org.cytoscape.view.vizmap
Interface VisualMappingManager

public interface VisualMappingManager

Manager for VisualStyles. This object manages mapping from view model to VisualStyle. User objects can access all VisualStyles and VisualMappingFunctions through this class.

Add/Remove operations will be done through events. For more information, read JavaDoc for VisualStyleAddedEvent and VisualStyleAboutToBeRemovedEvent.

Cytoscape Backwards Compatibility (API Interface): We expect that this interface will be used but not implemented by developers using this interface. As such, we reserve the right to add methods to the interface as part of minor version upgrades. We will not remove methods for any changes other than major version upgrades.

Method Summary

void	addVisualStyle(VisualStyle visualStyle) Add a new VisualStyle to this manager.
Set<VisualLexicon>	getAllVisualLexicon() Returns a Set of all VisualLexicons.
Set<VisualStyle>	getAllVisualStyles() Returns all available VisualStyles managed by this object.
VisualStyle	getDefaultVisualStyle() Return default VisualStyle.
VisualStyle	getVisualStyle(CyNetworkView networkViewModel) Returns the VisualStyle associated with the target network view model.
void	removeVisualStyle(VisualStyle visualStyle) Remove a VisualStyle from this manager.
void	setVisualStyle(VisualStyle visualStyle, CyNetworkView networkViewModel) Set a VisualStyle to the target network view model.

Method Detail

setVisualStyle

void setVisualStyle(VisualStyle visualStyle,
                    CyNetworkView networkViewModel)

Set a VisualStyle to the target network view model.

Parameters:

visualStyle - Visual Style to be set.

networkViewModel - The target network view model.

getVisualStyle

VisualStyle getVisualStyle(CyNetworkView networkViewModel)

Returns the VisualStyle associated with the target network view model.

Parameters:

networkViewModel - Target network view

Returns:

VisualStyle associated with the network view model. This is always non-null value. If there is no mapping from given view model to a style, then default style will be used.

getAllVisualStyles

Set<VisualStyle> getAllVisualStyles()

Returns all available VisualStyles managed by this object.

Returns:

Set of all registered VisualStyles.

addVisualStyle

void addVisualStyle(VisualStyle visualStyle)

Add a new VisualStyle to this manager.

Parameters:

visualStyle - new visual style to be registered.

removeVisualStyle

void removeVisualStyle(VisualStyle visualStyle)

Remove a VisualStyle from this manager.

Parameters:

visualStyle - VisualStyle to be removed.

getDefaultVisualStyle

VisualStyle getDefaultVisualStyle()

Return default VisualStyle. This is just an empty visual style.

Returns:

default Visual Style.

getAllVisualLexicon

Set<VisualLexicon> getAllVisualLexicon()

Returns a Set of all VisualLexicons.

Returns:

a Set of all VisualLexicons.