cleaned up, jdoc comments, made demo etc.

.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs

 eclipse.preferences.version=1
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.inlineJsrBytecode=enabled
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.8
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.8
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.methodParameters=do not generate
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.7
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.unusedLocal=preserve
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.7
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.debug.lineNumber=generate
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.debug.localVariable=generate
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.debug.sourceFile=generate
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.assertIdentifier=error
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.enumIdentifier=error
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.forbiddenReference=warning
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.8
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.7

WebContent/index.xhtml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 <h:head>
 </h:head> 
 <h:body>  
-	<gc:googleChart type="line" value="#{googleChartBean.lineChart}" rendered = "false"/>
+	<gc:googleChart type="combo" value="#{googleChartBean.chart}"/>
 </h:body>
 
 </html> 

pom.xml

@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
 				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
 				<version>3.3</version>
 				<configuration>
-					<source>1.8</source>
-					<target>1.8</target>
+					<source>1.7</source>
+					<target>1.7</target>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 		</plugins>

src/com/alexscottrhodes/builder/Builder.java

@@ -11,19 +11,34 @@ import com.alexscottrhodes.constructionModel.ChartSeries;
 import com.alexscottrhodes.enums.AxisType;
 import com.alexscottrhodes.enums.SeriesType;
 import com.alexscottrhodes.exceptions.AxesException;
+import com.alexscottrhodes.exceptions.ChartException;
 
 /**
+ * This class contains methods to render the chart object JS
  * @author Alex Rhodes
  *
  */
 public class Builder {
-	public String buildComboChart(GoogleChartCore gcc) throws Exception{
+	
+	/**
+	 * Build the chart object and return the string to be rendered in the page
+	 * @param gcc a GoogleChartCore object representing the chart
+	 * @return a String to render 
+	 */
+	public String buildComboChart(GoogleChartCore gcc){
+	//Verify at least one Axis is provided
 	if(gcc.getAxes().get(AxisType.X).size()==0){
 		throw new AxesException("No x axis provided.");
 	}
+	//Verify at least one data series provided
+	if(gcc.getSeriesList().size()<1){
+		throw new ChartException("No data provided.");
+	}
 	ArrayList<ChartSeries> data = new ArrayList<ChartSeries>();
 	data.addAll(gcc.getAxes().get(AxisType.X));
 	data.addAll(gcc.getSeriesList());
+	
+	//Check for/generate an index line
 	if(gcc.getIndexLineVal() != 0){
 		ChartSeries index = new ChartSeries(SeriesType.NUMBER);
 		int iter = gcc.getAxes().get(AxisType.X).get(0).getDataset().size();
@@ -34,6 +49,7 @@ public class Builder {
 		data.add(index);
 		
 	}
+	//Script header dynamically checks for and loads required Google API JS files while avoiding duplicate call exceptions
 	int size = 0;
 	String header = ""+
 			"<script>"+ 
@@ -75,6 +91,7 @@ public class Builder {
 			"callback : function(){"+ 
 			"	google.charts.setOnLoadCallback(function(){"; 
 			
+		//Data section of the chart
 			String dataRows="var data = google.visualization.arrayToDataTable([";
 			String colNames = "[";
 			for(ChartSeries s : data){
@@ -108,6 +125,7 @@ public class Builder {
 			dataRows = dataRows.substring(0,dataRows.lastIndexOf(','));
 			dataRows += "]);";
 			
+			//Options seciton of the chart
 			String options = "var options = {";
 			if(gcc.getTitle() != null && gcc.getTitle() != ""){
 				options += "title: '" + gcc.getTitle() + "',";
@@ -132,6 +150,7 @@ public class Builder {
 			}
 			options += "hAxis: {title:'"+x.getLabel()+"'},";
 			options += "vAxis: {title:'"+yLabel+"'},";
+			options += "curveType: '" + gcc.getCurveType().toString() + "',";
 			options += "seriesType: '" + x.getDisplayType().toString() + "',";
 			String innerSeries ="series:{";
 			for(int i = 0; i <  gcc.getSeriesList().size(); i++){
@@ -144,7 +163,15 @@ public class Builder {
 			innerSeries = innerSeries.substring(0,innerSeries.lastIndexOf(','));
 			innerSeries +="}";
 			options += innerSeries + "};";
-			
+			//Footer contains dynamically ID'd div to render the chart in
+			int height = gcc.getHeight();
+			int width = gcc.getWidth();
+			if(height == 0){
+				height = 500;
+			}
+			if(width == 0){
+				width = 1100;
+			}
 			String footer = "" +
 			"var chart = new  google.visualization.ComboChart(document.getElementById('j_id_comboChartTarget'));"+ 
 			"chart.draw(data,options);"+ 
@@ -152,7 +179,7 @@ public class Builder {
 			"}    "+ 
 		"});	"+ 
 	"</script>"+ 
-	"<div style='width:1400;height:700;clear:both' id='j_id_comboChartTarget'></div>";
+	"<div style='width:"+width+"px;height:"+height+"px;clear:both' id='j_id_comboChartTarget'></div>";
 	String result = header + dataRows + options + footer;
 	return result;
 	}

src/com/alexscottrhodes/chartModel/GoogleChartCore.java

 package com.alexscottrhodes.chartModel;
 
+/**
+ * Model representing a google chart
+ */
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 
 import com.alexscottrhodes.constructionModel.ChartSeries;
 import com.alexscottrhodes.enums.AxisType;
+import com.alexscottrhodes.enums.CurveType;
 
 public class GoogleChartCore {
 	private String id;
@@ -18,6 +22,7 @@ public class GoogleChartCore {
 	private String titleColor;
 	private boolean titleBold;
 	private String verticalAxisLabel;
+	private CurveType curveType = CurveType.DEFAULT;
 	
 	public GoogleChartCore(){
 		seriesList = new ArrayList<ChartSeries>();
@@ -25,15 +30,35 @@ public class GoogleChartCore {
 		axes.put(AxisType.X, new ArrayList<ChartSeries>());
 		axes.put(AxisType.Y, new ArrayList<ChartSeries>());
 	}
+	/**
+	 * Create an index line to be displayed across the chart
+	 * @param value an Int of the Y value to draw the index line
+	 * @param label a String to display as the label for the index line
+	 */
+	public void setIndexLine(int value, String label) {
+		this.indexLineVal = value;
+		this.indexLineLabel = label;
+	}
 	
+	/**
+	 * Add a data series to the chart
+	 * @param series a ChartSeries to be added to the chart
+	 */
 	public void addSeries(ChartSeries series){
 		seriesList.add(series);
 	}
-	
+	/**
+	 * Add a data series to be used as an axis
+	 * @param series a ChartSeries object to be added as an axis
+	 * @param axis an AxisType specifying which axis to use the series on
+	 */
 	public void addAxisSeries(ChartSeries series, AxisType axis){
 		axes.get(axis).add(series);
 	}
 	
+	/**
+	 * Getters and Setters 
+	 */
 	public String getId() {
 		return id;
 	}
@@ -97,11 +122,6 @@ public class GoogleChartCore {
 		this.verticalAxisLabel = verticalAxisLabel;
 	}
 	
-	public void setIndexLine(int value, String label) {
-		this.indexLineVal = value;
-		this.indexLineLabel = label;
-	}
-
 	public String getIndexLineLabel() {
 		return indexLineLabel;
 	}
@@ -109,5 +129,11 @@ public class GoogleChartCore {
 	public int getIndexLineVal() {
 		return indexLineVal;
 	}
+	public CurveType getCurveType() {
+		return curveType;
+	}
+	public void setCurveType(CurveType curveType) {
+		this.curveType = curveType;
+	}
 
 }

src/com/alexscottrhodes/constructionModel/ChartSeries.java

@@ -11,18 +11,21 @@ import com.alexscottrhodes.enums.SeriesDisplayType;
 import com.alexscottrhodes.enums.SeriesType;
 
 /**
+ * An object representing a data series and related parameters to pass into a chart
  * @author Alex Rhodes
  *
  */
 @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 public class ChartSeries {
-
 	private String label = "";
 	private SeriesType type = SeriesType.STRING;
 	private SeriesDisplayType displayType = SeriesDisplayType.BAR;
 	private SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("MM-dd-yyyy hh:mm:ss");
 
-	
+	/**
+	 * Constructor that requires definition of the data type being put into the chart series
+	 * @param type a SeriesType representative of the data type of the series 
+	 */
 	public ChartSeries(SeriesType type){
 		this.type = type;
 	}

src/com/alexscottrhodes/demo/GoogleChartBean.java

 package com.alexscottrhodes.demo;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Calendar;
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.Random;
+
+import javax.annotation.PostConstruct;
 import javax.faces.bean.ManagedBean;
 import javax.faces.bean.ViewScoped;
 
+import com.alexscottrhodes.chartModel.GoogleChartCore;
+import com.alexscottrhodes.constructionModel.ChartSeries;
+import com.alexscottrhodes.enums.AxisType;
+import com.alexscottrhodes.enums.CurveType;
+import com.alexscottrhodes.enums.SeriesDisplayType;
+import com.alexscottrhodes.enums.SeriesType;
+
 @ManagedBean
 @ViewScoped
 public class GoogleChartBean {
 	
+	private GoogleChartCore gcc;
+	
+	@PostConstruct
+	public void init(){
+		gcc = new GoogleChartCore();
+		gcc.setTitle("This is the Title");
+		gcc.setTitleBold(true); //Bolded title
+		gcc.setTitleColor("#59b300"); //Green title
+		gcc.setCurveType(CurveType.FUNCTION); //Smoothed curve
+		gcc.setHeight(800);
+		gcc.setWidth(1200);
+		gcc.setVerticalAxisLabel("Y-Axis vals"); //Label for Y-axis
+		gcc.setIndexLine(50, "Target Amount"); // add an index line
+		
+		ChartSeries s = new ChartSeries(SeriesType.NUMBER); //Add a series of numbers
+		s.setDisplayType(SeriesDisplayType.LINE); //Make this series a line
+		s.setLabel("A line of values over time."); 
+		for(Integer i : getRandVals()){
+			s.addPoint(i); //Populate with some random numbers
+		}
+		
+		ChartSeries t = new ChartSeries(SeriesType.NUMBER); //Add a series of numbers
+		t.setDisplayType(SeriesDisplayType.BAR); //Make this series bars
+		t.setLabel("A second set of values over time"); 
+		for(Integer i : getRandVals()){
+			t.addPoint(i); //Populate with some random numbers
+		}
+		
+		ChartSeries x = new ChartSeries(SeriesType.DATE); //Add a series of Dates
+		x.setDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd"); //Format the date output
+		x.setLabel("Date - X-axis vals");
+		for(Date d : getDates()){
+			x.addPoint(d); //Populate with some dates
+		}
+		
+		gcc.addSeries(s); //Add series S
+		gcc.addSeries(t);//Add series T
+		gcc.addAxisSeries(x,AxisType.X); //Add the X-axis
+	}
+	
+	//Return the chart to render
+	public GoogleChartCore getChart(){
+		return gcc;
+	}
+	
+	
+	
+	
+	//Utility to get some random numbers
+	public ArrayList<Integer> getRandVals(){
+		Random r = new Random();
+		ArrayList<Integer> result = new ArrayList<Integer>();
+		for(int i = 0; i < 10; i++){
+			result.add(r.nextInt(100-10) + 10);
+		}
+		return result;
+	}
+	
+	//Utility to get some dates
+	public ArrayList<Date> getDates(){
+			ArrayList<Date> result = new ArrayList<Date>();
+			Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
+			c.setTime(new Date());
+			for(int i = 0; i < 10; i++){
+				c.add(Calendar.DATE, 7);
+				result.add(c.getTime());
+			}
+			return result;
+		}
+		
 }
+	

src/com/alexscottrhodes/enums/AxisType.java

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 package com.alexscottrhodes.enums;
 
 /**
+ * An Enum representing the Axis types of the graph
  * @author Alex Rhodes
  *
  */

src/com/alexscottrhodes/enums/CurveType.java

 package com.alexscottrhodes.enums;
-
+/**
+ * An Enum for the "curve type" parameter of the Google chart API;
+ * @author arhodes
+ *
+ */
 public enum CurveType {
-	FUNCTION,
-	DEFAULT;
+	FUNCTION("function"),
+	DEFAULT("line");
+	
+	private String plainText;
+	CurveType(String pt){
+		this.plainText = pt;
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public String toString(){
+		return plainText;
+	}
 }

src/com/alexscottrhodes/enums/SeriesDisplayType.java

 package com.alexscottrhodes.enums;
 
+/**
+ * An Enum for the format to display the data of a chart series
+ * @author arhodes
+ *
+ */
 public enum SeriesDisplayType {
 	LINE("line"), BAR("bars"),AREA("area"), CANDLESTICKS("candlesticks"), STEPPED_AREA("steppedArea");
 	

src/com/alexscottrhodes/enums/SeriesType.java

 package com.alexscottrhodes.enums;
-
+/**
+ * An enum to represent the type of data of a given chart series
+ * @author arhodes
+ *
+ */
 public enum SeriesType {
 	DATE("string"),STRING("string"),NUMBER("number");
 	

src/com/alexscottrhodes/exceptions/AxesException.java

@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@
 package com.alexscottrhodes.exceptions;
 
 /**
+ * An exception thrown when problems are found with a chart's axes
  * @author Alex Rhodes
  *
  */
-public class AxesException extends Exception{
+public class AxesException extends RuntimeException{
 	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 	//No overrides
 	

src/com/alexscottrhodes/exceptions/ChartException.java

 package com.alexscottrhodes.exceptions;
-
-public class ChartException extends Exception{
+/**
+ * A generic exception involving a chart object, designed to be thrown with an informative message
+ * @author arhodes
+ *
+ */
+public class ChartException extends RuntimeException{
 	
 	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 	//No overrides

src/com/alexscottrhodes/handler/GoogleChartTagHandler.java

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import com.alexscottrhodes.exceptions.ChartException;
 
 /**
  * Tag handler for the google charts API wrapper. 
- * 
  * @author Alex Rhodes
  * 
  */
@@ -36,18 +35,14 @@ public class GoogleChartTagHandler extends UIComponentBase{
 		 try{
 			id = (String) this.getAttributes().get("id");
 		 }catch(Exception e){
-			try{throw new Exception("No ID Specified");}catch(Exception ex){e.printStackTrace();}
+			throw new ChartException("No ID Specified");
 		 }
 		 //Collect parameters
 		 String typeString = (String) getAttributes().get("type");
 		 Object chartObject = getAttributes().get("value");
 		 
 		 if(typeString == null){
-			 try{
 			 throw new ChartException("Invalid or missing chart type.");
-			 }catch(Exception ex){
-				 ex.printStackTrace();
-			 }
 		 }
 		 
 		 //Cast to appropriate chart model
@@ -57,28 +52,19 @@ public class GoogleChartTagHandler extends UIComponentBase{
 				 gcc = (GoogleChartCore) chartObject;
 				 gcc.setId(id);
 			 }catch(Exception e){	 
-				 try{
-					e.printStackTrace();	 
 				throw new ChartException("Invalid chart model.");
-				 }catch(Exception ex){
-					 ex.printStackTrace();
 			 }
-			 }
-			 
-			 
 			 Builder b = new Builder();
 			 try{
 				 output = b.buildComboChart(gcc);
 			 }catch(Exception e){
-				 try{
-					 e.printStackTrace();
-					 throw e;}catch(Exception ex){}
+				 throw new ChartException("Error rendering.");
 			 }
 		
 		}
 		 
 		 else{
-			 try{throw new ChartException("Invalid chart type:" + typeString);}catch(Exception e){}
+			 throw new ChartException("Invalid chart type:" + typeString);
 		} 
 		 writer.write(output);
 	 }

target/m2e-wtp/web-resources/META-INF/maven/com.alexscottrhodes/GoogleChartsJSF/pom.properties

 #Generated by Maven Integration for Eclipse
-#Thu Jul 14 13:19:00 MST 2016
+#Fri Jul 22 09:47:45 MST 2016
 version=0.0.1-SNAPSHOT
 groupId=com.alexscottrhodes
 m2e.projectName=googlechartjsf

target/m2e-wtp/web-resources/META-INF/maven/com.alexscottrhodes/GoogleChartsJSF/pom.xml

@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
 				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
 				<version>3.3</version>
 				<configuration>
-					<source>1.8</source>
-					<target>1.8</target>
+					<source>1.7</source>
+					<target>1.7</target>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 		</plugins>