Perforce JViews TGO Sample: Network Component - Composite Graphics


Description

This sample shows how to use custom business classes with the network component, and how to create your own graphic objects to represent your business objects and their attributes.

How to Use the Sample

The main frame contains a simple network component with several different types of custom nodes and links. A network component has a default toolbar that provides a set of predefined interactors:

The main frame also contains a panel that allows you to toggle the visibility of three attributes:

How to Run the Sample as an Application

This sample can be run as an application. The installation directory contains an executable JAR file, network-compositeGraphic.jar, that allows you to execute the sample with a double click from a file browser. Note that if you are using Internet Explorer, you can open the installation directory and execute the JAR file from the browser. This technique may not work in other Web browsers.

Alternatively, you can run the sample application from the command line. First check that the Ant utility is properly configured. If not, see the instructions on how to configure Ant for Perforce JViews.

Then, go to the installation directory of the sample and type:

ant run

Topics Covered

Detailed Description

This sample differs from the customClasses sample in that it shows objects created using custom graphics, and in that it allows you to toggle the visibility of some decorations.

The custom classes used in this sample are defined in customClasses.

The attributes of the custom classes are mapped to the graphic attributes of the network nodes by a set of style sheets declared in composite.

Installation Directory

The Network Component - Composite Graphics sample is installed here.

Classes Involved

Source Files

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