There are also some Java tools which can take the graph as XML input. This would possibly substantially simplify the XSLT templates. I have used this approach successfully before. The tools that I know of are
- GVF: http://gvf.sourceforge.net/ - OpenJGraph: http://openjgraph.sourceforge.net/ Although I'm not sure if either is being maintained very actively and they both seem to have their quirks... But maybe it's worth a look. To my knowledge both tools (at least GVF) have sophisticated layout algorithms, so you only have to specify the nodes and edges in the input. Cheers, -- knut > -----Original Message----- > From: Dominique Devienne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Montag, 1. Juli 2002 17:55 > To: 'Ant Users List' > Subject: RE: vizant optional task > > > This looks indeed promising. I hope your version doesn't > suffer from the > same kind of problems I mentioned about the XSLT approach > (with Ant 1.4.1 > and entity includes when basedir=".."). > > On a different note, have you considered not depending on a native > executable at all, and do a fully X-platform implementation? > For example, > there's JGraph (http://www.jgraph.com/) and I'm sure others > that generate > graph images using pure Java code... > > I like the feature you have to graph a sub-graph of the > build. We have a > build so hairy in house that the ant2dot stylesheet generates > a huge graph > to complex and impossible to see entirely once printed on A > size paper. > > Something else useful would be some kind of output to Visio > (or jgraphpad, > the UI companion to JGraph) so one can manipulate the graph > once generated, > instead of getting on image. > > Definitely go on with your implementation ;-) > --DD > > -----Original Message----- > From: KOSEKI Kengo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 11:40 PM > To: Ant Users List > Subject: Re: vizant optional task > > David, > Thank you for your message. > > On Fri, 28 Jun 2002 09:43:02 +0100 > "David Colton (ext. 799)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Please don't stop development. I've already used XSL for > basic diagrams > but > > vizant gives me so much more. > > > > I have a very complicated nightly build - junit test > buildsuite and if I > > could get SVG linked files to capture it I would be delighted. > > So, I'll try to implement the feature, > and study little more about XSLT to get the flexibility. > > > I'm considering to extend the <attr> element like this. > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > <attr name="URL">imgs/<var name="builddir"/>/<var > name="buildfile"/>.svg</attr> > <attr name="URL">javascript:alert("<var name="description" > proc="backslashquote,urlescape"/>");</attr> > <attr name="label"><var name="targetname"/> | <var > name="description"/></attr> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The last one will be used with "record" shape. > http://www.research.att.com/sw/tools/graphviz/examples/directe d/datastruct.h tml Please give me advice. Thanks, --- koseki -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
