Re: rop-browser design

From: Marcel (emmpeege..mail.com)
Date: Thu Jul 27 2006 - 03:13:06 EDT

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    >>> At the moment I think the best (read 'only practical') way to do it
    >>> is via a wizard. The user selects a NamedQuery from the map, sets
    >>> key/value parameters, and picks from the results.
    >>
    >> How about expanding the control panel capabilities? Current control
    >> panel opens a new "Object Editor" window on every query run. We can
    >> do two things:
    >>
    >> * (optionally) open the results in the same Object Editor.
    > I see where you are coming from, but this would introduce quite some
    > complexity because the automatic graph layout algorithm relies on the
    > graph being fully connected. I have seen an application where dummy
    > edges are introduced to counter this, but it compromises the algorithm
    > to a certain extent - in the normal case the layout isn't as good.
    >
    Just a note: the latest version of GEF seems to allow for graphs which
    are not fully connected - nice! So I'll work this in.

    Marcel



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