IGraphDotElement (formcycle: bom 8.3.5 API)

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

IDirectedGraphDotStatement, IGenericGraphDotStatement, IGraphDotAttributeList, IGraphDotEdgeSpecifier<S>, IGraphDotEdgeStatement<S>, IGraphDotGraph<S>, IGraphDotStatement, IGraphDotSubGraph<S,E>, IGraphDotSubGraphExpression<S>, IUndirectedGraphDotStatement

All Known Implementing Classes:

Assignment, AssignmentStatement, AttributeStatement, DirectedEdgeStatement, DirectedGraph, DirectedSubGraph, DirectedSubGraphExpression, EdgeAttributeList, GraphAttributeList, NodeAttributeList, NodeId, NodeStatement, Port, SubGraphAttributeList, UndirectedEdgeStatement, UndirectedGraph, UndirectedSubGraph, UndirectedSubGraphExpression
```
public interface IGraphDotElement
extends Serializable
```
Base type for all graph dot elements.

Since:

8.2.0

Author:

XIMA MEDIA GmbH

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`toGraphDotString()`	Creates a string in the graph dot language representing this element.
`void`	`write(GraphDotModelWriter writer)`	Writes this element to the given writer, as a string in the graph dot language representing this element.

- Method Detail
  - toGraphDotString
```
String toGraphDotString()
```
    Creates a string in the graph dot language representing this element.
    
    Returns:
    
    This element as a graph dot string.
  - write
```
void write(GraphDotModelWriter writer)
    throws IOException
```
    Writes this element to the given writer, as a string in the graph dot language representing this element.
    
    Parameters:
    
    writer - Writer to write to.
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - When the writer could not be written to.