The array tag is used to define data. The id argument is used to name the array. Array tags can be nested to form multidimensional arrays. At the inner-most level the following tags are allowed.

The value of color can be either a red, green, blue triple in the range [0,255] or color names. For example "255,215,0" or "gold". See this Color page for information on usable values.

If the argument locale is specified, it is parsed the same as the locale argument in the tag Attribute as described above. If the locale is not specified, then the default locale is used.

If the argument style is SHORT, MEDIUM, LONG or FULL, then the date is parsed using the object DateFormat.getDateInstance(int, Locale).  If style is not specified, then SHORT is assumed.

Style can also be a pattern used to construct a SimpleDateFormat(int, Locale).

Numbers are parsed using Double.valueOf(number).

The body of this tag is a comma separated list of numbers. Each number is parsed using Double.valueOf(number).

The value arguments are optional. If omitted, the tag’s body is used instead.

The first example is of a three-dimensional array called foo.

This corresponds to the Java declaration

The second example is an array of three strings called states.

The final example is an array of four colors, called bg.

The class ChartXML creates a chart tree from an XML file. It can be used directly as an application to view an XML file. The following command displays the chart described by the XML file filename. (This assumes that the CLASSPATH is correctly set.)

The class ChartXML can also be used to create a chart tree within a larger Java program. The object’s getChart() method is used to retrieve the created chart object. The get(String) method is used to obtain objects created by array tags.