1. Partial fix for NIHVIVO-2150. This will make sure that there is no downward curve for the sparklines for the current year. Only last 10 complete years are considered. e..g it is 15th april, 2011 today, sparkline will consider only publications that have dates before/on 31st december, 2010

src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/visualization/freemarker/coauthorship/CoAuthorshipVisCodeGenerator.java

@@ -71,7 +71,13 @@ public class CoAuthorshipVisCodeGenerator {
 		SparklineData sparklineData = new SparklineData();
 
 		int numOfYearsToBeRendered = 0;
-		int currentYear = Calendar.getInstance().get(Calendar.YEAR);
+		
+		/*
+		 * It was decided that to prevent downward curve that happens if there are no publications 
+		 * in the current year seems a bit harsh, so we consider only publications from the last 10
+		 * complete years. 
+		 * */
+		int currentYear = Calendar.getInstance().get(Calendar.YEAR) - 1;
 		int shortSparkMinYear = currentYear 
 									- VisConstants.MINIMUM_YEARS_CONSIDERED_FOR_SPARKLINE 
 									+ 1;

src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/visualization/freemarker/coprincipalinvestigator/CoPIVisCodeGenerator.java

@@ -78,7 +78,13 @@ public class CoPIVisCodeGenerator {
 		SparklineData sparklineData = new SparklineData();
 
 		int numOfYearsToBeRendered = 0;
-		int currentYear = Calendar.getInstance().get(Calendar.YEAR);
+		
+		/*
+		 * It was decided that to prevent downward curve that happens if there are no publications 
+		 * in the current year seems a bit harsh, so we consider only publications from the last 10
+		 * complete years. 
+		 * */
+		int currentYear = Calendar.getInstance().get(Calendar.YEAR) - 1;
 		int shortSparkMinYear = currentYear
 				- VisConstants.MINIMUM_YEARS_CONSIDERED_FOR_SPARKLINE + 1;
 

src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/visualization/freemarker/persongrantcount/PersonGrantCountVisCodeGenerator.java

@@ -72,7 +72,13 @@ public class PersonGrantCountVisCodeGenerator {
 		sparklineData.setYearToActivityCount(yearToGrantCount);
 		
 		int numOfYearsToBeRendered = 0;
-		int currentYear = Calendar.getInstance().get(Calendar.YEAR);
+		
+		/*
+		 * It was decided that to prevent downward curve that happens if there are no publications 
+		 * in the current year seems a bit harsh, so we consider only publications from the last 10
+		 * complete years. 
+		 * */
+		int currentYear = Calendar.getInstance().get(Calendar.YEAR) - 1;
 		int shortSparkMinYear = currentYear
 				- VisConstants.MINIMUM_YEARS_CONSIDERED_FOR_SPARKLINE + 1;
 

src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/visualization/freemarker/personpubcount/PersonPublicationCountVisCodeGenerator.java

@@ -74,7 +74,13 @@ public class PersonPublicationCountVisCodeGenerator {
 		
 
 		int numOfYearsToBeRendered = 0;
-		int currentYear = Calendar.getInstance().get(Calendar.YEAR);
+		
+		/*
+		 * It was decided that to prevent downward curve that happens if there are no publications 
+		 * in the current year seems a bit harsh, so we consider only publications from the last 10
+		 * complete years. 
+		 * */
+		int currentYear = Calendar.getInstance().get(Calendar.YEAR) - 1;
 		int shortSparkMinYear = currentYear 
 									- VisConstants.MINIMUM_YEARS_CONSIDERED_FOR_SPARKLINE
 									+ 1;