Package org.bigraphs.framework.visualization

Class BigraphGraphvizExporter

java.lang.Object

org.bigraphs.framework.visualization.BigraphGraphvizExporter

All Implemented Interfaces:

BigraphGraphicsExporter<Bigraph<?>>

public class BigraphGraphvizExporter
extends Object
implements BigraphGraphicsExporter<Bigraph<?>>

This class visualizes a bigraph by means of GraphViz.

Several styling can be configured, such as color, shape and the label format of each node.

Author:

Dominik Grzelak

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
<S extends Signature<?>> String	convert(Bigraph<S> bigraph, File output, guru.nidi.graphviz.engine.Format format, boolean asTreeStructure)	Converts a bigraph into DOT format ready to be visualized.
static String	toDOT(Bigraph<?> bigraph, boolean asTree)
static String	toPNG(Bigraph<?> bigraph, boolean asTree, File output)
void	toPNG(Bigraph<?> bigraph, File output)
BigraphGraphicsExporter<Bigraph<?>>	with(GraphicalFeatureSupplier<?> supplier)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

toPNG

public void toPNG(Bigraph<?> bigraph,
 File output)
           throws IOException

Specified by:

toPNG in interface BigraphGraphicsExporter<Bigraph<?>>

Throws:

IOException

with

public BigraphGraphicsExporter<Bigraph<?>> with(GraphicalFeatureSupplier<?> supplier)

Specified by:

with in interface BigraphGraphicsExporter<Bigraph<?>>

toPNG

public static String toPNG(Bigraph<?> bigraph,
 boolean asTree,
 File output)
                    throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

toDOT

public static String toDOT(Bigraph<?> bigraph,
 boolean asTree)

convert

public <S extends Signature<?>> String convert(Bigraph<S> bigraph,
 File output,
 guru.nidi.graphviz.engine.Format format,
 boolean asTreeStructure)
                                        throws IOException

Converts a bigraph into DOT format ready to be visualized. If no output file is specified the resulting file will not be written. The DOT representation of the bigraph will still be returned.

Type Parameters:

S -

Parameters:

bigraph -

output - if null no output file is created

format -

Returns:

the DOT representation of the bigraph

Throws:

IOException