y.view.hierarchy
Class HierarchyManager

java.lang.Object
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public class HierarchyManager

extends Object

This class manages a hierarchy of grouped nodes and nested graphs. A graph hierarchy always contains a top level graph called the root graph. Each graph within the hierarchy can have an arbitrary number of nodes. These nodes can either be normal nodes, group nodes or so called folder nodes. Folder nodes serve as proxy elements to access graphs in a lower hierarchy level. The graph that is accessible from a folder node is called the inner graph of that node. A folder node is also called anchor node, since it serves to attach an inner graph to a hierarchically higher graph. The hierarchically higher graph is called the parent graph of the inner graph.

Like a folder node, a group node can also contain other nodes that conceptually belong to a lower hierarchy level. Unlike a folder node, the child nodes of a group nodes belong to the same graph as the group node itself.

A hierarchy manager allows to create and remove new group and folder nodes within a graph. It allows to move part of a graph a level up the hierarchy or a level down the hierarchy. It also allows to group and ungroup nodes.

When moving parts of a graph to another hierarchy level it is possible that the endpoints of edges come to lie in different graphs. The hierarchy manager will automatically redirect such edges in a clever and consistent way. An edge will always be part of the graph that is the hierarchically highest common ancestor of the graphs that contain the original source and target nodes of the edge. In case the original endpoint of the edge is not in the same graph, then the folder node hosting this endpoint will be chosen as local endpont of that edge. Such a redirected edge is called an interedge, since it actually connects nodes in different graphs. The original endpoints of an interedge are called real node and real target.

A hierarchy manager fires high level events that signal the change of the hierarchic structure and the change of the node elements within the hierarchy. Clients interested in this information must implement the HierarchyListener interface and register to the hierarchy manager. Listeners will be informed by receiving messages of type HierarchyEvent whenever the hierarchy changes.

Note that hierarchy events of type HierarchyEvent.NODE_CHANGED will not be fired by the HierarchyManager itself since it does not know enough about specific nodes. In order to receive NODE_CHANGED hierarchy events it is necessary to add a Graph-, or Graph2DListener to the root graph of the hierarchy that translates the incoming events to HierarchyEvents. Class DefaultNodeChangePropagator for example, serves this purpose.

The hierarchy manager is also responsible for creating new nodes and graphs when the hierarchy grows. A hierachy manager uses an aggregated factory of type GraphFactory to create these elements. Clients can provide their own factories to customize graph object creation.

Nested Class Summary

static interface

HierarchyManager.NodeVisitor Callback interface that allows to perform some action when nodes within the hierarchy get visited in a certain order.

Constructor Summary

HierarchyManager(Graph root)
Creates a new hierarchy manager that initially manages a flat graph hierarchy whose root graph will be the given graph.

HierarchyManager(Graph root, GraphFactory factory)
Creates a new hierarchy manager that initially manages a flat graph hierarchy whose root graph will be the given graph.

Method Summary

void	addHierarchyListener(HierarchyListener listener) Adds a HierarchyListener to this HierarchyManager;
void	closeGroup(Node groupNode) Convenience method that performs all necessary steps to convert a group node to a folder node.
boolean	contains(Graph graph) Returns whether or not the given graph is part of this graph hierarchy
static boolean	containsGroupNodes(Graph graph) Whether or not the given graph contains any group nodes.
boolean	containsGroups() Queries the hierarchy if it contains any group nodes.
void	convertToFolderNode(Node v) Converts a group node or a normal node to a folder node.
void	convertToFolderNode(Node v, Graph innerGraph) Like HierarchyManager.convertToFolderNode(y.base.Node) with the additional option to specify the inner graph to be used by the folder node.
void	convertToGroupNode(Node v) Converts a folder node or a normal node to a group node Emits HierarchyEvents of type HierarchyEvent.PRE_NODE_STATE_CHANGE and HierarchyEvent.NODE_STATE_CHANGED.
void	convertToInterEdge(Edge e, Node realSource, Node realTarget) Converts a normal edge to an inter edge.
void	convertToNormalEdge(Edge e) Converts an inter edge to a normal edge.
void	convertToNormalNode(Node v) Converts a group or folder node to a normal node.
Node	createFolderNode(Graph parentGraph) Similar to HierarchyManager.createFolderNode(Node).
Node	createFolderNode(Node parent) Returns a newly created folder node that will be created as a child node of the given folder or group node.
Node	createGroupNode(Graph graph) Similar to HierarchyManager.createGroupNode(Node).
Node	createGroupNode(Node parent) Returns a newly created group node that will be created as a child node of the given group or folder node.
void	dispose() Disposes this HierarchtyManager instance.
protected void	fireHierarchyEvent(HierarchyEvent e) Propagates the given hierarchy event to all registered hierarchy listeners.
void	foldSubgraph(NodeList subNodes, Node folderNode) Moves part of a graph into a folder node.
Node	getAnchorNode(Graph graph) Returns the anchor node of the given graph.
NodeCursor	getChildren(Node node) Returns all direct child nodes of a group or folder node.
NodeList	getFolderNodes(Graph rootGraph, boolean recursive) Returns all folder nodes that are either contained in given graph or contained in the given graph or one of its graph decendants.
Object[]	getFolderPath(Object item) Returns the hierarchy of folder nodes that lie above the given item within this hierarchy.
GraphFactory	getGraphFactory() Returns the registered graph factory of this hierarchy manager.
DataProvider	getGroupNodeDataProvider() Returns a data provider the provides boolean values for each node indicating whether or not the given node is a group node.
Graph	getInnerGraph(Node folderNode) Returns the inner graph accessible from the given folder node.
static HierarchyManager	getInstance(Graph graph) This static method returns the hierarchy manager instance that is responsible for managing the given graph.
InterEdgeConfigurator	getInterEdgeConfigurator() Returns the InterEdgeConfigurator used by this class.
int	getLocalGroupDepth(Node node) Returns the hierarchy level of the given node within its graph.
Graph	getNearestCommonAncestor(Graph g1, Graph g2) Finds the graph that is the nearest common ancestor of two graphs in the hierarchy.
Node	getNearestCommonAncestor(NodeList subNodes) Finds the group or folder node that is the nearest common ancestor of all given nodes.
DataProvider	getNodeIdDataProvider() Returns a data provider the provides a unique ID for each node within the hierarchy.
Graph	getParentGraph(Graph graph) Returns the parent graph of the given graph within this hierarchy.
Node	getParentNode(Node node) Returns the parent node of the given node.
DataProvider	getParentNodeIdDataProvider() Returns a data provider the provides the parent ID for each node within the hierarchy.
Node	getRealSource(Edge e) Returns the real source node associated with the given inter edge.
Node	getRealTarget(Edge e) Returns the real target node associated with the given inter edge.
Graph	getRootGraph() Returns the root graph of this hierarchy.
Object[]	getTreePath(Object item) Returns the hierarchy of group and folder nodes that lie above the given item within this hierarchy.
Object[]	getTreePath(Object item, boolean includeItem) Like HierarchyManager.getTreePath(Object) with the additional option to include the given item as the last element of the path.
void	groupSubgraph(NodeList subNodes, Node groupNode) Assigns the given nodes to the given group node.
boolean	isAncestor(Node presumedAncestor, Node node) Queries the hierarchy if a given node is an ancestor of another node in the hierarchy.
boolean	isFolderNode(Node v) Returns whether or not the given node is a folder node.
boolean	isGroupNode(Node v) Returns whether or not the given node is agroup node.
boolean	isInterEdge(Edge e) Returns whether or not the given edge is an inter edge.
boolean	isNormalNode(Node v) Returns whether or not the given node is a normal node, i.e. neither group nor folder node.
boolean	isRootGraph(Graph graph) Returns whether or not the given graph is the root graph of this hierarchy.
void	moveToFirst(Node childNode) Makes the given node the first child of its parent.
void	moveToLast(Node childNode) Makes the given node the last child of its parent.
void	openFolder(Node folderNode) Convenience method that performs all necessary steps to convert a folder node to a group node.
void	postTraverse(HierarchyManager.NodeVisitor visitor) Posttraverse all nodes within the hierarchy.
void	postTraverse(Node rootNode, HierarchyManager.NodeVisitor visitor) Posttraverse all nodes within the hierarchy, that are descendants of the given group or folder node.
void	preTraverse(HierarchyManager.NodeVisitor visitor) Pretraverse all nodes within the hierarchy.
void	preTraverse(Node rootNode, HierarchyManager.NodeVisitor visitor) Pretraverse all nodes within the hierarchy, that are descendants of the given group or folder node.
void	removeHierarchyListener(HierarchyListener listener) Removes the given HierarchyListener from the lsit of registered listeners of this HierarchyManager.
void	setGraphFactory(GraphFactory factory) Sets the graph factory used by this manager to create new nodes and graphs.
void	setInterEdgeConfigurator(InterEdgeConfigurator interEdgeConfigurator) Sets the InterEdgeConfigurator for this class.
void	unfoldSubgraph(Graph innerGraph, NodeList subNodes) Moves part of a nested graph up the hierarchy to the parent graph.
void	ungroupSubgraph(NodeList subNodes) Conveniance method that moves all given nodes a hierarchy level up, if possible.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

HierarchyManager

public HierarchyManager(Graph root)

Creates a new hierarchy manager that initially manages a flat graph hierarchy whose root graph will be the given graph.

Graph factory DefaultHierarchyGraphFactory is used by default.

See Also:

HierarchyManager.HierarchyManager(Graph, GraphFactory)

HierarchyManager

public HierarchyManager(Graph root,
                        GraphFactory factory)

Creates a new hierarchy manager that initially manages a flat graph hierarchy whose root graph will be the given graph.

The given graph factory is used by this manager to create new nodes and graphs. The graph factory is responsible for creating the right kind of node and graph elements within this hierarchy. The factory is also responsible for propagating registered listeners from the parent graph to the newly generated graphs.

The hierarchy manager passes certain hints to the registered graph factory. If the hint for node creation is of type Graph then the created node will be a folder node whose inner graph is represented by the hint. The hint for graph creation is always the parent graph of the newly created graph.

By default a factory of type DefaultHierarchyGraphFactory is set.

Method Detail

getInstance

public static HierarchyManager getInstance(Graph graph)

This static method returns the hierarchy manager instance that is responsible for managing the given graph.

Parameters:

graph - a graph whose associated hierarchy manager is being sought.

Returns:

the hierarchy manager associated with the given graph. Returns null in case the given graph is not part of a hierarchy.

dispose

public void dispose()

Disposes this HierarchtyManager instance. To free resources, this method should be called after a HierarchyManager instance is not needed anymore.

createFolderNode

public Node createFolderNode(Node parent)

Returns a newly created folder node that will be created as a child node of the given folder or group node. The registered GraphFactory is responsible for both the creation of the new inner graph accessible by the folder node and the folder node itself.

Emits a HierarchyEvents of type HierarchyEvent.PRE_NODE_STATE_CHANGE, and HierarchyEvent.NODE_STATE_CHANGED.

Parameters:

parent - the node that represents the graph in which to create the folder node.

Returns:

the newly created folder node

createFolderNode

public Node createFolderNode(Graph parentGraph)

Similar to HierarchyManager.createFolderNode(Node). The newly created folder node will be created as a child node of getAnchorNode(parentGraph)).

createGroupNode

public Node createGroupNode(Node parent)

Returns a newly created group node that will be created as a child node of the given group or folder node. The registered GraphFactory is responsible for the creation and configuration of the group node.

Emits a HierarchyEvent of type HierarchyEvent.PRE_NODE_STATE_CHANGE and HierarchyEvent.NODE_STATE_CHANGED.

Parameters:

parent - the group or folder node that will be the parent of the newly created node.

Returns:

the newly created group node

createGroupNode

public Node createGroupNode(Graph graph)

Similar to HierarchyManager.createGroupNode(Node). The newly created group node will be created as a child node of getAnchorNode(parentGraph)).

convertToGroupNode

public void convertToGroupNode(Node v)

Converts a folder node or a normal node to a group node

Emits HierarchyEvents of type HierarchyEvent.PRE_NODE_STATE_CHANGE and HierarchyEvent.NODE_STATE_CHANGED.

Parameters:

v - a folder node or a normal node that should be converted to a group node

convertToFolderNode

public void convertToFolderNode(Node v)

Converts a group node or a normal node to a folder node. A newly created graph will be assigned as inner graph of the node.

Emits HierarchyEvents of type HierarchyEvent.PRE_NODE_STATE_CHANGE and HierarchyEvent.NODE_STATE_CHANGED.

Parameters:

v - a group node or a normal node that should be converted to a folder node

convertToFolderNode

public void convertToFolderNode(Node v,
                                Graph innerGraph)

Like HierarchyManager.convertToFolderNode(y.base.Node) with the additional option to specify the inner graph to be used by the folder node.

closeGroup

public void closeGroup(Node groupNode)

Convenience method that performs all necessary steps to convert a group node to a folder node. The children contained in the group node will be automatically transfered to the inner graph of the folder node.

openFolder

public void openFolder(Node folderNode)

Convenience method that performs all necessary steps to convert a folder node to a group node. The children contained in the inner graph of the folder node will be automatically transfered to the target group node.

convertToNormalNode

public void convertToNormalNode(Node v)

Converts a group or folder node to a normal node. The group or folder node may not contain any children when this method gets called.

convertToInterEdge

public void convertToInterEdge(Edge e,
                               Node realSource,
                               Node realTarget)

Converts a normal edge to an inter edge. The inter edge will be setup to have the given nodes as it's original end points.

The specified real source node must be either identical with the source node of the given edge or the real source node must be contained within the graph hierarchy subtree reachable from the source node of the given edge. The same applies to the given real target node.

The given edge must be a normal edge.

Parameters:

e - the edge to be converted to an inter edge

realSource - the real source node associated with the inter edge

realTarget - the real target node associated with the inter edge

convertToNormalEdge

public void convertToNormalEdge(Edge e)

Converts an inter edge to a normal edge.

Parameters:

e - the edge to be converted to a normal edge

setGraphFactory

public void setGraphFactory(GraphFactory factory)

Sets the graph factory used by this manager to create new nodes and graphs. The graph factory is responsible for creating the right kind of node and graph elements within this hierarchy. The factory is also responsible for registering graph listeners to the newly generated graphs.

A hierarchy manager passes certain hints to the registered graph factory. If the hint for node creation is of type Graph then the created node will be a folder node whose inner graph is represented by the hint. The hint for graph creation is always the parent graph of the newly created graph.

By default a factory of type DefaultHierarchyGraphFactory is set.

getGraphFactory

public GraphFactory getGraphFactory()

Returns the registered graph factory of this hierarchy manager.

See Also:

HierarchyManager.setGraphFactory(GraphFactory)

getInterEdgeConfigurator

public InterEdgeConfigurator getInterEdgeConfigurator()

Returns the InterEdgeConfigurator used by this class.

setInterEdgeConfigurator

public void setInterEdgeConfigurator(InterEdgeConfigurator interEdgeConfigurator)

Sets the InterEdgeConfigurator for this class. By default an instance of DefaultInterEdgeConfigurator is set.

preTraverse

public void preTraverse(HierarchyManager.NodeVisitor visitor)

Pretraverse all nodes within the hierarchy. This method visits the children of a node after its parent has been visited. Also, the children of a node will be visited from first to last child.

preTraverse

public void preTraverse(Node rootNode,
                        HierarchyManager.NodeVisitor visitor)

Pretraverse all nodes within the hierarchy, that are descendants of the given group or folder node. This method visits the children of a node after its parent has been visited. Also, the children of a node will be visited from first to last child.

postTraverse

public void postTraverse(HierarchyManager.NodeVisitor visitor)

Posttraverse all nodes within the hierarchy. This method visits a node after all of its decendant nodes have been visited. Also, the children of a node will be visited from last to first child.

postTraverse

public void postTraverse(Node rootNode,
                         HierarchyManager.NodeVisitor visitor)

Posttraverse all nodes within the hierarchy, that are descendants of the given group or folder node. This method visits a node after all of its decendant nodes have been visited. Also, the children of a node will be visited from last to first child.

getNodeIdDataProvider

public DataProvider getNodeIdDataProvider()

Returns a data provider the provides a unique ID for each node within the hierarchy.

getParentNodeIdDataProvider

public DataProvider getParentNodeIdDataProvider()

Returns a data provider the provides the parent ID for each node within the hierarchy. The following equality will hold:

 getNodeIdDataProvider().get(getParentNode(v)) == getParentNodeDataProvider().get(v)
 

See Also:

HierarchyManager.getNodeIdDataProvider()

getGroupNodeDataProvider

public DataProvider getGroupNodeDataProvider()

Returns a data provider the provides boolean values for each node indicating whether or not the given node is a group node. The following equality will hold:

 isGroupNode(v) == getGroupNodeDataProvider().getBool(v)
 

containsGroupNodes

public static boolean containsGroupNodes(Graph graph)

Whether or not the given graph contains any group nodes.

getRealSource

public Node getRealSource(Edge e)

Returns the real source node associated with the given inter edge.

Precondition:

isInterEdge(graph,e)

Parameters:

e - the inter edge for which to return the real source node

getRealTarget

public Node getRealTarget(Edge e)

Returns the real target node associated with the given inter edge.

Precondition:

isInterEdge(graph,e)

Parameters:

e - the inter edge for which to return the real target node

contains

public boolean contains(Graph graph)

Returns whether or not the given graph is part of this graph hierarchy

isInterEdge

public boolean isInterEdge(Edge e)

Returns whether or not the given edge is an inter edge.

isFolderNode

public boolean isFolderNode(Node v)

Returns whether or not the given node is a folder node.

isGroupNode

public boolean isGroupNode(Node v)

Returns whether or not the given node is agroup node.

isNormalNode

public boolean isNormalNode(Node v)

Returns whether or not the given node is a normal node, i.e. neither group nor folder node.

containsGroups

public boolean containsGroups()

Queries the hierarchy if it contains any group nodes.

getInnerGraph

public Graph getInnerGraph(Node folderNode)

Returns the inner graph accessible from the given folder node.

Precondition:

isFolderNode(folderNode)

Postcondition:

getAnchorNode(getInnerGraph(parent,node)) == node

Parameters:

folderNode - the anchor node.

Returns:

the inner graph accessible from folderNode

getAnchorNode

public Node getAnchorNode(Graph graph)

Returns the anchor node of the given graph. If the given graph is the root graph of this hierarchy then there is no anchor node and null gets returned. Otherwise a folder node whose inner graph is the given graph will be returned.

Precondition:

!isRootGraph(graph)

Postcondition:

getInnerGraph(getParentGraph(graph), getAnchorNode(graph)) == graph

getParentNode

public Node getParentNode(Node node)

Returns the parent node of the given node. The parent node can either be a folder node or a group node. The method returns null if the given node has no parent node. In such a case the node belongs to the root graph.

isAncestor

public boolean isAncestor(Node presumedAncestor,
                          Node node)

Queries the hierarchy if a given node is an ancestor of another node in the hierarchy.

Parameters:

presumedAncestor - the presumed ancestor of node

node - the presumed descendant of presumedAncestor

getParentGraph

public Graph getParentGraph(Graph graph)

Returns the parent graph of the given graph within this hierarchy. The parent graph is the graph containing the anchor node of the given graph.

getRootGraph

public Graph getRootGraph()

Returns the root graph of this hierarchy.

isRootGraph

public boolean isRootGraph(Graph graph)

Returns whether or not the given graph is the root graph of this hierarchy.

getFolderPath

public Object[] getFolderPath(Object item)

Returns the hierarchy of folder nodes that lie above the given item within this hierarchy. The returned folder path is the folder node hierarchy traversed from the root node down to the given item.

Parameters:

item - either a graph within this hierarchy or a node contained in such a graph.

Returns:

the folder node path. The first item of the returned array is always the root graph of this hierarchy. The elements to follow are all folder nodes within this hierarchy that lie on the way down to the given item. The given item itself will not be part of the folderpath, except it is the root graph itself.

getTreePath

public Object[] getTreePath(Object item)

Returns the hierarchy of group and folder nodes that lie above the given item within this hierarchy. The returned folder path is the group and folder node hierarchy traversed from the root node down to the given item.

Parameters:

item - either a graph within this hierarchy or a node contained in such a graph.

Returns:

the tree path. The first item of the returned array is always the root graph of this hierarchy. The elements to follow are all group or folder nodes within this hierarchy that lie on the way down to the given item. The given item itself will not be part of the folderpath, except it is the root graph itself.

getTreePath

public Object[] getTreePath(Object item,
                            boolean includeItem)

Like HierarchyManager.getTreePath(Object) with the additional option to include the given item as the last element of the path.

Parameters:

includeItem - whether or not to include the given item as the last element of the path.

getNearestCommonAncestor

public Node getNearestCommonAncestor(NodeList subNodes)

Finds the group or folder node that is the nearest common ancestor of all given nodes.

Parameters:

subNodes - arbitrary nodes being part of this hierarchy.

Returns:

the group or folder node that is the nearest common ancestor of all given nodes. If the nearest common ancestor is the root graph of the hierarchy, then nullwill be returned.

getNearestCommonAncestor

public Graph getNearestCommonAncestor(Graph g1,
                                      Graph g2)

Finds the graph that is the nearest common ancestor of two graphs in the hierarchy.

Parameters:

g1 - the first graph

g2 - the second graph

Returns:

the graph that is the nearest common ancestor of the two given graphs.

getFolderNodes

public NodeList getFolderNodes(Graph rootGraph,
                               boolean recursive)

Returns all folder nodes that are either contained in given graph or contained in the given graph or one of its graph decendants. The given flag determines whether or not this method returns only the folder nodes contained in the given graph or also the folder nodes contained in all child graphs reachable from the given graph.

The result will be returned as an ordered list of nodes. The order of nodes is such that a hierchically higher folder node will always occur before a hierachically lower node in the list.

getLocalGroupDepth

public int getLocalGroupDepth(Node node)

Returns the hierarchy level of the given node within its graph. If the parent of the given node is either the root graph or a folder node this method will return 0. If it parent node of the given node is a group node p then the result will be the same as the one for p plus 1.

getChildren

public NodeCursor getChildren(Node node)

Returns all direct child nodes of a group or folder node.

addHierarchyListener

public void addHierarchyListener(HierarchyListener listener)

Adds a HierarchyListener to this HierarchyManager;

removeHierarchyListener

public void removeHierarchyListener(HierarchyListener listener)

Removes the given HierarchyListener from the lsit of registered listeners of this HierarchyManager.

fireHierarchyEvent

protected void fireHierarchyEvent(HierarchyEvent e)

Propagates the given hierarchy event to all registered hierarchy listeners.

moveToFirst

public void moveToFirst(Node childNode)

Makes the given node the first child of its parent. Note that changing the order of children of a node, effectively changes the traversal order of nodes within the hierarchy.

See Also:

HierarchyManager.postTraverse(y.view.hierarchy.HierarchyManager.NodeVisitor), HierarchyManager.preTraverse(y.view.hierarchy.HierarchyManager.NodeVisitor)

moveToLast

public void moveToLast(Node childNode)

Makes the given node the last child of its parent. Note that changing the order of children of a node, effectively changes the traversal order of nodes within the hierarchy.

See Also:

HierarchyManager.postTraverse(y.view.hierarchy.HierarchyManager.NodeVisitor), HierarchyManager.preTraverse(y.view.hierarchy.HierarchyManager.NodeVisitor)

foldSubgraph

public void foldSubgraph(NodeList subNodes,
                         Node folderNode)

Moves part of a graph into a folder node. The part of the graph that is moved will be induced by the nodes in the given nodelist. These nodes must all be contained within the same source graph. The edges and nodes being part of the induced subgraph will then be transfered to the inner graph of the given folder node. The folder node itself must be contained in the source graph and not contained in the induced subgraph.

Edges that have exactly one end point within the moved subgraph will be redefined, in such a way that the edge will have both of it's end points within the same graph. Edges that stay within the parent graph will be redefined to have one endpoint to be the given folder node. If both endpoints of the edge lie somewhere within the given folder node after the operation, then the edge will be redefined as well.

unfoldSubgraph

public void unfoldSubgraph(Graph innerGraph,
                           NodeList subNodes)

Moves part of a nested graph up the hierarchy to the parent graph. This operation is the inverse of HierarchyManager.foldSubgraph(NodeList, Node). The given graph must have a parent graph.

The effect of the method calls

 foldSubGraph(subNodes, folderNode)
 unfoldSubGraph(getInnerGraph(folderNode), subNodes)
 

first folds and then unfolds a subgraph again. The graphs and graph hierarchy will appear unchangeed after this call sequence.

The given graph must have a parent graph

Parameters:

innerGraph - the nested graph that is the source of the subgraph movement

subNodes - nodes within graph that will be moved to the parent graph

groupSubgraph

public void groupSubgraph(NodeList subNodes,
                          Node groupNode)

Assigns the given nodes to the given group node. Invoking this method makes the group node the nearest common ancestor of the given nodes. The hierarchical structure of the given nodes will be kept by the operation, i.e if one of the given nodes is the parent of another given node then this relation will not be changed.

ungroupSubgraph

public void ungroupSubgraph(NodeList subNodes)

Conveniance method that moves all given nodes a hierarchy level up, if possible. In other words, the local group depth of these nodes decreses by 1, if it is not already 0.

See Also:

HierarchyManager.getLocalGroupDepth(Node).