JViews TGO Release Notes

This document describes the main changes that have been made to JViews TGO since version 8.1.

Incompatibilities
General Changes
Library Changes

New Interfaces and Classes

• ilog.cpl.graph.graphlayout.IlpSubnetworkPositionLayout
• ilog.cpl.util.IlpStaticExpansionStrategy
• ilog.tgo.css.function.IltTinyImageFunction
• ilog.tgo.swing.IltComponentUtilities
• ilog.tgo.util.IltSystemInitializer
• ilog.tgo.util.IltSystemInitializer.Initializer

Modified Interfaces and Classes

• ilog.cpl.graphic.views.IlpPolyPoints
• ilog.cpl.datasource.IlpDataSource
• ilog.cpl.datasource.IlpDefaultDataSource
• ilog.cpl.interactor.IlpInteractorManagerSupport
• ilog.cpl.tree.IlpAbstractTreeAdapter
• ilog.tgo.faces.graph.dhtml.interactor.IltFacesGraphInteractor
• ilog.tgo.faces.graph.dhtml.taglib.IltFacesGraphInteractorTag

Removed Interfaces and Classes

• ilog.tgo.graphic.IltClassLegends

• Integration Customization
• JSF Network Customization

• JSF TGO Facelets
• JSF TGO ICEfaces

Incompatibilities

• The CSS property graphicRenderer is no longer supported by the Table components.
  Use the css class declaration instead.
• The CSS property useDefaultCellRenderer is no longer supported by the Table components.
  The default tree and table cell renderers are used when no CSS class declaration is specified.
• The Interface IlpDataSource has been modified.
  A new method getRootObjects() has been added.

General Changes

TGO Main Library

• A new utility class IltSystemInitializer allows TGO library initialization on a separate thread, improving the parallelism when starting up applications.
• Consolidation of Tree component CSS properties used to render predefined business objects and user-defined business objects.
• New attribute change filtering capabilities in the Tree Adapter.
• A new CSS Function TinyImage that returns the tiny icon of a predefined business object.
• A new utility class IltComponentUtilities that returns the tiny icon of a predefined business object.
• A new DataSource method to retrieve all root objects.
• A new Position Layout to help in laying out expanded subnetworks.
• A new static Expansion Strategy for basic expansion with no load on demand.

Graph Layout

• Hierarchical layout:
  • A recursive layout mode has been introduced that handles recursively all subgraphs that are nested in the graph, including for label layout purposes. This mode provides a significant quality improvement for laying out nested graphs.
• Tree layout:
  • A recursive layout mode has been introduced that handles recursively all subgraphs nested in the graph. This mode provides a significant quality improvement for laying out nested graphs.
  • A new associate link feature for organization charts.
• Uniform Length Edges layout:
  • A new mode called Fast Multilevel has been introduced that provides a significant speed improvement for medium and large graphs.
  • A nonincremental mode has also been introduced.

Web Deployment and JSF

• Along with JSP pages, JViews 8.5 also supports Facelets (1.1.14).
• Updated JSF support with migration for the reference implementation 1.1 and 1.2, and support for alternate implementations such as Apache MyFaces (1.2.3).
• New support of leading PPR frameworks such as ICEsoft ICEfaces (1.7.2), Apache Trinidad (1.2.8), and JBoss RichFaces (3.2.1) JSF component libraries.
• New support of ICEsoft ICEfaces server push.
• Updated support for JSR168 portals such as Apache Pluto (1.1.4) and LifeRay (5.1).
• New demonstrations show the various integration capabilities:
• JSF TGO Facelets
• JSF TGO ICEfaces

Library Changes

New Interfaces and Classes

ilog.cpl.graph.graphlayout.IlpSubnetworkPositionLayout

This simple layout implementation updates the position of expanded subnetworks. Refer to the class documentation for more details.

ilog.cpl.util.IlpStaticExpansionStrategy

This basic static expansion strategy can be used for expanding subnetworks when no load on demand is needed.

ilog.tgo.css.function.IltTinyImageFunction

Returns the image corresponding to the tiny representation of a predefined business object in the view.

ilog.tgo.swing.IltComponentUtilities

A utility class to retrieve an image that displays the graphical representation of an object in a view.

ilog.tgo.util.IltSystemInitializer

This utility class handles the JViews TGO static library initialization in parallel through the use of a worker thread. This replaces the mandatory call to IltSystem.Init().

ilog.tgo.util.IltSystemInitializer.Initializer

This abstract class defines the basic initialization used by ilog.tgo.util.IltSystemInitializer and can also be customized to initialize custom resources.

Modified Interfaces and Classes

ilog.cpl.graphic.view.IlpPolyPoints

• Overview of new features:
  • Class has been made Cloneable.

ilog.cpl.datasource.IlpDataSource

• Overview of new features:
  • Added new convenient API to retrieve the root objects of a data source.
• New methods:
  • getRootObjects(): Returns the objects that have no parent information in the data source.

ilog.cpl.datasource.IlpDefaultDataSource

• Overview of new features:
  • Added new convenient API to retrieve the root objects of a data source.
• New methods:
  • getRootObjects(): Returns the objects that have no parent information in the data source.

ilog.cpl.interactor.IlpInteractorManagerSupport

• Overview of new features:
  • Added new convenient API to retrieve the interactor manager using this support object.
• New methods:
  • getManager(): Returns the interactor manager using this instance.

ilog.cpl.tree.IlpAbstractTreeAdapter

• Overview of new features:
  • It is now possible to filter attribute value change notifications at the Tree Adapter level. This may improve performance by reducing the number of notifications processed by the Tree component.
• New methods:
  • getObjectAttributeChangedFilter(): Returns the filter that defines which attribute value change notifications should be propagated to the tree model.
  • setObjectAttributeChangedFilter(IlpFilter): Specifies a new filter that defines which attribute value change notifications should be propagated to the tree model.
  • notifyObjectAttributeChangedEvent(DataSourceObjectEvent): Returns whether the event should be notified or not.

ilog.tgo.faces.graph.dhtml.interactor.IltFacesGraphInteractor

• Overview of new features:
  • Added support for partial submit.
• New methods:
  • isPartialSubmit(): Returns the partialSubmit property.
  • setPartialSubmit(boolean): Sets the partialSubmit property.


• New fields:
  • PARTIAL_SUBMIT_DEFAULT_VALUE: The default value for the partialSubmit property.

ilog.tgo.faces.graph.dhtml.taglib.IltFacesGraphInteractorTag

• Overview of new features:
  • Added support for partial submit.
• New methods:
  • getPartialSubmit(): Returns the partialSubmit property.
  • setPartialSubmit(String): Sets the partialSubmit property.

Removed Interfaces and Classes

ilog.tgo.graphic.IltClassLegends

• Deprecated class has been removed, there should be no impact on existing JViews TGO applications.

New Examples

• JSF TGO Facelets
  A new sample illustrating how to use JViews TGO JSF with Facelets.
  Refer to the Faces - TGO Facelets sample for more details.
• JSF TGO ICEfaces
  A new sample illustrating how to use JViews TGO JSF with ICEfaces.
  Refer to the Faces - TGO ICEfaces sample for more details.

Modified Examples

• Integration - Customization
  The icons used in this sample have been replaced.
  Refer to the Integration - Customization sample for more details.
• JSF Network Customization
  The icons used in this sample have been replaced.
  Refer to the Faces - Network Customization sample for more details.