# Are the histogram libraries of JFreeChart accessible?

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**Created:** [October 16, 2020, 7:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/are-the-histogram-libraries-of-jfreechart-accessible/39769 "2020-10-16T19:24:47Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 16, 2020, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/are-the-histogram-libraries-of-jfreechart-accessible/39769/2 "2020-10-16T21:06:43Z")

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If the packages weren't available, you'd get an error on the import statement. The actual cause is Jython's slightly funky import statement behavior - check @pturmel's excellent explanation here:

> [@Accessing com.inductiveautomation.ignition packages in Python](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/accessing-com-inductiveautomation-ignition-packages-in-python/39702/3):
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> Let me elaborate a bit: The import behavior you were expecting corresponds to java’s import something.something.\*;. But in java, an import is really just syntactical sugar for programmer convenience. A java programmer can always spell out full class names without any import statement. Python/jython doesn’t work this way. In python/jython, import is a fundamental operation that makes other packages available within the scope, optionally removing a package prefix or renaming the object into t…

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