Developing JViews Charts JavaScript Web applications

Describes how to develop an application as a JavaScript Web application.

• JavaServer Faces components as opposed to JavaScript components

Recommends the use of AJAX-based JavaServer™ Faces (JSF) technology rather than JavaScript Web technology.

• JViews Charts JavaScript Web application architecture

Explains how the JViews Charts Web application support uses the Java servlet technology to deliver information from a chart server-side application..

• Chart servlet package

Identifies the location of the classes used to build JavaScript Web applications.

• The IlvChartServlet class

The JViews Charts library provides a predefined lightweight servlet abstract class named IlvChartServlet. This class is a subclass of the HttpServlet class from the Java servlet API that automatically delegates the requests handling to an instance of IlvChartServletSupport.

• The IlvChartServletSupport class

Describes the use of the IlvChartServletSupport class in handling HTTP requests to generate an image or an image map.

• Server actions

Describes the definition of server-side actions using JViews Charts JavaScript Web application features.

• Adding support for custom image formats

Describes how to add support for image formats other than JPEG and PNG.

• Choosing the multithreading mode

Describes multithreading modes for JViews Charts components.