Features of the Grapher Package

In this section, you will discover a high-level Views package called the Grapher. This package includes powerful features dedicated to the graphic representation of hierarchical and interconnected information. This section contains information on the following:

• Graph Management - The first section introduces you to the graph management class IlvGrapher. This class is a natural extension of the manager concepts. It is based on the IlvManager class, and adds built-in mechanisms to handle interconnected graphic objects.

• Grapher Links - The second section explains the concept of grapher links and how these entities are represented by a class hierarchy of customizable graphic objects.

• Grapher Interactors - The third section demonstrates how you can interact with a graph representation through several families of interactors.