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Package ilog.views.graphlayout

A high-level, generic framework for the graph layout services provided by JViews, which allows you to easily obtain readable representations of graphs and networks.

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Package ilog.views.graphlayout Description

A high-level, generic framework for the graph layout services provided by JViews, which allows you to easily obtain readable representations of graphs and networks.

Many types of complex business data can be best visualized as a set of nodes and interconnecting links, more commonly called a graph. Examples of graphs include business organizational charts, systems management drawings, telecom network displays, and genealogical trees. Whenever these graphs become large or heavily interconnected, it becomes difficult to see the relationships between the various nodes and links.

This is where JViews' Graph Layout algorithms help. They allow you to take a "messy" graph and apply a sophisticated graph layout algorithm to it, to rearrange the positions of the nodes and/or the shape of the links. The result is a more readable, more understandable, and more meaningful data presentation.

According to the type of graph and your specific needs, you can choose one of the ready-to-use layout algorithms provided in JViews, or create your own one and still benefit from the general layout framework.

The table below helps you for choosing the best suited ready-to-use layout algorithm. For details, see the Graph Layout User's Manual.

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Domain-Independent Graphs  Telecom-Oriented Representations 
Trees Cyclic Graphs Combination of Cycles and Trees Any Bus Ring and Star

Tree Layout
 
 


Tree Layout in Radial Mode


Topological Mesh Layout

Spring Embedder
 
 


Uniform Length Edges


Link Layout
 
 


Hierarchical Layout


Bus Layout

Circular Layout
Since:
JViews 2.0
See Also:
IlvGrapher, ilog.views.graphlayout.hierarchical, ilog.views.graphlayout.tree, ilog.views.graphlayout.uniformlengthedges, ilog.views.graphlayout.springembedder, ilog.views.graphlayout.topologicalmesh, ilog.views.graphlayout.link, ilog.views.graphlayout.bus, ilog.views.graphlayout.circular, ilog.views.graphlayout.grid, ilog.views.graphlayout.random
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