A renderer is a Java™
class
that helps to manage the graphical representation of your business
data. JViews Diagrammer supplies many predefined renderers.
Several renderers are usually active at the same time.
The StyleSheet renderer is responsible for creating and
customizing graphical objects and is always active. The GraphLayout
renderer applies a layout algorithm and is often active (only available
if you have purchased a full JViews Diagrammer license).
Predefined renderers are supplied for displaying info
balloons, a legend, subgraphs, and swimlanes. There are also predefined
renderers to assign a random color to nodes, to assign a specific
interactor to nodes, and many more. The SDK lets you
define new renderers for your application needs.