d3-link-register

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d3-link-register

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A class to make working with the data structure expected by D3js graph layouts easier.

The link register provides methods to add and remove links and nodes, efficiently check if the link is already in the layout and to remove all links from a node.

The only assumption it currently makes about your graph layout is that if you a link between a pair of nodes, you want exactly one link. This should probably be set-able by the user, at some point.

Installation

npm install d3-link-register

Usage

Instantiation:

var LinkRegister = require("d3-link-register")
 
var register  = new LinkRegister(force, links, nodes, index_attr)

Arguments:

  • force: the object responsible for actually rendering the nodes and links. force is assumed to have methods .nodes and .links which are used to set the data attributes corresponding to the nodes and links.
  • links: An array of objects with attributes source and target, which hold a reference to the nodes the link comes from and the link is directed to.
  • nodes: An array of objects corresponding to the nodes of the graph
  • index_attr: The attribute the register will use to keep track of which node is which. It includes a method (called internally) which will ensure that new nodes will be assigned the attribute. It is assumed to have a numerical value.

Attributes:

It maps its arguments to the attributes of the same name. It also instantiates a register attribute, which is an object literals used as a hash from from the link name (of form ",") to the link itself.

Methods:

  • register.name(link): Compute the name for a link based on the index_attr of it's target and source.

  • register.allow_loops(bool): Sets a flag to the boolean value of its argument. Setting this to true allows the graph to have loop edges. That is it allows the same node to be the target and source of a link.

    False by default.

    returns the current value of the flag if no argument is provided, otherwise returns the link register itself.

  • register.directed(bool): Sets a flag to the boolean value of its argument. If true, the graph is held to be directed, that is link_register will hold the direction of the link to be significant. In a directed graph {target: A, source: B} and {target: B, source: A} are considered to be different links.

    Defaults to false.

    returns the current value of the flag if no argument is provided, otherwise returns the link register itself.

  • register.index(link): Finds the index of the it's argument in the link array by looking for a match between the index_attrs of link.target and link.source, and an element of the corresponding attributes of an element of the existing link array. Does the right thing vis-a-vis the value of register.directed()

    returns The index of the link if it is in register.links, -1 otherwise.

  • register.has(link): A fast check to see if the link currently exists. It uses the register.register object literal.

  • register.add_link(link): If the link is not already in the register, add it. It will also updated the register.force object with the new link.

    returns: true if the link was added. false otherwise.

  • register.add_node: Adds a node to the register, and updates the register.force object. Also makes sure that new nodes have a unique index object.

  • register.remove_link(link): Removes the supplied link from the register, and updates the register.force object accordingly.

  • register.orphan_node(node): Removes all links from a given node. It calls register.remove_link repeatedly

  • register.remove_node(node): Orphans the node and then removes it from the nodes array. You can now pass in an array of nodes to be removed.

  • register.init(): Calls the .nodes and .links methods of the register.force object with the appropriate arguments.

    returns register.force

  • register.ensure_shape(): This method iterates through each node and makes sure it has an index. It will not assign a node an index which is already used by another node. It now checks to makes sure the existing assignments are 1:1.

    returns register.nodes


Compatibility

browser support

A measure of technical debt

See codebux for more info.

+   100.00  # initial stipend
-    10.75  # index.js
-    14.48  # tests.js
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