Requirements for a real time SWT time series chart component

• sustain a high update rate (displaying at least 18 changes/second, but with the ability to collect data at a higher rate)  
• multiple curves in one chart (multiple colors)  

• easy and intuitive changing of range and scale (see google http://www.google.com/finance?q=INDEXDJX:.DJI,INDEXSP:.INX,INDEXNASDAQ:.IXIC)  

• antialiasing  
• display of current value at pointer  
• support for missing values (NULL values)  
• support for special metadata like zero quality or manual values  
• good print support (color/b/w variants)  
• support to add derivative values (moving average)  
• support to add prediction and trend functions  
• support of stacked graphs (multiple scales in one graph)  
• support for export import of currently displayed data  
• Optional Autoscroll (Compress/Move)   

Use Cases

• Automotion  
• Finance (Stock Charts)  
• Electronics  
• Audio   

Misc

• indexed by time, values are handled with valueOf to save memory  
• memory saving collections   

Existing stuff

• http://jchart2d.sourceforge.net/usage.shtml (SWING)  

• Code from Visual VM (SWING)  

• http://code.google.com/p/swt-xy-graph/ (SWT)  

• http://www.swtchart.org/index.html (SWT)  

• http://swtgraph.sourceforge.net/ (SWT)