Marker.java

/*
 * CCVisu is a tool for visual graph clustering
 * and general force-directed graph layout.
 * This file is part of CCVisu. 
 * 
 * Copyright (C) 2005-2007  Dirk Beyer
 * 
 * CCVisu is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * CCVisu is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * along with CCVisu; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 * 
 * Please find the GNU Lesser General Public License in file
 * license_lgpl.txt or http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.txt
 * 
 * Dirk Beyer    (firstname.lastname@sfu.ca)
 * Simon Fraser University (SFU), B.C., Canada
 */

package ccvisu;

/*****************************************************************
 * Marks a given vertex under certain conditions.
 * @version  $Revision$; $Date$
 * @author   Dirk Beyer
 *****************************************************************/
public class Marker {
  /** Constructor.*/
  public Marker() {
  }

  /*****************************************************************
   * Special marking for certain vertices by setting attributes of the vertex,
   * e.g., color and showName. 
   * This method should be overwritten by a user-defined subclass in order to 
   * implement some 'highlighting' functionality.
   * @param vertex  Vertex of the graph representation.
   *****************************************************************/
  public void mark(GraphVertex vertex) {
	/* Example:
	if(   vertex.name.startsWith("xyz")
	   || vertex.name.startsWith("zyx")
	  ) {
	  vertex.color = Color.RED;
	  vertex.showName = true;
	}
	*/
  }
};