/*
* Lokomo OneCMDB - An Open Source Software for Configuration
* Management of Datacenter Resources
*
* Copyright (C) 2006 Lokomo Systems AB
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
* your option) any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
* WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* General Public License for more details.
*
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* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
* 02110-1301 USA.
*
* Lokomo Systems AB can be contacted via e-mail: info@lokomo.com or via
* paper mail: Lokomo Systems AB, Sv�rdv�gen 27, SE-182 33
* Danderyd, Sweden.
*
*/
package org.onecmdb.web.graphs;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import org.onecmdb.web.ImageMap;
public interface GraphRenderer {
/**
* Render a representation of the input graph onto a specific format onto
* a specific output stream.
* @param graphML An input stream conssiting of a graph represented in
* {@link http://graphml.graphdrawing.org/ GraphML} format.
* @param output An output stream where to write the produced artifact.
* @param format the image format (e.g., "JPG", "PNG"). The number and kind
* of available formats varies by platform. See
* {@link javax.imageio.ImageIO} and related classes for more.
* format on the output stream.
* @throws IOException In case of illegal input format, or errors with the
* streams passed.
*/
public abstract void render(InputStream graphML, OutputStream output, String format,
ImageMap imagemap)
throws IOException;
}