# Package org.jfree.chart.util

Utility classes used by JFreeChart.

See: Description

Interface Summary
Interface | Description
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ShadowGenerator | An interface that defines the API for a shadow generator.

Class Summary
Class | Description
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DefaultShadowGenerator | A default implementation of the `ShadowGenerator` interface, based on code in a blog post by Romain Guy.
HexNumberFormat | A custom number formatter that formats numbers as hexadecimal strings.
LineUtilities | Some utility methods for `Line2D` objects.
LogFormat | A number formatter for logarithmic values.
ParamChecks | A utility class for checking parameters.
RelativeDateFormat | A formatter that formats dates to show the elapsed time relative to some base date.
ResourceBundleWrapper | Wrapper of ResourceBundle.getBundle() methods.
XYCoordinateType | Represents several possible interpretations for an (x, y) coordinate.

## Package org.jfree.chart.util Description

Utility classes used by JFreeChart. Some of these will be candidates for addition to JCommon, but we keep them here so that our dependency is only JCommon 1.0.0 or later.