Hi,

Sorry if this is a repeat, not sure if my first post came through.

Your mail came through, but I just forgot to answer it :)

Is it possible with Mondrian to do any of the following:

• generate labels on graph edges e.g. names of association ends in a

UML class diagram?

Theoretically yes, but the current implementation will not draw them quite correctly :(. To do that you have to decorate an ArrowShape with a LabelShape. The problem is that LabelShape was made to work with Rectangles, so they will position themselves outside the bounds of the shape they decorate. So, if you have a LineShape that is diagonal from top-left to bottom-right, and you want a label at the end, you will get your label positioned either on the top-right or on the bottom- right.

This should actually be changed, as the line should directly know how to work with labels.

• generate nodes like class nodes (with name, line, attributes list,

etc.)?

view umlClassShapeWithLabel: #name. view nodes: classGroup. ...

• possibly with some layout coding, generate component-port-

connector models: labeled boxes, labeled lines between boxes, labeled mini-boxes on the edges of the connections

Yes it is possible. To build complex shapes, you should take a look at the FormsBuilder. To get an idea of how to use it, take a look at FormsBuilderTest. A very complex shape can be seen in FormsBuilderTest>>testAdvancedApi.

• Are these reasonable usages of current Mondrian capability?

Definitely.

Cheers, Doru

Thanks!

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