Lib.rs

Description

The library provides the basic access to the graphs in graphviz format with ability to import into or export from it.

Base examples:

Parse dot source

use dot_structures::*;
use dot_generator::*;

fn parse_test() {
    let g: Graph = parse(r#"
        strict digraph t {
            aa[color=green]
            subgraph v {
                aa[shape=square]
                subgraph vv{a2 -> b2}
                aaa[color=red]
                aaa -> bbb
            }
            aa -> be -> subgraph v { d -> aaa}
            aa -> aaa -> v
        }
        "#).unwrap();

    assert_eq!(
        g,
        graph!(strict di id!("t");
              node!("aa";attr!("color","green")),
              subgraph!("v";
                node!("aa"; attr!("shape","square")),
                subgraph!("vv"; edge!(node_id!("a2") => node_id!("b2"))),
                node!("aaa";attr!("color","red")),
                edge!(node_id!("aaa") => node_id!("bbb"))
                ),
              edge!(node_id!("aa") => node_id!("be") => subgraph!("v"; edge!(node_id!("d") => node_id!("aaa")))),
              edge!(node_id!("aa") => node_id!("aaa") => node_id!("v"))
            )
    )
}

Print graph into dot source

 use dot_structures::*;
use dot_generator::*;
use graphviz_rust::printer::{PrinterContext, DotPrinter};

fn print_test() {
    let mut g = graph!(strict di id!("id"));
    assert_eq!("strict digraph id {}".to_string(), g.print(&mut PrinterContext::default()));
}

Transform graph into external formats with cmd engine

 use dot_structures::*;
use dot_generator::*;
use graphviz_rust::{exec, parse};
use graphviz_rust::cmd::{CommandArg, Format};
use graphviz_rust::printer::{PrinterContext, DotPrinter};
use graphviz_rust::attributes::*;

fn output_test() {
    let mut g = graph!(id!("id");
             node!("nod"),
             subgraph!("sb";
                 edge!(node_id!("a") => subgraph!(;
                    node!("n";
                    NodeAttributes::color(color_name::black), NodeAttributes::shape(shape::egg))
                ))
            ),
            edge!(node_id!("a1") => node_id!(esc "a2"))
        );
    let graph_svg = exec(g, &mut PrinterContext::default(), vec![
        CommandArg::Format(Format::Svg),
    ]).unwrap();
}

Structure:

The structure pursues to follow the dot notation closely, therefore it has straight accordance. The structures can be found in dot_structures::* and has the following denotion:

 strict digraph t {                     : graph with t as id
         aa[color=green]                : node aa and attributes in []
         subgraph v {                   : subgraph v
 	        aa[shape=square]            : node aa in subgraph 
 	        subgraph vv{a2 -> b2}       : another subgraph carrying edge inside( a type of the edge is Pair)
 	        aaa[color=red]
 	        aaa -> subgraph { d -> aaa} : subgraph id is anonymous id
         }
        aa -> be -> d -> aaa            : other edge with a type Chain
    }

Generate a dot structure:

The library provides a set of macros alleviating the process of graph construction.

Most of them, which have the sequence pattern(nodes with attributes, graphs or subgraphs with statements etc.) have the following syntax:

• name or id or any other markers
• list of structure with a comma or seq of elems with a semicolon

assert_eq!(
    node!("node_id"; attr!("atr1","val1"),attr!("atr2","val2")),
    node!("node_id", vec![attr!("atr1","val1"),attr!("atr2","val2")])
);

The macros can be found in dot_generator::* and has the following denotion:

       fn graph_test() {
    use dot_generator::*;
    use dot_structures::*;

    let g = r#"
            strict digraph t {
                aa[color=green]
                subgraph v {
                    aa[shape=square]
                    subgraph vv{a2 -> b2}
                    aaa[color=red]
                    aaa -> bbb
                }
                aa -> be -> subgraph v { d -> aaa}
                aa -> aaa -> v
            }
            "#;

    graph!(strict di id!("t");
                  node!("aa";attr!("color","green")),
                  subgraph!("v";
                    node!("aa"; attr!("shape","square")),
                    subgraph!("vv"; edge!(node_id!("a2") => node_id!("b2"))),
                    node!("aaa";attr!("color","red")),
                    edge!(node_id!("aaa") => node_id!("bbb"))
                    ),
                  edge!(node_id!("aa") => node_id!("be") => subgraph!("v"; edge!(node_id!("d") => node_id!("aaa")))),
                  edge!(node_id!("aa") => node_id!("aaa") => node_id!("v"))
                );
}

Attributes

The graphviz provides an enormous amount of possible attributes and to support it, the library provides a set of structures alleviating the navigation among them namely:

• custom attribute can be easily compound with the macros attr!(id,id) nevertheless another possible formats:
• using named attributes like graphviz_rust::attributes::color for the color attribute
• using the particular structures graphviz_rust::attributes::{EdgeAttributes,SubgraphAttributes GraphAttributes, NodeAttributes} grouping and displaying which attribute belongs to the struct.

   use graphviz_rust::attributes::{color, color_name, GraphAttributes, NodeAttributes};
use into_attr::IntoAttribute;
use dot_structures::*;
use dot_generator::*;

fn test() {
   assert_eq!(GraphAttributes::center(true), attr!("center",true));
   assert_eq!(
       NodeAttributes::color(color_name::antiquewhite1),
       attr!("color","antiquewhite1"));
   assert_eq!(color::default().into_attr(), attr!("color","black"));
}

Transform into string following a dot format

The trait DotPrinter is summoned to transform a graph structure into string.

     use dot_generator::*;
use dot_structures::*;
use graphviz_rust::printer::{PrinterContext, DotPrinter};

fn subgraph_test() {
    let mut ctx = PrinterContext::default();
    let s = subgraph!("id"; node!("abc"), edge!(node_id!("a") => node_id!("b")));

    assert_eq!(s.print(&mut ctx), "subgraph id {\n    abc\n    a -- b \n}".to_string());
}

The module allows adjusting some of the parameters such as indent step or line separator using PrinterContext:

     fn ctx() {
    use self::graphviz_rust::printer::PrinterContext;
    let mut ctx = PrinterContext::default();

    ctx.always_inline(); // everything in one line
    ctx.with_semi(); // semicolon at the end of every element
    ctx.with_indent_step(4); // indent 4 (default 2)
    ctx.with_inline_size(60); // size indicating the line needs to break into multilines
}

External formats anf others using cmd engine

The library provides an ability to use command commands from the rust code. The details are denoted in graphviz_rust::{exec}.

  fn output_test() {
    let mut g = graph!(id!("id"));
    exec(g, PrinterContext::default(), vec![
        CommandArg::Format(Format::Svg),
        CommandArg::Output("path_to_file".to_string())
    ]);
}

Note: to have it successfully up and running the command client should be installed