Customizing network element types

Describes how the representation of a network element is customized graphically to indicate the network element type.

In this section

Representing a network element type
- Describes how the network element type affects the rendering of the object.
Customizing existing network element types
- Describes in detail the CSS properties that you can use to customize all network element types and various subsets of network element types.
Creating network element types from images and customizing them
- Describes how to define new network element types with new representations without extending an existing base renderer class.
Using the imagecolortuner application to configure the renderer factory
- Describes how to find the best values for the parameters of the factory used to create a base renderer for a network element from an image.
Customizing network element types from SVG graphics
- Describes how to define new network element types with new representations without extending an existing base renderer class, by using SVG graphics.
Extending the class IltNEBaseRenderer
- Explains with an example how to create a new type of network element by extending the base class for the renderer.
Localizing network element types
- Describes how to localize then name of the network element type in labels and tooltips in the resource bundle.

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