Alexander Nyßen, itemis AG Project Lead Image courtesy of Stefan Rimaila/ flickr The next generation Graphical Editing Framework GEF(4) Dot Oh Dot Oh
Alexander Nyßen, itemis AGProject Lead
Image courtesy of Stefan Rimaila/ flickr
The next generation Graphical Editing Framework
GEF(4) Dot Oh Dot Oh
GEF 3.x• Provides framework components for Eclipse-integrated
graphical editors and views
• Based on SWT as underlying rendering technology
• Initial contribution by IBM in 2002 and Chisel Group in 2007
• In pure maintenance mode, but remains on the ‚train‘
Image courtesy of Hamad Aziz/ flickr
GEF4• Provides end-user tools and framework components for
graphical rich-client Java applications, Eclipse-integrated and standalone
• Based on JavaFX as underlying rendering technology
• Graduation release (1.0.0) with Neon
• Bugfix release (1.1.0) with Neon.1
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The next generation has (finally) taken over…
GEF „Generations“
GEF4
GEF
GEF-Legacy
GEF
0.1.0/0.2.0 1.0.0/1.1.0
5.0.03.10.0/3.10.1 3.11.0
3.10.0/3.10.1(Mars)
4.0.0/4.1.0(Neon)
5.0.0(Oxygen)
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[Draw2d, GEF (MVC), Zest]
[Common, Geometry, FX, MVC, Graph, Layout, Zest, DOT, Cloudio]
Project Releases
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https://github.com/eclipse/gef
https://github.com/eclipse/gef-legacy
GEF@GitHub
GEF-Legacy@GitHub
GEF „Generations“
Cloudio
GEF(4) Components
Image courtesy of Michael Stern / flickr
DOT
Common Geometry FX MVCGraph Layout Zest
• GEF(4) provides nine loosely coupled components.• Cloudio and DOT provide end-user features• The other components form two basic framework stacks:
• Common Geometry FX MVC• Graph Layout Zest
Cloudio - TagCloud View
DOT - Editor & Graph View
AbstractBehavior
Neon
• Disclosure of preliminary API
• Validation for style, splineType, point, arrowType, shape• Rendering of decorations, splines, and labels• Native layout integration
DOTCloudioO
xygen
• Further editing (validation & proposals) and rendering capabilities
• HTML-like labels and subgraphs
Undeployed Examples
GEF - Components
UI ≃ Eclipse UI FX ≃ JavaFX
Geometry
FX.JFaceLayout
MVC.FX.UI Zest.FX
MVC.FX
FXGraph
Zest.FX.UI
DOT
Common
Cloudio.UI
FX.SWT
Zest.FX.JFace
DOT.UI
Geometry.Convert.FX Geometry.Convert.SWT
DEMO - MVC Logo Example
Neon
Oxygen
• Connection Decoration Clipping
• Orthogonal Router & Orthogonal Bending
• Palette Support
Common Geometry FX MVC
• Snap-To-Geometry Support• Major API revision (Merge MVC & MVC.FX)
GEF - Components
UI ≃ Eclipse UI FX ≃ JavaFX
Geometry
FX.JFaceLayout
MVC.FX.UI Zest.FX
MVC.FX
FXGraph
Zest.FX.UI
DOT
Common
Cloudio.UI
FX.SWT
Zest.FX.JFace
DOT.UI
Geometry.Convert.FX Geometry.Convert.SWT
DEMO - Zest Graph Example
Neon
Oxygen
• Enhanced builder API
• Layout now Graph-based (I/O model)• JFace-API cleanups
Graph Layout Zest
• Live vs. Background Layout
• Java-9 compatibility• API cleanup/revision (MVC)• Support for HTML-like labels, subgraphs• Bundling of Graphviz executable (CQ 11140)
• Snap-To-Geometry Support• Background Layout• JSON Persistence
Oxygen Themes