Graph::Writer::TGXML 0.01

Graph::Writer::TGXML is a Perl module used to write out directed graph as TouchGraph LinkBrowser XML.

SYNOPSIS

use Graph;
use Graph::Writer::TGXML;

$graph = Graph->new();
# add edges and nodes to the graph

$writer = Graph::Writer::TGXML->new();
$writer->write_graph($graph, mygraph.xml);

Graph::Writer::TGXML is a class for writing out a directed graph in a format suitable for use with TouchGraphs LinkBrowser. The graph must be an instance of the Graph class, which is actually a set of classes developed by Jarkko Hietaniemi.

The XML format contains Nodes and Edges. For nodes, the label, URL and tooltip attributes are used, for label, url and hint respectively. For edges, no attributes are currently used.

METHODS

new()

Constructor - generate a new writer instance.

$writer = Graph::Writer::TGXML->new();

This doesnt take any arguments.

write_graph()

Write a specific graph to a named file:

$writer->write_graph($graph, $file);

The $file argument can either be a filename, or a filehandle for a previously opened file.