Subnetworks allow you to create applications that display a network
inside another network. They are created automatically by the Rogue
Wave® JViews TGO
network component when you define a containment relationship
between objects in the data source.
A subnetwork can be defined as a node object
with child objects in a network component. It can be displayed
either collapsed or expanded.
- In the collapsed state, the subnetwork is represented as a single object.
Collapsed subnetwork - In the expanded state, the subnetwork is displayed with all the objects contained in it.
Expanded subnetworkWhen JViews TGO expands a subnetwork, it may find that the contained objects are not yet available for display either because they are in the process of being loaded into the data source, or because of incomplete links. In this case, the expand icon changes to the following representation:
For information on how to customize the graphic representation of
subnetworks, refer to Customizing subnetworks.