yFiles WPF Developer's Guide (UI Part)

Table of Contents

Changes From Previous Edition

Developer's Guide Enhancements

New Features of yFiles WPF Viewer 2.2

General

1. Introducing yFiles WPF Viewer

yFiles WPF Library Components

yFiles WPF Viewer

Programming Samples, Tutorials, and Further yFiles WPF Resources

How to Read this Developer's Guide

Where to Find Things in yFiles WPF Viewer

yFiles WPF Assemblies

2. Displaying and Editing Graphs

Model-View-Controller Paradigm

Graph Structure

Look-up Support

Working with the Graph Structure

Look-up Support

Working with DefaultGraph

Visual Representation of Graph Elements

Styles

Node Styles

Edge Styles

Port Styles

Label Styles

Working with Styles

Creating Custom Styles

Style Renderers

Node Style Renderers

Edge Style Renderers

Port Style Renderers

Label Style Renderers

Port Support

Port Location Model Parameter

Label Support

Label Model Parameter

Node Label Models

Edge Label Models

Generic Label Model

Styles-related Features

Arrows

Rendering-related Features

Bridges

View Implementations

Class GraphControl

General Features

Command Support

Scene Graph Addendum

Application-level Features

Class CanvasControl

General Features

Command Support

World and View Coordinates

Content Rectangle and Viewport

Hit-testing

Canvas Redraw

Application-level Features

Scene Graph and Canvas Objects

Class GraphOverviewControl

User Interaction

Class GraphViewerInputMode

Interaction Customization

Class GraphEditorInputMode

General Features

Interaction Customization

Support for Orthogonal Edge Paths

Support for Interactive Snapping of Graph Elements

Class GraphCommands

Class MainInputMode

Class MoveViewportInputMode

Customizing Input Modes

Customizing User Interaction Behavior

Tabular Data Presentation

Concepts

Table Model

Working with the Table Model

Visual Representation

Rows and Columns

User Interaction

Interaction Customization

Hit-testing

Tutorial Demo Code

Automatic Layout

Tutorial Demo Code

Printing a Canvas's Content

Scaling and Poster Printing

Animations for Graph Elements

Animation Framework

Animations

Tutorial Demo Code

Data Binding for Graph Structures

Data Binding Support Overview

Class TreeSource

Building the Graph Structure

Class GraphSource

Building the Graph Structure

Tutorial Demo Code

3. Graph Hierarchies

Concepts

Grouping

Folding

Working with Graph Hierarchies

Folding Characteristics

Folding-related State Across Views

Managing Graph Hierarchies

Grouping Support in DefaultGraph

Class GroupedGraph

Look-up Modifications

Interface IHierarchy

Class FoldingManager

Look-up Modifications

Interface IFoldedGraph

Converters and Callbacks

Visual Representation of Graph Elements

View Implementations

Class NodeHierarchyView

User Interaction

Class GraphEditorInputMode

Folding Support

Class NavigationInputMode

Class GraphCommands

4. Input and Output

Graph Exchange and Graph Export Formats

Reading and Writing Graph Structure Data Using GraphML

What GraphML Looks Like

Working with the GraphML File Format

GraphML Attributes

Reading and Writing Additional Data

Simple vs. Structured Type Support

Reading and Writing Data Using IMappers as Data Holders

General (De)Serialization Support

Custom Serialization and Deserialization

Tutorial Demo Code

Exporting the Canvas's Content

Image Export Infrastructure

Bitmap-based Image File Formats

XPS

5. Architectural Concepts

Look-up Mechanism

Benefits

Look-up Chaining

Customizing Look-up Behavior

Binding Data to Graph Elements

Mapping Data to Graph Elements

Tutorial Demo Code

User Tags

A. Obfuscation

Why Obfuscation Matters

Name Obfuscation and its Benefits

Obfuscating a yFiles WPF-based Application

Obfuscation Requirements

Obfuscation Excludes

Obfuscation Tools

B. License Mechanism

yFiles WPF License Files

General Concept

Development vs. Distribution License Files

Pre-installed License File in Evaluation Distribution

Separate License Files for Purchased yFiles WPF Packages

Glossary