Re: [jgrapht-announce] GraphT v1.4.0 released

[John S. <js...@gm...>]

Great work everyone!

On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 9:02 PM Joris Kinable <j.k...@gm...> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> JGraphT version 1.4.0 has been released! Moving forward, the 1.4.0
> release is an important one. This is the last release for Java 1.8, since
> Java 1.8 reached its end-of-life status in 2019. The next release will
> require Java 11.
>
> JGraphT 1.4.0 comes with a number of significant improvements and
> enhancements. We overhauled the way graphs are imported and exported. The
> new importers essentially decouple the parsing from the graph construction.
> You now have the option of parsing without building the graph. This is
> crucial if you want to bulk import a graph, or when you need to create
> immutable graphs which require to supply the graph structure as part of the
> constructor. This is also helpful if you want to combine our parsers with
> other libraries. Next to changes to the importers & exporters, new,
> optimized classes to model sparse graphs have been added. These are
> essential for high-performance computing applications. Finally, JGraphT now
> also includes a graph drawing/layout component which allows you to project
> graphs onto a 2-dimensional surface using various popular layout
> algorithms. Many thanks to Dimitrios Michael for contributing these big
> changes.
> Next to structural changes, many developers made important algorithmic
> contributions. Thanks to the efforts of Semen Chudakov and Timofey Chudakov
> we have added various state-of-the-art routing and shortest path algorithms
> based on contraction hierarchies. Moreover, one of our oldest open-tasks
> has finally been closed: we have proper support for planarity testing!
>
> For a complete overview of all the changes, refer to the changelog
> <https://github.com/jgrapht/jgrapht/blob/master/HISTORY.md>.
>
> cheers,
>
> Joris Kinable
>
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