org.gephi.appearance.api

Interface AppearanceController

All Known Implementing Classes:

AppearanceControllerImpl

public interface AppearanceController

Manage and controls the appearance of elements through visual transformations.

This controller is a singleton and can therefore be found in Lookup:

AppearanceController ac = Lookup.getDefault().lookup(AppearanceController.class);

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
AppearanceModel	getModel() Returns the appearance model for the current workspace.
AppearanceModel	getModel(Workspace workspace) Returns the appearance model for the given workspace.
Transformer	getTransformer(TransformerUI ui) Returns the transformer associated with the given transformer UI.
void	setUseLocalScale(boolean useLocalScale) Sets whether rankings use a local or a global scale.
void	transform(Function function) Apply the function's transformer.

Method Detail

setUseLocalScale

void setUseLocalScale(boolean useLocalScale)

Sets whether rankings use a local or a global scale. When calculating the minimum and maximum value (i.e. the scale) rankings can use the complete graph or only the currently visible graph. When using the visible graph it is called the local scale.

Parameters:

useLocalScale - true for local, false for global

transform

void transform(Function function)

Apply the function's transformer. If the function is for nodes all nodes in the visible graph will be transformed. Similarly for edges.

Parameters:

function - function to transform

getModel

AppearanceModel getModel()

Returns the appearance model for the current workspace.

Returns:

appearance model

getModel

AppearanceModel getModel(Workspace workspace)

Returns the appearance model for the given workspace.

Parameters:

workspace - workspace

Returns:

appearance model

getTransformer

Transformer getTransformer(TransformerUI ui)

Returns the transformer associated with the given transformer UI.

Parameters:

ui - user interface instance

Returns:

transformer instance or null if not found