weka.gui.graphvisualizer
Interface LayoutEngine

All Known Implementing Classes:
HierarchicalBCEngine

public interface LayoutEngine

This interface class has been added to facilitate the addition of other layout engines to this package. Any class that wants to lay out a graph should implement this interface.

Version:
1.0 - 24 Apr 2003 - Initial version (Ashraf M. Kibriya)
Author:
Ashraf M. Kibriya (amk14@cs.waikato.ac.nz)

Method Summary
 void addLayoutCompleteEventListener(LayoutCompleteEventListener e)
          This method adds a LayoutCompleteEventListener to the LayoutEngine.
 void fireLayoutCompleteEvent(LayoutCompleteEvent e)
          This fires a LayoutCompleteEvent once a layout has been completed.
 javax.swing.JPanel getControlPanel()
          This method returns the extra controls panel for the LayoutEngine, if there is any.
 javax.swing.JProgressBar getProgressBar()
          This method returns the progress bar for the LayoutEngine, which shows the progress of the layout process, if it takes a while to layout the graph
 void layoutGraph()
          This method lays out the graph for better visualization
 void removeLayoutCompleteEventListener(LayoutCompleteEventListener e)
          This method removes a LayoutCompleteEventListener from the LayoutEngine.
 void setNodesEdges(FastVector nodes, FastVector edges)
          This method sets the nodes and edges vectors of the LayoutEngine
 void setNodeSize(int nodeWidth, int nodeHeight)
          This method sets the allowed size of the node
 

Method Detail

layoutGraph

public void layoutGraph()
This method lays out the graph for better visualization


setNodesEdges

public void setNodesEdges(FastVector nodes,
                          FastVector edges)
This method sets the nodes and edges vectors of the LayoutEngine


setNodeSize

public void setNodeSize(int nodeWidth,
                        int nodeHeight)
This method sets the allowed size of the node


getControlPanel

public javax.swing.JPanel getControlPanel()
This method returns the extra controls panel for the LayoutEngine, if there is any.


getProgressBar

public javax.swing.JProgressBar getProgressBar()
This method returns the progress bar for the LayoutEngine, which shows the progress of the layout process, if it takes a while to layout the graph


addLayoutCompleteEventListener

public void addLayoutCompleteEventListener(LayoutCompleteEventListener e)
This method adds a LayoutCompleteEventListener to the LayoutEngine.

Parameters:
e - - The LayoutCompleteEventListener to add

removeLayoutCompleteEventListener

public void removeLayoutCompleteEventListener(LayoutCompleteEventListener e)
This method removes a LayoutCompleteEventListener from the LayoutEngine.

Parameters:
e - - The LayoutCompleteEventListener to remove.

fireLayoutCompleteEvent

public void fireLayoutCompleteEvent(LayoutCompleteEvent e)
This fires a LayoutCompleteEvent once a layout has been completed.