[Webofpatterns-user] Pattern browser

[Jens D. <J.B...@ma...>]

Hi,

The first version of the new pattern browser tool is now available. It
is in the CVS (swing-ui module, the executable class is PatternBrowser),
and will be part of the next wop release. In a nutshell, the tool
connects to a WOP server, downloads the patterns and builds a graph
visualizing the respective pattern. 

The graph displays one pattern participant together with the
participants it depends on and its dependents. The edges are labelled
with the constraint name. The participants can be double-clicked in
order to navigate through the pattern. 

I think this tools will be very useful to document and understand
patterns. In a future version we will add support for generating images
we could put on the web site (e.g. using Batik or a JPG encoder). 

- Jens
  
 

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Dr Jens Dietrich
Senior Lecturer Computer Science
Institute of Information Sciences & Technology
Te Kura Putaiao o Hangarau-a-Mohiotanga
Massey University
Palmerston North
New Zealand
Phone: +64 6 350 5799 ext 2212
Email: J.B...@ma...
Web: http://www-ist.massey.ac.nz/JBDietrich/

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