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1. Add the following constants:

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   /** default value for spacing between nodes. */ private static final float DEFAULT_SPACING = 15.0f;

2. Use the following code as the skeleton of the doLayout(...) method:

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   progressMonitor.begin("Login_name layouter", 1); KShapeLayout parentLayout = layoutNodeparentNode.getData(KShapeLayout.class); float objectSpacing = parentLayout.getPRopertygetProperty(LayoutOptions.SPACING); if (objectSpacing < 0) { objectSpacing = DEFAULT_SPACING; } float borderSpacing = parentLayout.getProperty(LayoutOptions.BORDER_SPACING); if (borderSpacing < 0) { borderSpacing = DEFAULT_SPACING; } // TODO: Insert actual layout code. progressMonitor.done();

3. Put the following code at the end of the doLayout(...) method:

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   progressMonitor.done();

This exercise will introduce the usage of the Eclipse Plugin Development Environment for developing new layout algorithms to be used in Eclipse diagram editors. Replace each <login> by your own login name (e.g. msp), and each <Login> by your login name with capitalized first letter (e.g. Msp). For any questions contact msp.

1. Implement the layout provider class
   
2. Add the following constant to the class:

3.     /** default value for spacing between nodes. */
       private static final float DEFAULT_SPACING = 15.0f;
   

4. Write the following lines at the beginning of the doLayout method:

           progressMonitor.begin("<Login> Layouter", 1);
           KShapeLayout parentLayout = layoutNode.getData(KShapeLayout.class);
           float objectSpacing = parentLayout.getProperty(LayoutOptions.SPACING);
           if (objectSpacing < 0) {
               objectSpacing = DEFAULT_SPACING;
           }
           float borderSpacing = parentLayout.getProperty(LayoutOptions.BORDER_SPACING);
           if (borderSpacing < 0) {
               borderSpacing = DEFAULT_SPACING;
           }
   

5. Write the following line at the end of the doLayout method:

           progressMonitor.done();
   

Implement the rest of the layouter such that the nodes of the input graph are all put in a row.

6. See the KGraph and KLayoutData data structures: the input is a KNode and holds the nodes of the graph in its list of children
7. Iterate over the nodes in the getChildren() list of the layoutNode input
Retrieve the size of a node using the following code: It is now time to write the code that places the nodes. Here's two suggestions for how you can place them:

• The simplest way is to place nodes in a row, next to each other. To make this more interesting, you could also place the nodes along the graph of a Sine function.
• Another way might be to place them in a square or a circle. You would have to think about how exactly to align the nodes, which may well vary in size.

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        nodeLayout.setXpos(x);
        nodeLayout.setYpos(y);

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This exercise will introduce the usage of the Eclipse Plugin Development Environment for developing new layout algorithms to be used in Eclipse diagram editors. Replace each <login> by your own login name (e.g. msp), and each <Login> by your login name with capitalized first letter (e.g. Msp). For any questions contact msp.

1. Open the file META-INF/MANIFEST.MF → Extensions tab
   
   1. Add an extension for de.cau.cs.kieler.kiml.layout.layoutProviders
   2. Right-click the extension → New → layoutProvider
   3. Set name to <Login> Test Layouter, class to de.cau.cs.rtprak.<login>.tutorial2.<Login>LayoutProvider
   4. Right-click the new layoutProvider → New → knownOption, set option to de.cau.cs.kieler.spacing
   5. Add another knownOption, set to de.cau.cs.kieler.borderSpacing
2. Run → Run Configurations... → right-click Eclipse Application → New
   
   1. Name: Layout
   2. For testing the layouter, a new workspace location will be created; you may configure its destination in Workspace Data → Location
   3. Add the program arguments -debug -consoleLog in the Arguments tab.
   4. Go to Plug-ins tab, select Launch with: plug-ins selected below only
   5. Deselect All, activate Workspace checkbox, Add Required Plug-ins, Apply, Run
3. Test the layouter in the new Eclipse instance:
   
   1. New → Project... → General → Project, name test
   2. Right-click test project → New → Other... → KEG Diagram (TODO: if graphs shall be created in another way, describe it here)
   3. Create a graph using the palette on the right.
   4. Window → Show View → Other... → KIELER → Layout
   5. While the graph diagram is open, set Layout Provider or Type in the Layout view to <Login> Test Layouter.
   6. Open the additional views Layout Graph and Layout Time.
   7. Trigger layout with the KIELER Layout button in the toolbar or Ctrl+R L (first Ctrl+R, then L).
   8. See the direct input and output of your algorithm in the Layout Graph view.
   9. See the execution time analysis in the Layout Time view.
4. Implement another class EdgeRouter.
   
   1. Add the following method:

          /**
           * Route the edges that are connected with the children of the given node.
           * @param parentNode the parent node of the input graph
           */
           public void routeEdges(final KNode parentNode) {
               getMonitor().begin("Edge Routing", 1);
       
               getMonitor().done();
           }

   2. Add the following code to the end of the doLayout method in your layout provider:

              EdgeRouter edgeRouter = new EdgeRouter();
              edgeRouter.routeEdges(layoutNode);
      

   3. Implement the routeEdges method:
      
      • Each edge shall be drawn with three line segments: one vertical segment starting below the source node, one horizonzal segment, and another vertical segment ending below the target node.
      • The horizontal segments of two different edges shall not have the same y-coordinate; for consecutive edges, the distance between their horizontal segments shall equal objectSpacing.
      • See the attached image test-drawing.png for an example.
      • Find the edges using getOutgoingEdges() or getIncomingEdges() on a node.
      • Get the edge layout of an edge to set bend points using this code:

                KEdgeLayout edgeLayout = edge.getData(KEdgeLayout.class);
        

      • Create a bend point using this code:

                KPoint point = KLayoutDataFactory.eINSTANCE.createKPoint();
        

      • Use the getBendPoints() list on the edgeLayout to add bend points (clear the list first to remove points from the previous layout).
      • Set the values of the points returned by getSourcePoint() and getTargetPoint() according to the positions where the edge leaves its source node and reches its target node.
5. Use your previous run configuration to test the edge router.