uk.ac.man.cs.mig.util.graph.layout
Interface GraphLayoutEngine

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultGraphLayoutEngine, DotGraphLayoutEngine

public interface GraphLayoutEngine

User: matthewhorridge
The Univeristy Of Manchester
Medical Informatics Group
Date: Dec 27, 2003

matthew.horridge@cs.man.ac.uk
www.cs.man.ac.uk/~horridgm

Field Summary

static int	LAYOUT_LEFT_TO_RIGHT
static int	LAYOUT_TOP_TO_BOTTOM

Method Summary

int	getLayoutDirection() Gets the layout direction.
void	layoutGraph(Graph g) Lays out the specified Graph
void	setLayoutDirection(int layoutDirection) Sets the direction of the layout.

Field Detail

LAYOUT_LEFT_TO_RIGHT

static final int LAYOUT_LEFT_TO_RIGHT

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Constant Field Values

LAYOUT_TOP_TO_BOTTOM

static final int LAYOUT_TOP_TO_BOTTOM

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

layoutGraph

void layoutGraph(Graph g)

Lays out the specified Graph

Parameters:

g - The Graph

setLayoutDirection

void setLayoutDirection(int layoutDirection)

Sets the direction of the layout.

Parameters:

layoutDirection - The layout direction. This should be one of the constants GraphLayoutEngine.LAYOUT_LEFT_TO_RIGHT or GraphLayoutEngine.LAYOUT_TOP_TO_BOTTOM.

getLayoutDirection

int getLayoutDirection()

Gets the layout direction.

Returns:

The direction of the layout. DotGraphLayoutEngine.LAYOUT_LEFT_TO_RIGHT or DotGraphLayoutEngine.LAYOUT_TOP_TO_BOTTOM.