infovis.visualization
Interface Layout

All Known Subinterfaces:

NodeLinkGraphLayout

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractGraphLayout, BasicSpringLayout, CircularLayout, ColumnsVisualization, ColumnVisualization, DefaultAxisVisualization, DendrogramTreeLayout, FRLayout, GraphVizLayout, HistogramVisualization, IcicleTreeVisualization, LinkVisualization, MatrixAxisVisualization, MatrixVisualization, MinimizerPolyLog, NodeLinkTreeLayout, ParallelCoordinatesVisualization, RandomGraphLayout, RTLayout, RTPolar, RulerVisualization, ScatterPlotVisualization, SimpleTreeLayout, SliceAndDice, SpringLayout, Squarified, Strip, TimeSeriesVisualization, Treemap

public interface Layout

Interface for layouts.

Version:

$Revision: 1.5 $

Author:

Jean-Daniel Fekete

Method Summary

void	computeShapes(Rectangle2D bounds, Visualization vis) Computes the layout.
String	getName() Returns the name of the layout algorithm.
Dimension	getPreferredSize(Visualization vis) Computes and return the preferred size for this layout and this visualization.
void	invalidate(Visualization vis) Invalidate the cached state of the layout.

Method Detail

getName

String getName()

Returns the name of the layout algorithm.

Returns:

the name of the layout algorithm

getPreferredSize

Dimension getPreferredSize(Visualization vis)

Computes and return the preferred size for this layout and this visualization.

Parameters:

vis - the visualization

Returns:

the preferred size for this layout and this visualization.

invalidate

void invalidate(Visualization vis)

Invalidate the cached state of the layout.

Call this method from the visualization when it gets invalidated.

Parameters:

vis - the visualization.

computeShapes

void computeShapes(Rectangle2D bounds,
                   Visualization vis)

Computes the layout.

Parameters:

bounds - the allocated bounds of the visualization.

vis - the visualization.