JViews Diagrammer 8.8 Release Notes

This document describes the main changes that have been made to JViews Diagrammer since version 8.7.

Incompatibilities
General Changes
Library Changes
New Packages

• ilog.views.graphlayout.basic

New Interfaces and Classes

• ilog.views.graphlayout.IlvGrapherPropertyAdapter
• ilog.views.graphlayout.IlvRotatedGraphModel
• ilog.views.sdm.graphic.IlvSDMLinkBundle
• ilog.views.sdm.renderer.graphlayout.IlvGraphLayoutParameters
• ilog.views.sdm.renderer.graphlayout.IlvGraphLayoutParametersProvider
• ilog.views.sdm.renderer.graphlayout.IlvGraphLayoutRenderer.DefaultGraphLayoutParametersProvider
• ilog.views.sdm.renderer.graphlayout.IlvSDMObjectComparator
• ilog.views.sdm.renderer.graphlayout.IlvSDMObjectComparator.ComparatorSortCriteria
• ilog.views.sdm.renderer.graphlayout.IlvSDMObjectComparator.DataModelAttributeSortCriteria
• ilog.views.sdm.renderer.graphlayout.IlvSDMObjectComparator.ModelOrderSortCriteria
• ilog.views.sdm.renderer.graphlayout.IlvSDMObjectComparator.SortCriteria

Modified Classes

• ilog.views.dashboard.IlvDashboardDiagram
• ilog.views.dashboard.IlvDashboardEditor
• ilog.views.dashboard.IlvDashboardException
• ilog.views.dashboard.IlvDashboardSymbol.Parameter
• ilog.views.diagrammer.IlvDiagrammer
• ilog.views.diagrammer.datasource.IlvJDBCDataSource.QueryParameters
• ilog.views.diagrammer.faces.IlvFacesDiagrammerUtil
• ilog.views.graphlayout.IlvGraphLayout
• ilog.views.graphlayout.IlvGraphLayoutGrapherProperty
• ilog.views.graphlayout.IlvGraphLayoutLinkProperty
• ilog.views.graphlayout.IlvGraphLayoutNodeProperty
• ilog.views.graphlayout.IlvGrapherAdapter
• ilog.views.graphlayout.bus.IlvBusLayoutGrapherProperty
• ilog.views.graphlayout.bus.IlvBusLayoutNodeProperty
• ilog.views.graphlayout.circular.IlvCircularLayoutGrapherProperty
• ilog.views.graphlayout.circular.IlvCircularLayoutNodeProperty
• ilog.views.graphlayout.grid.IlvGridLayoutGrapherProperty
• ilog.views.graphlayout.grid.IlvGridLayoutNodeProperty
• ilog.views.graphlayout.hierarchical.IlvHierarchicalLayoutGrapherProperty
• ilog.views.graphlayout.hierarchical.IlvHierarchicalLayoutLinkProperty
• ilog.views.graphlayout.hierarchical.IlvHierarchicalLayoutNodeProperty
• ilog.views.graphlayout.link.IlvLinkLayoutGrapherProperty
• ilog.views.graphlayout.link.IlvLinkLayoutLinkProperty
• ilog.views.graphlayout.link.longlink.IlvLongLinkLayoutGrapherProperty
• ilog.views.graphlayout.link.longlink.IlvLongLinkLayoutLinkProperty
• ilog.views.graphlayout.link.shortlink.IlvShortLinkLayoutGrapherProperty
• ilog.views.graphlayout.link.shortlink.IlvShortLinkLayoutLinkProperty
• ilog.views.graphlayout.link.shortlink.IlvShortLinkLayoutNodeProperty
• ilog.views.graphlayout.multiple.IlvMultipleLayoutGrapherProperty
• ilog.views.graphlayout.random.IlvRandomLayoutGrapherProperty
• ilog.views.graphlayout.recursive.IlvRecursiveLayoutGrapherProperty
• ilog.views.graphlayout.springembedder.IlvSpringEmbedderLayoutGrapherProperty
• ilog.views.graphlayout.topologicalmesh.IlvTopologicalMeshLayoutGrapherProperty
• ilog.views.graphlayout.topologicalmesh.IlvTopologicalMeshLayoutNodeProperty
• ilog.views.graphlayout.tree.IlvTreeLayout
• ilog.views.graphlayout.tree.IlvTreeLayoutGrapherProperty
• ilog.views.graphlayout.tree.IlvTreeLayoutLinkProperty
• ilog.views.graphlayout.tree.IlvTreeLayoutNodeProperty
• ilog.views.graphlayout.uniformlengthedges.IlvUniformLengthEdgesLayoutGrapherProperty
• ilog.views.graphlayout.uniformlengthedges.IlvUniformLengthEdgesLayoutLinkProperty
• ilog.views.sdm.IlvSDMEngine
• ilog.views.sdm.graphic.IlvDefaultLaneGraphic
• ilog.views.sdm.graphic.IlvDefaultManagerFrameGraphic
• ilog.views.sdm.graphic.IlvGeneralLink
• ilog.views.sdm.interactor.IlvEditSDMLabelInteractor
• ilog.views.sdm.model.IlvJDBCSDMModel
• ilog.views.sdm.renderer.IlvLaneRenderer
• ilog.views.sdm.renderer.IlvRendererUtil
• ilog.views.sdm.renderer.IlvStyleSheetRenderer
• ilog.views.sdm.renderer.IlvSubGraphRenderer.GraphicManagerFrame
• ilog.views.sdm.renderer.graphlayout.IlvGraphLayoutRenderer
• ilog.views.sdm.renderer.graphlayout.IlvLinkLayoutRenderer
• ilog.views.sdm.servlet.IlvSDMServletSupport
• ilog.views.sdm.util.IlvCSSJViews
• ilog.views.symbol.util.IlvCompiledSymbolFunction

Modified JSF Components

• jvdf:diagrammerView
• jvdf:dashboardView

Incompatibilities

• The IlvDashboardDiagram class has overridden the addStyleSheet(URL) method to explicitly throw an UnsupportedOperationException. In fact, the CSS rules of an IlvDashboardDiagram object have always been internally managed, without support for user CSS.

General Changes

• Globalization:
  • JViews now supports advanced Bidi funtionality: not only right-to-left text, but also bidirectional text with mixed reading directions. You can specify the base direction of text in many graphic classes, by Diagrammer, or by Dashboard.
  • Advanced locale support: you can specify not only the language and country, but also the script, calendar, collation, and number script. JViews respects these settings. This is achieved through the use of com.ibm.icu.util.ULocale.
  • Graphic objects now have access to the locale (ULocale) and component orientation. This makes it possible to implement graphic objects that draw different content depending on the locale or component orientation.
• Accessibility:
  • Keyboard navigation features are enhanced.
  • High contrast mode is supported, for rich client display.
  • Documentation is provided that explains how to create accessible applications with JViews.
• GraphLayout:
  • Circular Layout, Uniform Length Edges Layout, Topological Mesh Layout and Random Layout can now route multiple links between the same pair of nodes, and self-links that start and end at the same node. In previous releases, multiple links and self-links appeared overlapping, so were not fully visible. Now, the overlaps can be resolved by various routing style options.
    In combination with the clipping link connector, the mentioned layouts now have an option to point links to node centers.
  • When a sequence of graph layouts is performed on the same data, the layout result might depend on the order of the nodes and links. When the order changes, the layout might look different. This can now be better controlled by specifying a comparator for nodes and links, or by ensuring that the graphic objects always use the same order as the SDM model objects.
  • A graph layout rotation feature has been added. When you rotate the entire view, the nodes and links are rotated the same way, but when you specify a rotation angle in the graph layout renderer, node shapes remain unrotated, and only the link shapes are rotated. This can be useful when, for example, you need to keep node shapes as upright rectangles while the node positions and link bends must be rotated.
• Miscellaneous:
  • The link bundle object IlvSDMLinkBundle, which displays multiple links as a bundle, can now be specified in SDM via styling.
• Web technologies:
  • The Hitmap, one of the important JViews web technologies, has been improved and extended in this release. JViews web application developers can now extend and customize hitmap generation more easily to achieve more responsive interactions. Numerous demos or samples give tips on how to use hitmaps for some advanced interactions.
  • Templates are available to format tooltips when moving the mouse pointer over graphic items. You can use the tooltip template to create a tooltip by using either HTML or JavaScript. This technique reduces network traffic and improves web application performance.
  • You can use percentages to specify the width and the height of some JViews JSF View components.
  • JViews web application accessibility improvements. Keyboard accessibility for JViews web applications enables you to interact with JViews image buttons, graphic elements, and more, by using a keyboard.
  • JViews web application bidirectional text support enables you to use bidirectional text for your web applications.
  • Improved event handling, on both server side and client side. JViews web application developers can now install client side or server side event listeners.
  • Introduction of Page Identifier (ID) concept. It is now easier to design a web application so that the user can simultaneously open multiple instances of the same web application in a browser, each page preserving its own context.
  • JViews web application security improvements. JViews web client server exchange protocols have been documented. A mechanism to validate an HTTP request sent to the server has been implemented and can be enabled if neccessary. It is now possible to check the parameters included in a request so that attacks on JViews web application servers can be easily rejected.
  • New cursor change interactor. You can change the mouse cursor when it moves over the graphic elements in a view.
  • The JViews Diagrammer overview can preserve the size that you have initially specified for it so that when the content of the diagram changes, the layout of the web page does not change.
  • The visual feedback for link creation has been improved. When creating links, cursors change when you move the mouse pointer over candidate nodes.

Library Changes

New Packages

ilog.views.graphlayout.basic

The Basic Link Style Layout is a common base class of all layout algorithms that offer no complex link shapes. It offers common options for handling multiple links between the same pair of nodes, and for handling self-links that start and end at the same node. The Circular Layout, Random Layout, Topological Mesh Layout, and Uniform Length Edges Layout use this class as a base class.

New Interfaces and Classes

ilog.views.graphlayout.IlvGrapherPropertyAdapter

An IlvGrapherPropertyAdapter supports saving graph layout parameters to named properties of an encapsulated IlvGrapher.

ilog.views.graphlayout.IlvRotatedGraphModel

A graph model that rotates all coordinates by a specific angle.

ilog.views.sdm.graphic.IlvSDMLinkBundle

This class adds styling support to the IlvLinkBundle class.

ilog.views.sdm.renderer.graphlayout.IlvGraphLayoutParameters

The base class for classes that are loaded dynamically to add custom setters for graph layout parameters.

ilog.views.sdm.renderer.graphlayout.IlvGraphLayoutParametersProvider

A provider can allocate the IlvGraphLayoutParameters for a specific layout style.

ilog.views.sdm.renderer.graphlayout.IlvGraphLayoutRenderer.DefaultGraphLayoutParametersProvider

The default provider to allocate the IlvGraphLayoutParameters for the known layout styles.

ilog.views.sdm.renderer.graphlayout.IlvSDMObjectComparator

You can use IlvSDMObjectComparator to define one or more ordering criteria for the nodes and links of a graph.

ilog.views.sdm.renderer.graphlayout.IlvSDMObjectComparator.ComparatorSortCriteria

ComparatorSortCriteria defines sort criteria by using an implementation of java.util.Comparator.

ilog.views.sdm.renderer.graphlayout.IlvSDMObjectComparator.DataModelAttributeSortCriteria

DataModelAttributeSortCriteria defines sort criteria so that you can specify the sort order by using data model attributes of the objects.

ilog.views.sdm.renderer.graphlayout.IlvSDMObjectComparator.ModelOrderSortCriteria

ModelOrderSortCriteria defines sort criteria to order the objects as in the SDM model.

ilog.views.sdm.renderer.graphlayout.IlvSDMObjectComparator.SortCriteria

SortCriteria is the base class for specifying sort criteria.

Modified Classes

ilog.views.dashboard.IlvDashboardDiagram

• Overview of new features:
  • It is now possible to specify the global base text direction of a dashboard diagram
• New methods:
  • addStyleSheet(URL): This method is overridden from the base class and throws a UnsupportedOperationException. It indicates that this method is not supported by IlvDashboardDiagram.
  • getBaseTextDirection(): Returns the global base direction of text in the diagram.
  • setBaseTextDirection(int): Changes the global base direction of text in the diagram.

ilog.views.dashboard.IlvDashboardEditor

• Overview of new features:
  • It is possible to specify the palettes to be loaded when the editor is launched in a subclass.
• New methods:
  • createMenuItem(Action): Creates and returns a Swing menu item for the given action.
  • getDiagramPopupMenu(): Returns the dashboard diagram pop-up menu used when a dashboard implementation returns a pop-up menu providing access to a set of predefined JViews Diagrammer Swing actions.
  • loadInitialPalettes(): Returns the URLs of the symbol palettes to load when the Dashboard Editor starts.

ilog.views.dashboard.IlvDashboardException

• Overview of new features:
  • A new constructor that accepts more parameters, has been added
• New constructors:
  • IlvDashboardException(String, Exception): Constructs an IlvDashboardException with the given key and exception e.

ilog.views.dashboard.IlvDashboardSymbol.Parameter

• Overview of new features:
  • Support of read-only and visible properties for dashboard symbol parameters.
• New methods:
  • isReadOnly(): Returns true if the symbol parameter is read-only while the symbol is being edited in the Dashboard Editor.
  • setReadOnly(boolean): Specifies whether this symbol parameter should be read-only while the symbol is edited in the Dashboard Editor.
  • isVisible(): Returns true if this symbol parameter appears in the Dashboard Editor parameter table while the symbol is edited.
  • setVisible(boolean): Specifies whether this symbol parameter should appear in the Dashboard Editor parameter table while the symbol is edited.

ilog.views.diagrammer.IlvDiagrammer

• Overview of new features:
  • Support of default base text direction.
• New methods:
  • getBaseTextDirection(): Returns the default base text direction.
  • setBaseTextDirection(int, boolean): Sets the default base text direction of Diagrammer.
  • setBaseTextDirection(int): Sets the default base text direction of Diagrammer.

ilog.views.diagrammer.datasource.IlvJDBCDataSource.QueryParameters

• New constructors:
  • IlvJDBCDataSource.QueryParameters(String, Object[], IlvJDBCConnectionParameters, IlvTableModelMapper, String, boolean, boolean): Creates new query parameters.

ilog.views.diagrammer.faces.IlvFacesDiagrammerUtil

• New methods:
  • setPseudos(IlvDiagrammer): Sets the pseudo class thin client to be able to read maps in an idpr or a diagrammer data source.

ilog.views.graphlayout.IlvGraphLayout

• Overview of new features:
  • A generic utility has been added to connect links to node centers
• New methods:
  • connectAllLinksToCenter(boolean): Connects all links to the center of their end nodes.
  • connectLinkToCenter(Object, boolean, boolean, boolean): Connects the link to the node center at both end nodes by using the link connection box interface.

ilog.views.graphlayout.IlvGraphLayoutGrapherProperty

• New constructors:
  • IlvGraphLayoutGrapherProperty(IlvInputStream, boolean): Creates a new IlvGraphLayoutGrapherProperty from an IlvInputStream.


• New methods:
  • dispose(IlvGrapherPropertyAdapter): Disposes of the property and releases any resources that it is using.
  • readProperties(IlvInputStream): Reads the properties from an IlvInputStream.

ilog.views.graphlayout.IlvGraphLayoutLinkProperty

• New constructors:
  • IlvGraphLayoutLinkProperty(IlvInputStream, boolean): Creates a new IlvGraphLayoutLinkProperty from an IlvInputStream.


• New methods:
  • dispose(IlvGrapherPropertyAdapter): Disposes of the property and releases any resources that it is using.
  • readProperties(IlvInputStream): Reads the properties from an IlvInputStream.

ilog.views.graphlayout.IlvGraphLayoutNodeProperty

• New constructors:
  • IlvGraphLayoutNodeProperty(IlvInputStream, boolean): Creates a new IlvGraphLayoutNodeProperty from an IlvInputStream.


• New methods:
  • dispose(IlvGrapherPropertyAdapter): Disposes of the property and releases any resources that it is using.
  • readProperties(IlvInputStream): Reads the properties from an IlvInputStream.

ilog.views.graphlayout.IlvGrapherAdapter

• Overview of new features:
  • When a sequence of graph layouts is performed on the same data, the layout result might depend on the order of the nodes and links. When the order changes, the layout might look different. This can now be better controlled by specifying a comparator for nodes and links, so that it is easier to ensure that each layout uses the same order of nodes and links. Although the node comparator already existed in previous releases, the link comparator has been added for this purpose.
• New methods:
  • getLinkComparator(): Returns the comparator used for sorting the links.
  • setLinkComparator(Comparator): Sets the comparator used for sorting the links.

ilog.views.graphlayout.bus.IlvBusLayoutGrapherProperty

• New constructors:
  • IlvBusLayoutGrapherProperty(IlvInputStream, boolean): Creates a new IlvBusLayoutGrapherProperty from an IlvInputStream.


• New methods:
  • dispose(IlvGrapherPropertyAdapter): Disposes of the property and releases any resources that it is using.
  • readProperties(IlvInputStream): Reads the properties from an IlvInputStream.

ilog.views.graphlayout.bus.IlvBusLayoutNodeProperty

• New constructors:
  • IlvBusLayoutNodeProperty(IlvInputStream, boolean): Creates a new IlvBusLayoutNodeProperty from an IlvInputStream.


• New methods:
  • dispose(IlvGrapherPropertyAdapter): Disposes of the property and releases any resources that it is using.
  • readProperties(IlvInputStream): Reads the properties from an IlvInputStream.

ilog.views.graphlayout.circular.IlvCircularLayoutGrapherProperty

• New constructors:
  • IlvCircularLayoutGrapherProperty(IlvInputStream, boolean): Creates a new IlvCircularLayoutGrapherProperty from an IlvInputStream.


• New methods:
  • dispose(IlvGrapherPropertyAdapter): Disposes of the property and releases any resources that it is using.
  • readProperties(IlvInputStream): Reads the properties from an IlvInputStream.

ilog.views.graphlayout.circular.IlvCircularLayoutNodeProperty

• New constructors:
  • IlvCircularLayoutNodeProperty(IlvInputStream, boolean): Creates a new IlvCircularLayoutNodeProperty from an IlvInputStream.


• New methods:
  • dispose(IlvGrapherPropertyAdapter): Disposes of the property and releases any resources that it is using.
  • readProperties(IlvInputStream): Reads the properties from an IlvInputStream.

ilog.views.graphlayout.grid.IlvGridLayoutGrapherProperty

• New constructors:
  • IlvGridLayoutGrapherProperty(IlvInputStream, boolean): Creates a new IlvGridLayoutGrapherProperty from an IlvInputStream.


• New methods:
  • dispose(IlvGrapherPropertyAdapter): Disposes of the property and releases any resources that it is using.
  • readProperties(IlvInputStream): Reads the properties from an IlvInputStream.

ilog.views.graphlayout.grid.IlvGridLayoutNodeProperty

• New constructors:
  • IlvGridLayoutNodeProperty(IlvInputStream, boolean): Creates a new IlvGridLayoutNodeProperty from an IlvInputStream.


• New methods:
  • dispose(IlvGrapherPropertyAdapter): Disposes of the property and releases any resources that it is using.
  • readProperties(IlvInputStream): Reads the properties from an IlvInputStream.

ilog.views.graphlayout.hierarchical.IlvHierarchicalLayoutGrapherProperty

• New constructors:
  • IlvHierarchicalLayoutGrapherProperty(IlvInputStream, boolean): Creates a new IlvHierarchicalLayoutGrapherProperty from an IlvInputStream.


• New methods:
  • dispose(IlvGrapherPropertyAdapter): Disposes of the property and releases any resources that it is using.
  • readProperties(IlvInputStream): Reads the properties from an IlvInputStream.

ilog.views.graphlayout.hierarchical.IlvHierarchicalLayoutLinkProperty

• New constructors:
  • IlvHierarchicalLayoutLinkProperty(IlvInputStream, boolean): Creates a new IlvHierarchicalLayoutLinkProperty from an IlvInputStream.


• New methods:
  • dispose(IlvGrapherPropertyAdapter): Disposes of the property and releases any resources that it is using.
  • readProperties(IlvInputStream): Reads the properties from an IlvInputStream.

ilog.views.graphlayout.hierarchical.IlvHierarchicalLayoutNodeProperty

• New constructors:
  • IlvHierarchicalLayoutNodeProperty(IlvInputStream, boolean): Creates a new IlvHierarchicalLayoutNodeProperty from an IlvInputStream.


• New methods:
  • dispose(IlvGrapherPropertyAdapter): Disposes of the property and releases any resources that it is using.
  • readProperties(IlvInputStream): Reads the properties from an IlvInputStream.

ilog.views.graphlayout.link.IlvLinkLayoutGrapherProperty

• New constructors:
  • IlvLinkLayoutGrapherProperty(IlvInputStream, boolean): Creates a new IlvLinkLayoutGrapherProperty from an IlvInputStream.


• New methods:
  • dispose(IlvGrapherPropertyAdapter): Disposes of the property and releases any resources that it is using.
  • readProperties(IlvInputStream): Reads the properties from an IlvInputStream.

ilog.views.graphlayout.link.IlvLinkLayoutLinkProperty

• New constructors:
  • IlvLinkLayoutLinkProperty(IlvInputStream, boolean): Creates a new IlvLinkLayoutLinkProperty from an IlvInputStream.


• New methods:
  • dispose(IlvGrapherPropertyAdapter): Disposes of the property and releases any resources that it is using.
  • readProperties(IlvInputStream): Reads the properties from an IlvInputStream.

ilog.views.graphlayout.link.longlink.IlvLongLinkLayoutGrapherProperty

• New constructors:
  • IlvLongLinkLayoutGrapherProperty(IlvInputStream, boolean): Creates a new IlvLongLinkLayoutGrapherProperty from an IlvInputStream.


• New methods:
  • dispose(IlvGrapherPropertyAdapter): Disposes of the property and releases any resources that it is using.
  • readProperties(IlvInputStream): Reads the properties from an IlvInputStream.

ilog.views.graphlayout.link.longlink.IlvLongLinkLayoutLinkProperty

• New constructors:
  • IlvLongLinkLayoutLinkProperty(IlvInputStream, boolean): Creates a new IlvLongLinkLayoutLinkProperty from an IlvInputStream.


• New methods:
  • dispose(IlvGrapherPropertyAdapter): Disposes of the property and releases any resources that it is using.
  • readProperties(IlvInputStream): Reads the properties from an IlvInputStream.

ilog.views.graphlayout.link.shortlink.IlvShortLinkLayoutGrapherProperty

• New constructors:
  • IlvShortLinkLayoutGrapherProperty(IlvInputStream, boolean): Creates a new IlvShortLinkLayoutGrapherProperty from an IlvInputStream.


• New methods:
  • dispose(IlvGrapherPropertyAdapter): Disposes of the property and releases any resources that it is using.
  • readProperties(IlvInputStream): Reads the properties from an IlvInputStream.

ilog.views.graphlayout.link.shortlink.IlvShortLinkLayoutLinkProperty

• New constructors:
  • IlvShortLinkLayoutLinkProperty(IlvInputStream, boolean): Creates a new IlvShortLinkLayoutLinkProperty from an IlvInputStream.


• New methods:
  • dispose(IlvGrapherPropertyAdapter): Disposes of the property and releases any resources that it is using.
  • readProperties(IlvInputStream): Reads the properties from an IlvInputStream.

ilog.views.graphlayout.link.shortlink.IlvShortLinkLayoutNodeProperty

• New constructors:
  • IlvShortLinkLayoutNodeProperty(IlvInputStream, boolean): Creates a new IlvShortLinkLayoutNodeProperty from an IlvInputStream.


• New methods:
  • dispose(IlvGrapherPropertyAdapter): Disposes of the property and releases any resources that it is using.
  • readProperties(IlvInputStream): Reads the properties from an IlvInputStream.

ilog.views.graphlayout.multiple.IlvMultipleLayoutGrapherProperty

• New constructors:
  • IlvMultipleLayoutGrapherProperty(IlvInputStream, boolean): Creates a new IlvMultipleLayoutGrapherProperty from an IlvInputStream.


• New methods:
  • readProperties(IlvInputStream): Reads the properties from an IlvInputStream.

ilog.views.graphlayout.random.IlvRandomLayoutGrapherProperty

• New constructors:
  • IlvRandomLayoutGrapherProperty(IlvInputStream, boolean): Creates a new IlvRandomLayoutGrapherProperty from an IlvInputStream.


• New methods:
  • dispose(IlvGrapherPropertyAdapter): Disposes of the property and releases any resources that it is using.
  • readProperties(IlvInputStream): Reads the properties from an IlvInputStream.

ilog.views.graphlayout.recursive.IlvRecursiveLayoutGrapherProperty

• New constructors:
  • IlvRecursiveLayoutGrapherProperty(IlvInputStream, boolean): Creates a new IlvRecursiveLayoutGrapherProperty from an IlvInputStream.


• New methods:
  • dispose(IlvGrapherPropertyAdapter): Disposes of the property and releases any resources that it is using.
  • readProperties(IlvInputStream): Reads the properties from an IlvInputStream.

ilog.views.graphlayout.springembedder.IlvSpringEmbedderLayoutGrapherProperty

• New constructors:
  • IlvSpringEmbedderLayoutGrapherProperty(IlvInputStream, boolean): Creates a new IlvSpringEmbedderLayoutGrapherProperty from an IlvInputStream.


• New methods:
  • dispose(IlvGrapherPropertyAdapter): Disposes of the property and releases any resources that it is using.
  • readProperties(IlvInputStream): Reads the properties from an IlvInputStream.

ilog.views.graphlayout.topologicalmesh.IlvTopologicalMeshLayoutGrapherProperty

• New constructors:
  • IlvTopologicalMeshLayoutGrapherProperty(IlvInputStream, boolean): Creates a new IlvTopologicalMeshLayoutGrapherProperty from an IlvInputStream.


• New methods:
  • dispose(IlvGrapherPropertyAdapter): Disposes of the property and releases any resources that it is using.
  • readProperties(IlvInputStream): Reads the properties from an IlvInputStream.

ilog.views.graphlayout.topologicalmesh.IlvTopologicalMeshLayoutNodeProperty

• New constructors:
  • IlvTopologicalMeshLayoutNodeProperty(IlvInputStream, boolean): Creates a new IlvTopologicalMeshLayoutNodeProperty from an IlvInputStream.


• New methods:
  • dispose(IlvGrapherPropertyAdapter): Disposes of the property and releases any resources that it is using.
  • readProperties(IlvInputStream): Reads the properties from an IlvInputStream.

ilog.views.graphlayout.tree.IlvTreeLayout

• Overview of new features:
  • Two new choices have been added to the tip over associates feature.


• New fields:
  • TIP_OVER_ASSOCIATE_EAST: Associate east child alignment option.
  • TIP_OVER_ASSOCIATE_WEST: Associate west child alignment option.

ilog.views.graphlayout.tree.IlvTreeLayoutGrapherProperty

• New constructors:
  • IlvTreeLayoutGrapherProperty(IlvInputStream, boolean): Creates a new IlvTreeLayoutGrapherProperty from an IlvInputStream.


• New methods:
  • dispose(IlvGrapherPropertyAdapter): Disposes of the property and releases any resources that it is using.
  • readProperties(IlvInputStream): Reads the properties from an IlvInputStream.

ilog.views.graphlayout.tree.IlvTreeLayoutLinkProperty

• New constructors:
  • IlvTreeLayoutLinkProperty(IlvInputStream, boolean): Creates a new IlvTreeLayoutLinkProperty from an IlvInputStream.


• New methods:
  • dispose(IlvGrapherPropertyAdapter): Disposes of the property and releases any resources that it is using.
  • readProperties(IlvInputStream): Reads the properties from an IlvInputStream.

ilog.views.graphlayout.tree.IlvTreeLayoutNodeProperty

• New constructors:
  • IlvTreeLayoutNodeProperty(IlvInputStream, boolean): Creates a new IlvTreeLayoutNodeProperty from an IlvInputStream.


• New methods:
  • dispose(IlvGrapherPropertyAdapter): Disposes of the property and releases any resources that it is using.
  • readProperties(IlvInputStream): Reads the properties from an IlvInputStream.

ilog.views.graphlayout.uniformlengthedges.IlvUniformLengthEdgesLayoutGrapherProperty

• New constructors:
  • IlvUniformLengthEdgesLayoutGrapherProperty(IlvInputStream, boolean): Creates a new IlvUniformLengthEdgesLayoutGrapherProperty from an IlvInputStream.


• New methods:
  • dispose(IlvGrapherPropertyAdapter): Disposes of the property and releases any resources that it is using.
  • readProperties(IlvInputStream): Reads the properties from an IlvInputStream.

ilog.views.graphlayout.uniformlengthedges.IlvUniformLengthEdgesLayoutLinkProperty

• New constructors:
  • IlvUniformLengthEdgesLayoutLinkProperty(IlvInputStream, boolean): Creates a new IlvUniformLengthEdgesLayoutLinkProperty from an IlvInputStream.


• New methods:
  • dispose(IlvGrapherPropertyAdapter): Disposes of the property and releases any resources that it is using.
  • readProperties(IlvInputStream): Reads the properties from an IlvInputStream.

ilog.views.sdm.IlvSDMEngine

• Overview of new features:
  • Support for bidirectional text has been added.
  • It is possible to specify pseudo-class styling high-contrast and normal-contrast
• New methods:
  • getBaseTextDirection(): Returns default base text direction of engine.
  • setBaseTextDirection(int, boolean): Sets default base text direction of engine.
  • setBaseTextDirection(int): Sets default base text direction of engine.
  • getContrastAccessibilityTheme(): Returns the pseudo-class that represents the current contrast theme.
  • setContrastAccessibilityTheme(String): Sets the current contrast theme.
  • isUseBaseTextDirectionFromStyleSheetRenderer(): Returns whether the base text direction specified in the style sheet renderer, or specified in CSS in the StyleSheet section, is taken into account.
  • setUseBaseTextDirectionFromStyleSheetRenderer(boolean): Sets whether the base text direction specified in the style sheet renderer, or specified in CSS in the StyleSheet section, it taken into account.
  • updateNodePositions(Iterator): Saves the positions of nodes in the data.


• New fields:
  • HIGH_CONTRAST: The pseudo-class "high-contrast" that indicates a high contrast theme.
  • NORMAL_CONTRAST: The pseudo-class "normal-contrast" that indicates a normal contrast theme.

ilog.views.sdm.graphic.IlvDefaultLaneGraphic

• New methods:
  • getSide(): Returns the side where the label is placed.
  • setSide(int): Changes the position and the orientation of the label.

ilog.views.sdm.graphic.IlvDefaultManagerFrameGraphic

• Overview of new features:
  • The class supports bidirectional text.
• New methods:
  • baseTextDirectionChanged(int, int): See ilog.views.IlvGraphic.baseTextDirectionChanged.
  • getBaseTextDirection(): See ilog.views.IlvDefaultManagerFrame.getBaseTextDirection.
  • setBaseTextDirection(int): See ilog.views.IlvDefaultManagerFrame.setBaseTextDirection.
  • getResolvedBaseTextDirection(): See ilog.views.IlvDefaultManagerFrame.getResolvedBaseTextDirection.
  • isBaseTextDirectionSensitive(): See ilog.views.IlvGraphic.isBaseTextDirectionSensitive.
  • setBaseTextDirectionDuringConstruction(int): See ilog.views.IlvGraphic.setBaseTextDirectionDuringConstruction.

ilog.views.sdm.graphic.IlvGeneralLink

• Overview of new features:
  • The class supports bidirectional text.
  • The position of the Arrow key used for backward navigation can now be specified.
  • The behavior of decorations during rotation can now be specified.
• New methods:
  • baseTextDirectionChanged(int, int): Called when the object is base text direction sensitive and the resolved base text direction has changed.
  • getBackArrowPosition(): Returns the current position of the Arrow key used for backward navigation.
  • setBackArrowPosition(float): Sets the position of the Arrow key used for backward navigation as a proportion of the link length (for example, .5f is the middle of the link).
  • getBaseTextDirection(): Returns the base direction of the text.
  • setBaseTextDirection(int): Changes the base direction of the text.
  • getComponentOrientation(): Returns the component orientation of this object.
  • getResolvedBaseTextDirection(): Returns the resolved base text direction.
  • invalidateBidiCache(): Marks internal caches for locale, component orientation, and base text direction invalid.
  • setBaseTextDirectionDuringConstruction(int): Changes the base direction of the text.


• New fields:
  • DECORATION_PROPORTIONAL_ANGLE: The decoration option that the rotation angle is directly propertional to the slope of the link.
  • DECORATION_RIGHT_SIDE_UP_ANGLE: The decoration option that the rotation angle keeps the decoration rightside up.

ilog.views.sdm.interactor.IlvEditSDMLabelInteractor

• Overview of new features:
  • The class supports bidirectional text.
• New methods:
  • getBtdProperty(): Returns the name of the property used to set the base text direction of a data object.
  • setBtdProperty(String): Changes the name of the property used to set the base text direction of a data object.

ilog.views.sdm.model.IlvJDBCSDMModel

• New constructors:
  • IlvJDBCSDMModel(String, String, String, String, String, Object[], String, String, Object[], String, String): Creates a new JDBC SDM model that contains one table for nodes and one table for links.

ilog.views.sdm.renderer.IlvLaneRenderer

• Overview of new features:
  • Support of reparenting nodes: it is now possible to interactively change the lane of a node by moving it to a new lane.
• New methods:
  • isNodeReparenting(): Returns true if the node reparenting mode is enabled.
  • setNodeReparenting(boolean): Enables or disables the node reparenting mode.

ilog.views.sdm.renderer.IlvRendererUtil

• Overview of new features:
  • A new debugging feature enables tracing of all methods of SDM renderers. This helps to detect errors in custom SDM renderers. Tracing can be enabled by renderer, or by method, for all standard methods of IlvSDMRenderer.
• New methods:
  • ensureTracing(IlvSDMEngine): Ensures that the SDM engine can trace rendering calls.
  • isTracingEnabled(): Returns whether tracing of all renderer method calls is enabled.
  • setTracingEnabled(String[]): Specifies which methods should be traced.
  • setTracingEnabled(boolean): Enables tracing of renderer method calls.
  • setTraceRenderers(String[]): Specifies which renderers should be traced.
  • setTraceStream(PrintStream): Specifies the trace stream.
  • setTracingDisabled(String[]): Specifies which methods should not be traced.

ilog.views.sdm.renderer.IlvStyleSheetRenderer

• Overview of new features:
  • It is now possible to specify the global base text direction.
• New methods:
  • getBaseTextDirection(): Returns the global base direction of the text.
  • setBaseTextDirection(int): Changes the global base direction of the text.
  • getCSSRules(): Returns the current CSS, with all cascadings and imports resolved.

ilog.views.sdm.renderer.IlvSubGraphRenderer.GraphicManagerFrame

• Overview of new features:
  • The class supports bidirectional text.
• New methods:
  • getBaseTextDirection(): Returns the base direction of the text.
  • setBaseTextDirection(int): Sets the base direction of the text.
  • getComponentOrientation(): Returns the component orientation of this object.
  • setComponentOrientation(ComponentOrientation): Sets the component orientation of this object.
  • getResolvedBaseTextDirection(): Returns the resolved base text direction.
  • getULocale(): Returns the locale of this object.
  • setULocale(ULocale): Sets the locale of this object.

ilog.views.sdm.renderer.graphlayout.IlvGraphLayoutRenderer

• Overview of new features:
  • The layout can be rotated by specifying a rotation angle. When you rotate the entire view, the nodes and links are rotated the same way, when you specify a rotation angle in the graph layout renderer, node shapes remain unrotated, and only the link shapes are rotated.
  • When a sequence of graph layouts is performed on the same data, the layout result might depend on the order of the nodes and links. When the order changes, the layout might look different. This can now be better controlled by specifying a comparator for nodes and links, so that it is easier to ensure that each layout uses the same order of nodes and links. When the option ensureModelOrdering is enabled, appropriate node and link comparators are automatically created.
• New methods:
  • getLinkOrderingComparator(): Returns the comparator used for sorting the links.
  • setLinkOrderingComparator(Comparator): Specifies the comparator that determines the order of links during graph layout.
  • getNodeOrderingComparator(): Returns the comparator used for sorting the nodes.
  • setNodeOrderingComparator(Comparator): Specifies the comparator that determines the order of nodes during graph layout.
  • getParametersProvider(): Returns the provider for the IlvGraphLayoutParameters.
  • setParametersProvider(IlvGraphLayoutParametersProvider): Sets the provider for the IlvGraphLayoutParameters. The provider returns an instance of IlvGraphLayoutParameters for each layout instance.
  • getRotationAngle(): Returns the rotation angle of the graph model.
  • setRotationAngle(float): Sets the rotation angle of the graph model.
  • getRotationTransformer(): Returns the rotation transformer of the graph model.
  • setRotationTransformer(IlvTransformer): Sets the rotation transformer of the graph model.
  • isEnsureModelOrdering(): Returns true if the graphic nodes and links are internally sorted in the same order as the corresponding SDM model objects, before the layout is applied.
  • setEnsureModelOrdering(boolean): Specifies that the graphic nodes and links should be ordered during graph layout in the same order as the corresponding SDM model objects.

ilog.views.sdm.renderer.graphlayout.IlvLinkLayoutRenderer

• Overview of new features:
  • The link layout renderer removes all link bends before performing a new link layout. This is unsuitable in the hierarchical mode when the link routing should preserve the previous crossings, and must therefore remember the bends of the previous route. Hence an option has been added not to remove the link bends before performing a layout.
• New methods:
  • isUseOldLinkRoutesInHierarchical(): Returns true if this link layout renderer, when using the hierarchical layout, keeps the old link routes before starting the hierarchical layout.
  • setUseOldLinkRoutesInHierarchical(boolean): Sets whether this link layout renderer, when using the hierarchical layout, keeps the old link routes before starting the hierarchical layout.

ilog.views.sdm.servlet.IlvSDMServletSupport

• New methods:
  • getImageMapAreaGenerator(HttpServletRequest): Returns the current image map area generator.
  • installImageMapAreaGenerator(HttpServletRequest, IlvSDMView): Installs the image map generator.

ilog.views.sdm.util.IlvCSSJViews

• Overview of new features:
  • The new methods are part of internal performance improvements.
• New methods:
  • cacheParamValuesAtExternalBean(Object, Object, Map, String, String, String, String, ClassLoader, boolean): This method stores the current values of the parameters of an external bean at the bean.
  • convertExternalBeanParameterType(Object, String, Object): Converts the symbol parameter (external bean parameter) to the correct type.

ilog.views.symbol.util.IlvCompiledSymbolFunction

• Overview of new features:
  • New converter methods have been added.
• New methods:
  • convertToColor(Object): Converts an object to a color.
  • convertToFont(Object): Converts an object to a font.
  • convertToInsets(Object): Converts an object to an insets object.
  • convertToRect(Object): Converts an object to a rectangle.
  • convertToShape(Object): Converts an object to a shape.

Modified JSF Components

jvdf:diagrammerView

• New attributes:
  • accessible: Sets whether the view is accessible.
  • hotkeys: Sets the keyboard hot keys for the view.

jvdf:dashboardView

• New attributes:
  • accessible: Sets whether the view is accessible.
  • hotkeys: Sets the keyboard hot keys for the view.

Example Changes

• The new code fragment Rotated Layout has been added. It shows the new rotation feature of the graph model when performing a graph layout. The code fragment exists in two versions: with css and without css.
• The Link Bundle sample has been moved to the code fragments section. A version using css has been added, so there are now two versions: with css and without css.
• The new Accessibility sample has been added to show how accessibility works in JViews Diagrammer Swing applications. Accessibility means making software usable by people with certain common disabilities. Examples are the physical inability to move a mouse, low vision, or color blindness. The demo illustrates the features of JViews that support accessibility.
• The new jsf-diagrammer-accessible sample has been added to show how accessibility works in JViews Diagrammer JSF applications.
• The jsf-diagrammer-gallery sample now also shows how to use a tooltip template.
• The jsf-diagrammer-runner sample now also shows how to support multiple browser sessions.
• The js-diagrammer-editing sample now also shows how to support multiple browser sessions, and how to use the intercept interactor.