I have tried to look in the sorce code for the JFreeChart charts to see if I
could find some help in making a chart. But I would like to get some of the
basics right on charts first.

My plan is to make the graph:

http://www.cis.ksu.edu/~schmidt/CIS200/gifV6html/Ch5/bargraph.gif

1) My first idea is to make the class:

class BarGraphWriter extends JPanel

2) The constructor method:

public BarGraphWriter( )

I will  use to make the frame where the graph is displayed.

3) Then I guess I need:

public void paintComponent(Graphics g)

as its my "pen" I write the info with

4) public void setAxes(int x_pos, int y_pos, String top_label, int y_height)

Is a method I need for defining the axes in the frame.

5)public void setBar1 - setBar6 (String label1-6, int height1-6, Color c1-6)

Is methods for each bar

6) In the end I will need:

class TestGraph
{ public static void main(String[] a)

where I enter different values for testing the graph.

Does this seem reasonable or should one start in another way?

JS