broadwick.graph.writer

Class GraphViz

java.lang.Object

broadwick.graph.writer.GraphViz

public final class GraphViz
extends Object

Simple class to write the nodes/edges of a network in graphviz (dot) format. The static methods here will create a dot file that can be converted with the 'neato' graph manipulation tool.

neato -Tpng example.dot -o example.png

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
private	GraphViz() hidden constructor for static class.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	save(String file, Graph<? extends Vertex,? extends Edge<Vertex>> network) Save the graph as in graphviz format in the given file.
static String	toString(Graph<? extends Vertex,? extends Edge<?>> network) Print the content of the graph.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

GraphViz

private GraphViz()

hidden constructor for static class.

Method Detail

toString

public static String toString(Graph<? extends Vertex,? extends Edge<?>> network)

Print the content of the graph.

Parameters:

network - the network object to be written.

Returns:

a string representing a document.

save

public static void save(String file,
                        Graph<? extends Vertex,? extends Edge<Vertex>> network)

Save the graph as in graphviz format in the given file.

Parameters:

network - the network object to be saved.

file - the name of the file in which the graph will be saved.