How to Chart real time streaming data using AreaChart in JAVAFX 2 - Concurrency, Animation, Charting

Question

Requirement- Build an animated AreaChart with real time streaming data. Maybe plot 300 data points every 1 sec.

Details- So I need to read real time streaming data from

Answer 1

As jewelsea stated in his/her comment:

This question was cross posted (and answered well) on an Oracle JavaFX forum thread.

To summarize, the solution consisted in:

• Turning animation off as it is designed for slower changing data so that it is animated on arrival;
• Changing the Timeline to a AnimationTimer as it is desired to update the chart every frame in order to keep in sync with incoming data and move as smoothly as possible;
• Fixing threading as OP did not need to extend Thread when using a Executor. Changing the creation of the executor service.