source: branches/MetisMQI/src/main/java/weka/gui/graphvisualizer/LayoutEngine.java

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/*
 *    LayoutEngine.java
 *    Copyright (C) 2003 University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
 *
 */

package weka.gui.graphvisualizer;

import weka.core.FastVector;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JProgressBar;

/**
 * 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.
 *
 * @author Ashraf M. Kibriya (amk14@cs.waikato.ac.nz)
 * @version $Revision: 1.6 $ - 24 Apr 2003 - Initial version (Ashraf M. Kibriya)
 */
public interface LayoutEngine {
  /**
   * This method lays out the graph for better visualization
   */
  void layoutGraph();
  
  /**
   * This method sets the nodes and edges vectors of the LayoutEngine
   */
  void setNodesEdges(FastVector nodes, FastVector edges);
  /**
   * This method sets the allowed size of the node
   */
  void setNodeSize(int nodeWidth, int nodeHeight);
  
  /** give access to set of graph nodes */
   FastVector getNodes();

  /**
   * This method returns the extra controls panel
   * for the LayoutEngine, if there is any.
   */
  JPanel getControlPanel();
  
  /**
   * 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
   */
  JProgressBar getProgressBar();
  
  /**
   * This method adds a LayoutCompleteEventListener to the
   * LayoutEngine.
   * @param e - The LayoutCompleteEventListener to add
   */
  void addLayoutCompleteEventListener(LayoutCompleteEventListener e);
  
  /**
   * This method removes a LayoutCompleteEventListener from the
   * LayoutEngine.
   * @param e - The LayoutCompleteEventListener to remove.
   */
  void removeLayoutCompleteEventListener(LayoutCompleteEventListener e);
  
  /**
   * This fires a LayoutCompleteEvent once a layout has been completed.
   */
  void fireLayoutCompleteEvent(LayoutCompleteEvent e);
}