Styling and Data Mapping (SDM)

Describes the SDM package and its subpackages, which are used to define styling and data mapping for the diagram component, but which can also be used to extend its basic functionality.

In this section

Overview
- Presents an overview of the SDM package and its subpackages.
The SDM engine
- Describes the SDM engine, which controls the data-to-graphics mapping.
The SDM data model
- Describes the SDM data model, which is the interface that tells the SDM engine how to get the data to be displayed.
Renderers
- Briefly describes renderers, which apply the styles specified in the style sheets.
The grapher
- Defines graphers, which can store graphic objects including general nodes, composite nodes, and general links. They provide the infrastructure that is minimally necessary to draw a graph.
Interactors
- Describes interactors, which support the interaction between a user and a diagram.

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Introducing the SDK