no-empty
52    public onDetached(): void {}
53
54    public overrideFillArgb(xValue: number, yValue: number, index: number): number {
55        if (yValue > 0.5 && yValue < 0.75) {
56            return this.palettedFill;
57        } else {
58            return undefined;
59        }
60    }
61
62    public overrideStrokeArgb(xValue: number, yValue: number, index: number): number {
63        if (yValue > 0.5 && yValue < 0.75) {
64            return this.palettedStroke;
65        } else {
66            return undefined;
67        }
68    }
69
70    // Add a toJSON method so this can be serialized.
71    // @ts-ignore
72    public toJSON() {
73        return {
74            type: EPaletteProviderType.Custom,
75            customType: ExampleMountainPaletteProvider.Name,
76            options: this.options,
77        };
78    }
79}
80
81// Register it for use by the builder api
82registerType(
83    EBaseType.PaletteProvider,
84    ExampleMountainPaletteProvider.Name,
85    (options: { stroke: string; fill: string }) => new ExampleMountainPaletteProvider(options)
86);
87
88export const drawExample = async (rootElement: string | HTMLDivElement) => {
89    // Build the surface
90    const { sciChartSurface, wasmContext } = await build2DChart(rootElement, {
91        surface: { theme: appTheme.SciChartJsTheme },
92        yAxes: {
93            type: EAxisType.NumericAxis,
94            options: { axisAlignment: EAxisAlignment.Left, visibleRange: new NumberRange(0, 1) },
95        },
96        // Add annotations
97        annotations: [
98            {
99                type: EAnnotationType.SVGTextAnnotation,
100                options: {
101                    text: "Builder API Demo",
102                    x1: 0.5,
103                    y1: 0.5,
104                    opacity: 0.33,
105                    yCoordShift: -26,
106                    xCoordinateMode: ECoordinateMode.Relative,
107                    yCoordinateMode: ECoordinateMode.Relative,
108                    horizontalAnchorPoint: EHorizontalAnchorPoint.Center,
109                    verticalAnchorPoint: EVerticalAnchorPoint.Center,
110                    fontSize: 36,
111                    fontWeight: "Bold",
112                },
113            },
114            {
115                type: EAnnotationType.SVGTextAnnotation,
116                options: {
117                    text: "Create SciChart charts with JSON Objects",
118                    x1: 0.5,
119                    y1: 0.5,
120                    yCoordShift: 26,
121                    opacity: 0.33,
122                    xCoordinateMode: ECoordinateMode.Relative,
123                    yCoordinateMode: ECoordinateMode.Relative,
124                    horizontalAnchorPoint: EHorizontalAnchorPoint.Center,
125                    verticalAnchorPoint: EVerticalAnchorPoint.Center,
126                    fontSize: 24,
127                    fontWeight: "Bold",
128                },
129            },
130        ],
131    });
132    // Build the series.
133    // By doing this separately we can easily get the reference to the series so we can add generated data to it
134    const [mountainSeries] = buildSeries(wasmContext, {
135        type: ESeriesType.MountainSeries,
136        options: {
137            paletteProvider: {
138                type: EPaletteProviderType.Custom,
139                customType: ExampleMountainPaletteProvider.Name,
140                options: { stroke: appTheme.MutedRed, fill: appTheme.VividOrange },
141            },
142            fillLinearGradient: {
143                startPoint: { x: 0, y: 0 },
144                endPoint: { x: 0, y: 1 },
145                gradientStops: [
146                    { color: appTheme.VividBlue, offset: 0 },
147                    { color: "Transparent", offset: 1 },
148                ],
149            },
150            stroke: appTheme.PaleSkyBlue,
151            strokeThickness: 3,
152            drawNaNAs: ELineDrawMode.PolyLine,
153            animation: { type: EAnimationType.Scale, options: { ease: "cubic" } },
154        },
155    });
156
157    // Create a dataSeries the normal way
158    const dataSeries = new XyDataSeries(wasmContext);
159    // Generate data
160    const POINTS = 1000;
161    const STEP = (3 * Math.PI) / POINTS;
162    for (let i = 0; i <= 1000; i++) {
163        let y = Math.abs(Math.sin(i * STEP));
164        if (y < 0.2) {
165            y = NaN;
166        }
167        dataSeries.append(i, y);
168    }
169    mountainSeries.dataSeries = dataSeries;
170    // Since we built the series separately, we have to manually add it to the surface
171    sciChartSurface.renderableSeries.add(mountainSeries);
172
173    return { sciChartSurface, wasmContext };
174};
175

Custom Types with Builder API in React

Overview

This example demonstrates advanced chart customization within a React application using SciChart.js. It focuses on creating a custom palette provider to dynamically alter the appearance of a Mountain Series chart, while leveraging JSON configuration through the Builder API for a flexible and modular setup.

Technical Implementation

The implementation utilizes the Builder API to construct a 2D chart from JSON objects. A custom palette provider, implemented as the ExampleMountainPaletteProvider, overrides the default drawing behavior of chart series based on the data values. The chart and series are configured via JSON, enabling developers to easily modify properties such as gradient fills, stroke thickness, and animations. For further details on how to integrate SciChart.js into a React application, refer to Creating a SciChart React Component from the Ground Up. Additionally, the implementation showcases how to create custom chart types using JSON configuration.

Features and Capabilities

This example offers features such as real-time update capabilities, advanced rendering with WebGL, and dynamic data binding. The use of JSON configuration simplifies adjustments to the chart properties and animations, contributing to high performance even with complex datasets. These optimizations are in line with best practices outlined in Performance Optimisation of JavaScript Applications & Charts.

Integration and Best Practices

Integration is achieved by embedding the <SciChartReact/> component into a React component, which effectively manages the lifecycle of the SciChart.js instance. This approach encourages the use of React's own lifecycle hooks (such as useEffect) for proper initialization and cleanup. Developers are encouraged to manage JSON configurations for dynamic chart updates, as detailed in the Tutorial 01 - Setting up a project with scichart-react and config object and the Adding Realtime Updates guide.

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