Customizing link tiny types

In the tree and table components, link objects are represented as tiny objects. Each link tiny type can be associated with a tiny base renderer that draws the tiny graphic representation.

JViews TGO allows you to customize the tiny type representation by using one of the predefined base renderer factories, such as IltTinyImageBaseRendererFactory or IltTinySVGBaseRendererFactory, or by creating your own implementation of IltTinyBaseRenderer. The principle to create a new IltTinyBaseRenderer is the same as to create a new IltNEBaseRenderer . For details, refer to Extending the class IltNEBaseRenderer.

For details about how to create image base renderers, refer to Creating network element types from images and customizing them.

How to create and register a link tiny type (using the API)

IltObject.TinyType MyTinyType = new IltObject.TinyType("MyTinyType"); 
IltSettings.SetValue("Link.TinyType.MyTinyType.Renderer",
  new IltTinyImageBaseRendererFactory(YOUR_IMAGE, YOUR_IMAGE_PARAMETERS));

How to create and register a link tiny type (using CSS)

You can also create new tiny types by using global CSS settings (:

setting."ilog.tgo.model.IltObject"{
   tinyTypes[0]: @+tinyType0;
}
Subobject#tinyType0 {
  class: 'ilog.tgo.model.IltObject.TinyType'; 
  name: "MyTinyType";
}

For more information, see Using global settings in Using Cascading Style Sheets.

How to customize a link tiny type (using CSS)

You can customize the renderer using global CSS settings. The CSS property to customize here is linkTinyRenderer . In the following example, the name of the renderer factory class that is included in the search path is MyLinkTinyRendererFactory .

setting."ilog.tgo.model.IltLink.TinyType"[name="MyTinyType"] {
   tinyRenderer: @+linkTinyRendererFactory;
}
Subobject#linkTinyRendererFactory {
   class: 'MyLinkTinyRendererFactory';
}

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Customizing links