Package aud.util

Class Graphviz

java.lang.Object

aud.util.Graphviz

public class Graphviz
extends Object

Use GraphViz to render graph structures.

Requires an installation of GraphViz.

See Also:

• Sys
• Sys.ExternalProgram
• Graphvizable
• DotViewer

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Graphviz()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
DotViewer	display(Graphvizable object)	Display object.
DotViewer	display(String dotCode)	Render and display dotCode.
void	displayAsPDF(Graphvizable object)	Display object.
void	displayAsPDF(String dotCode)	Render and display dotCode.
File	renderDotFileToFile(File dotfile, String format)	Render dot file.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

Graphviz

public Graphviz()

Method Details

renderDotFileToFile

public File renderDotFileToFile(File dotfile,
 String format)

Render dot file.

Excutes GraphViz dot and writes an output file ditfile+"."+format.

displayAsPDF

public void displayAsPDF(String dotCode)

Render and display dotCode.

\bug The generated PDF file is not removed! (There is no portable and trivial way to ensure removal.)

displayAsPDF

public void displayAsPDF(Graphvizable object)

Display object.

See Also:

• displayAsPDF(java.lang.String)

display

public DotViewer display(String dotCode)

Render and display dotCode.

Returns:

viewer instance

display

public DotViewer display(Graphvizable object)

Display object.

Returns:

viewer instance