org.biomoby.client
Class RDF

java.lang.Object
  org.biomoby.client.RDF

public abstract class RDF
extends Object

A utility class that understands how to create graphviz graphs from a set of ServiceEdges, or from other data structures.

Version:

$Id: RDF.java,v 1.4 2005/07/19 12:39:59 senger Exp $

Author:

Martin Senger

Field Summary

static String	PREDICATE_HAS_INPUT
static String	PREDICATE_HAS_OUTPUT

Constructor Summary

RDF()

Method Summary

static String

createServicesGraph(ServicesEdge[] edges, Properties props) Creates a graph connecting Moby services as defined in a set of the graph 'edges.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

PREDICATE_HAS_OUTPUT

public static final String PREDICATE_HAS_OUTPUT

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Constant Field Values

PREDICATE_HAS_INPUT

public static final String PREDICATE_HAS_INPUT

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

RDF

public RDF()

Method Detail

createServicesGraph

public static String createServicesGraph(ServicesEdge[] edges,
                                         Properties props)

Creates a graph connecting Moby services as defined in a set of the graph 'edges.

Parameters:

edges - represent services and their connectors in the created graph

props - are some properties that can influence how the graph will look like; see the property names elswhere in this API what properties are understood

Returns:

a string with all definitions as understood by 'dot' program (from the graphviz package); this string can be saved in a '.dot' file that can be passed to a dot program to produce graphs in many available formats