[Doxygen-users] [ENHANCEMENT] Remove path dependencies from graphviz

[Arthur S. <asc...@at...>]

Dmitri;


It might be possible to remove the current path issues with the use of graphviz. If the dot interface was encapsulated in a class, then when doxygen is run it can determine which path format is used by dot and which is native to the invoking shell/system. Using the appropriate class object then does the necessary conversion.

Suppose there are:

class superPath {
    virtual string convertPath(string path) = 0;

}

class unixTounix: superPath { }class unixToDOS : superPath { }
class DOSToUnix : superPath { }
class DOSToDOS  : superPath { }

then at runtime initialization create a tmpfile and retrieve its absolute path. That determines the path environment for doxygen. Call a dot method requiring a path. If it is rejected or not rejected determines the path used by graphviz. Making the class instance global allows conversion throughout doxygen.

I don't know the code of anything, but just as a thought:
int decision = (doxygen_path_unix)? 0: 1;
decision    |= ((dot(path))? decision: !decision) << 1;

switch (decision) {
case 00:
    globalThing = new unixTounix();
    break;
case 01:
    globalThing = new unixToDOS();
    break;
case 10:
    globalThing = new DOSTounix();
    break;
case 11:
    globalThing = new DOSToDOS();
    break;
}

Thereafter:  dot(globalThing->convertPath(path));


This is not to say that it should, could, or would be done or done this way. Just a thought

Maybe in some future release?


art