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Cytoscape Plugin Developer's Tutorial

Cytoscape Plugin Developer's Tutorial

This tutorial will show some code snippets about how to use Cytoscape APIs on plugin development. Each feature is included in a sample plugin, which can serve as a starting point or template for new plugin developers. The code snippets can also be used as reference for experienced developers.

Cytoscape plugin is usually packaged in a jar file and deployed to the plugins directory of Cytoscape. When Cytoscape starts up and initializes, its plugin manager will look up all the plugins in plugins directory. A plugin should have following three components.

A class, which extends CytoscapePlugin. This is the entry point to Cytoscape.
A manifest file, explicitly list the class, which extended CytoscapePlugin class
A plugin.props file, which list the information about the plugin, such as plugin name, author, release date and more. Although this file is not absolutely required, it is recommended to have one, since plugin manager will need the information to handle the plugin properly. See the page at http://www.cytoscape.org/cgi-bin/moin.cgi/Cytoscape_Plugin_Tutorial for detail about the definition of a plugin.props.

If plugin developer will share and publish their plugins, they are encouraged to submit their plugins to Cytoscape plugin website at http://cytoscape.org/plugins/index.php .

How to add a tabbed Panel to Control panel?

It takes three steps to add a tabbed panel to the control panel.

//First, get a handler to the cytoPanel west, which is the control panel
CytoPanelImp ctrlPanel = (CytoPanelImp) Cytoscape.getDesktop().getCytoPanel(SwingConstants.WEST);

//Create a JPanel object (a class extends JPanel, say, MyPanel)
MyPanel myPanel = new MyPanel();

//Add it to the control panel.
ctrlPanel.add("myPanel", myPanel);

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How to add an image icon (menu item) to the toolbar?

Create a toolbarAction

ImageIcon icon = new ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("/tiger.jpg"));
MyPluginToolBarAction toolbarAction = new MyPluginToolBarAction(icon, this);

The toolbarAction must extend the class cytoscape.util.CytoscapeAction and its method isInToolBar()returns true.

Add the action to Cytoscape toolbar

Cytoscape.getDesktop().getCyMenus().addCytoscapeAction((CytoscapeAction) toolbarAction);

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How to create a submenu?

Same as adding an image icon to the toolbar, the difference is that its method “isInMenuBar()” in CytoscapeAction should return true.

Download a sample plugin, Here.

How to create, modify, and destroy a network, nodes, and edges?

A general procedure to create a network is, first create a bunch of CyNodes using the Cytoscape.getCyNode() method, then create edges using those nodes with Cytoscape.getCyEdge() method. Then call Cytoscape.createNetwork() with the list of nodes and edges just created.

The following snippet of code will create network with three nodes and three edges. The name of the network is “network1”.

//create a network without a view CyNetwork
yNetwork = Cytoscape.createNetwork("network1", false);

CyNode node0 = Cytoscape.getCyNode("rain", true);
CyNode node1 = Cytoscape.getCyNode("rainbow", true);
CyNode node2 = Cytoscape.getCyNode("rabbit", true);
CyNode node3 = Cytoscape.getCyNode("yellow", true);

cyNetwork.addNode(node0);
cyNetwork.addNode(node1);
cyNetwork.addNode(node2);
cyNetwork.addNode(node3);

CyEdge edge0 = Cytoscape.getCyEdge(node0, node1, Semantics.INTERACTION, "pp", true);
CyEdge edge1 = Cytoscape.getCyEdge(node0, node2, Semantics.INTERACTION, "pp", true);
CyEdge edge2 = Cytoscape.getCyEdge(node0, node3, Semantics.INTERACTION, "pp", true);

cyNetwork.addEdge(edge0);
cyNetwork.addEdge(edge1);
cyNetwork.addEdge(edge2);

To remove a node, we use the RootGraphIndex of the Node as follows. Note that when we remove a node, we have the option to remove it from the invisible rootGrpah or just hide it from current network.

cyNetwork.removeNode(node1.getRootGraphIndex(), true);

The following statement will destroy a network.

Cytoscape.destroyNetwork(cyNetwork);

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How to create, modify, and destroy a network view?

A network may or may not have a view. If we already have a network, we can create a view with the following statement.

// Create a view for the network CyNetworkView
cyView = Cytoscape.createNetworkView(cyNetwork, "MyNetwork");

If a node is hidden, the node and all of its incident edges will be hidden.

// hide a node
cyNetwork.hideNode(node1.getRootGraphIndex());

The following statement will destroy a network view.

Cytoscape.destroyNetworkView(cyView);

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How to determine which nodes are currently selected on a network?

The following snippet of code will get the list of selected nodes in current network and print out the node identifiers in console window.

CyNetwork current_network = Cytoscape.getCurrentNetwork();
Set selectedNodes = current_network.getSelectedNodes();

Iterator<Node> it = selectedNodes.iterator();
while (it.hasNext()) {
        Node aNode = (Node) it.next();
        System.out.println(aNode.getIdentifier());
}

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How to handle events from a network (and discuss each event type)?

// Handle PropertyChangeEvent
public void propertyChange(PropertyChangeEvent e) {
if (e.getPropertyName().equalsIgnoreCase(Cytoscape.ATTRIBUTES_CHANGED))
{
        System.out.println("Received an event -- Cytoscape.ATTRIBUTES_CHANGED!");
}
if (e.getPropertyName().equalsIgnoreCase(CytoscapeDesktop.NETWORK_VIEW_FOCUSED))
{
                                System.out.println("Received an event -- CytoscapeDesktop.NETWORK_VIEW_FOCUSED!");
}


}

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How to change the background color of a view?

The network view (DingNetworkView) is composed of three layers of canvases (foreground, network and background). To change the background color of a view, we first get the background canvas, and then set the color for the background. The following snippet of code will change the background color of network view, which has the focus.

//Let user choose a color
Color bkColor = JColorChooser.showDialog(Cytoscape.getDesktop(), "Please choose a background color", Color.white);

// Change the background color for current view
DingNetworkView  theView = (DingNetworkView) Cytoscape.getCurrentNetworkView();
DingCanvas backgroundCanvas = theView.getCanvas(DGraphView.Canvas.BACKGROUND_CANVAS);
backgroundCanvas.setBackground(bkColor);

// Refresh the view
Cytoscape.getCurrentNetworkView().updateView();

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How to zoom a network view?

To zoom a network view, all we need to know is the scale factor. Here is how,

// Get reference to the view
final CyNetworkView networkView = Cytoscape.getCurrentNetworkView();

networkView.setZoom(scaleFactor);
networkView.updateView();

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How to load attribute data?

Attributes are global variables. There are three types of attributes, NODE, EDGE and NETWORK. The following snippet of code shows how to add an attribute for a node – the key value will be the same as the ID of a node.

String attributeName = "testAttribute";
String AttributeValue = "testValue";
CyAttributes cyNodeAttrs = Cytoscape.getNodeAttributes();
cyNodeAttrs.setAttribute(node.getIdentifier(), attributeName, AttributeValue);

After attributes are loaded, it may be necessary to fire an event to notify other listeners that may have interest to the change.

// inform others via property change event.
Cytoscape.firePropertyChange(Cytoscape.ATTRIBUTES_CHANGED, null, null);

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How to remove attributes?

To remove an attribute, we need to know the attribute name and its type (NODE/EDGE/NETWORK). The following two statements will remove a node attribute.

CyAttributes cyNodeAttrs = Cytoscape.getNodeAttributes();
cyNodeAttrs.deleteAttribute(attributeName);

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How to use a web service client?

After a webservice is registered with the WebServiceManager, it can be used by other plugins. The following code snippet shows how to get the handler to a client by querying the WebServiceManager,

WebServiceClient<EUtilsServiceSoap> client =
        WebServiceClientManager.getClient("tutorial13");

if (client == null) {
System.out.println("Web service client tutorial13 is not found!");
        return;
}

If the manager found the webservice client and return it successfully, the client can be used. The client can be used directly by get a handler to the client stub, or by fire webservice event. The following snippet of code will get the database information from NCBI.

// eInfo utility returns a list of available databases
EUtilsServiceSoap utils = (EUtilsServiceSoap) client.getClientStub();

// call NCBI EInfo utility, "Available databases from NCBI";
EInfoResult res = utils.run_eInfo(new EInfoRequest());

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How to write a web service client?

Cytoscape provides a WebServiceManager and a set of webservice APIs. Each webservice should be wrapped into a plugin and register to the WebServiceManager, so that other plugins can easily use the webservice by query the WebServiceManager and get access to the specific web service.

We use NCBI web service “E-Utilities” as an example here. 1. Go to the NCBI webservice site, look at the WSDL http://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/soap/eutils.wsdl, and generate stubs by following the instructions there. Put all the depended jar files used by the stubs into the lib directory of the plugin, then pack all the generated class into a jar file, say “eutils.jar”. For the jar files in the lib, we can either pack them into “eutils.jar”, or copy them into the lib directory of Cytoscape. To pack all jar into a single plugin jar is preferred, which will make it easy for the distribution of the plugin. 2. Create a webservice client class, say “My_NCBIClient”, which extends WebServiceClientImpl. The client class should implement methods, such as provide an ID and description of the client, and handle the WebserviceEvents. 3. Register the client with the WebServiceClientManager

WebServiceClientManager.registerClient(My_NCBIClient.getClient());

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How to use the VizMapper programmatically?

All the VisualStyles defined are available through the VisualMappingManager. The following two statements will get the handler of VisualMappingManager and the Set of names of all visual styles there.

VisualMappingManager vmm = Cytoscape.getVisualMappingManager();
Set<String> names = vmm.getCalculatorCatalog().getVisualStyleNames();

To create a VisualStyle for a network view, an easy way is to use VisualStyleBuilder. The following code snippet will create a VisualStyle with name “Example Visual Style”.

      public static final String vsName = "Example Visual Style";
        VisualStyle createVisualStyle(CyNetwork network) {

                NodeAppearanceCalculator nodeAppCalc = new NodeAppearanceCalculator();
                EdgeAppearanceCalculator edgeAppCalc = new EdgeAppearanceCalculator();
                GlobalAppearanceCalculator globalAppCalc = new GlobalAppearanceCalculator();


                // Passthrough Mapping - set node label
                //PassThroughMapping pm = new PassThroughMapping(new String(), "attr2");
                PassThroughMapping pm = new PassThroughMapping(new String(), "attr2asdf");
                Calculator nlc = new BasicCalculator("Example Node Label Calculator",
                                                     pm, VisualPropertyType.NODE_LABEL);
                nodeAppCalc.setCalculator(nlc);


                // Discrete Mapping - set node shapes
                DiscreteMapping disMapping = new DiscreteMapping(NodeShape.RECT,
                                                                 ObjectMapping.NODE_MAPPING);
                disMapping.setControllingAttributeName("attr1", network, false);
                disMapping.putMapValue(new Integer(1), NodeShape.DIAMOND);
                disMapping.putMapValue(new Integer(2), NodeShape.ELLIPSE);
                disMapping.putMapValue(new Integer(3), NodeShape.TRIANGLE);

                Calculator shapeCalculator = new BasicCalculator("Example Node Shape Calculator",
                                                                  disMapping,
                                                                                                                  VisualPropertyType.NODE_SHAPE);
                nodeAppCalc.setCalculator(shapeCalculator);


                // Continuous Mapping - set node color
                ContinuousMapping continuousMapping = new ContinuousMapping(Color.WHITE,
                                                            ObjectMapping.NODE_MAPPING);
                continuousMapping.setControllingAttributeName("attr3", network, false);

        Interpolator numToColor = new LinearNumberToColorInterpolator();
        continuousMapping.setInterpolator(numToColor);

                Color underColor = Color.GRAY;
                Color minColor = Color.RED;
                Color midColor = Color.WHITE;
                Color maxColor = Color.GREEN;
                Color overColor = Color.BLUE;

                // Create boundary conditions                  less than,   equals,  greater than
                BoundaryRangeValues bv0 = new BoundaryRangeValues(underColor, minColor, minColor);
                BoundaryRangeValues bv1 = new BoundaryRangeValues(midColor, midColor, midColor);
                BoundaryRangeValues bv2 = new BoundaryRangeValues(maxColor, maxColor, overColor);

        // Set the attribute point values associated with the boundary values
                continuousMapping.addPoint(0.0, bv0);
                continuousMapping.addPoint(1.0, bv1);
                continuousMapping.addPoint(2.0, bv2);

                Calculator nodeColorCalculator = new BasicCalculator("Example Node Color Calc",
                                                                continuousMapping,
                                                                                                         VisualPropertyType.NODE_FILL_COLOR);
                nodeAppCalc.setCalculator(nodeColorCalculator);


                // Discrete Mapping - Set edge target arrow shape
                DiscreteMapping arrowMapping = new DiscreteMapping(ArrowShape.NONE,
                                                                   ObjectMapping.EDGE_MAPPING);
                arrowMapping.setControllingAttributeName("interaction", network, false);
                arrowMapping.putMapValue("pp", ArrowShape.ARROW);
                arrowMapping.putMapValue("pd", ArrowShape.CIRCLE);

                Calculator edgeArrowCalculator = new BasicCalculator("Example Edge Arrow Shape Calculator",
                                              arrowMapping, VisualPropertyType.EDGE_TGTARROW_SHAPE);
                edgeAppCalc.setCalculator(edgeArrowCalculator);


                // Create the visual style
                VisualStyle visualStyle = new VisualStyle(vsName, nodeAppCalc, edgeAppCalc, globalAppCalc);

                return visualStyle;
        }

The following snippet of code shows how to use the above createVisualStyle(network) method. After the visualStyle is created, it will appear in the comboBox of VizMapper main panel.

                // get the network and view
                CyNetwork network = Cytoscape.getCurrentNetwork();
                CyNetworkView networkView = Cytoscape.getCurrentNetworkView();

                // get the VisualMappingManager and CalculatorCatalog
                VisualMappingManager manager = Cytoscape.getVisualMappingManager();
                CalculatorCatalog catalog = manager.getCalculatorCatalog();

                // check to see if a visual style with this name already exists
                VisualStyle vs = catalog.getVisualStyle(vsName);
                if (vs == null) {
                        // if not, create it and add it to the catalog
                        vs = createVisualStyle(network);
                        catalog.addVisualStyle(vs);
                }

                networkView.setVisualStyle(vs.getName()); // not strictly necessary

                // actually apply the visual style
                manager.setVisualStyle(vs);
                networkView.redrawGraph(true,true);

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How to apply a continuous color gradient to nodes according to their degree?

To map node degree to node color, first we need to define a calculator with continuous mapping for the visual attribute NODE_FILL_COLOR. Then set the calculator to the NodeAppearanceCalculator of the visual style to be applied.

The following code snippet will set the calculator for a visualStyle.

// Create a node color calculator for "Degree" attribute
Calculator nodeColorCalculator = createCalculator(); // see below

// Set the calculator to the visualStyle
vs.getNodeAppearanceCalculator().setCalculator(nodeColorCalculator);

The following code snippet shows how to create a calculator using Degree as controlling attribute.

VisualPropertyType type = VisualPropertyType.NODE_FILL_COLOR;
final Object defaultObj = type.getDefault(Cytoscape.getVisualMappingManager().getVisualStyle());

ContinuousMapping cm = new ContinuousMapping(defaultObj, ObjectMapping.NODE_MAPPING);
// Set controlling Attribute
cm.setControllingAttributeName("Degree", Cytoscape.getCurrentNetwork(), false);

Interpolator numToColor = new LinearNumberToColorInterpolator();
cm.setInterpolator(numToColor);

Color underColor = Color.GRAY;
Color minColor = Color.RED;
Color midColor = Color.WHITE;
Color maxColor = Color.GREEN;
Color overColor = Color.BLUE;

BoundaryRangeValues bv0 = new BoundaryRangeValues(underColor, minColor, minColor);
BoundaryRangeValues bv1 = new BoundaryRangeValues(midColor, midColor, midColor);
BoundaryRangeValues bv2 = new BoundaryRangeValues(maxColor, maxColor, overColor);

// Set the attribute point values associated with the boundary values
// The points p1, p2, p3 are the values between (min~max) of the degree
cm.addPoint(p1, bv0); cm.addPoint(p2, bv1); cm.addPoint(p3, bv2);

// Create a calculator
BasicCalculator myCalculator = new BasicCalculator("My degree calcualtor", cm, VisualPropertyType.NODE_FILL_COLOR);

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How to load a visual properties file?

Cytoscape supported import/export of visual properties file. They can be found at File --> Import --> Vizmap Property File and File--> Export --> Vizmap Property File. To load a vizmap property file programmatically, we can reuse most of the code in the Cytoscape core class “cytoscape.actions.ImportVizmapAction”.

Cytoscape already had build-in class to handle the import of Vzmap property file, all we need is to fire a VIZMAP_LOADED event as following

Cytoscape.firePropertyChange(Cytoscape.VIZMAP_LOADED, null, file.getAbsolutePath());

After the event is fired, a dialog box will prompt the Import of Vizmap Property File.

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How to write a layout algorithm?

All Cytoscape layout algorithms are grouped together and accessible though the layout menu. To add a new layout algorithm, the new layout class should implement the interface CyLayoutAlgorithm, or extend the AbstractLayout class. The new algorithm should then register with the CyLayout manager. In this way, a new menu item, name defined in the new layout algorithm, will be available under Layout menu.

The following line shows how to register a layout algorithm with the layout manager,

CyLayouts.addLayout(new MyLayout(), "My Layouts");

One of the methods that a CyLayoutAlgorithm must implement is a getSettings() method, which returns an object of LayoutProperties that winds up under the Settings menu. Layout parameters may be supplied with the LayoutProperties. For example, the following statement defines a parameter in the LayoutProperties – name, description, data type and value.

layoutProperties.add(new Tunable("groupcount", "Number of random groups ",
Tunable.INTEGER, new Integer(2)));

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How to write a Group Viewer?

A class of CyGroupViewer must implement the CyGroupViewer interface and it should register with the CyGroupManager.

MyGroupViewer myView = new MyGroupViewer();
// Register with CyGroup
CyGroupManager.registerGroupViewer(myView);

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How to add components to the node view, edge view, and attribute browser context menus?

To add a component to content menu of a node view, first we need create a listener class, which implements the interface NodeContextMenuListener, then register this listener through the network view.

Here is how the listener class looks like,

class MyNodeContextMenuListener implements NodeContextMenuListener {
        public void addNodeContextMenuItems(NodeView nodeView, JPopupMenu menu)
        {
                JMenuItem myMenuItem = new JMenuItem("MyNodeMenuItem");

                myMenuItem.addActionListener(new MyNodeAction(nodeView));
                if (menu == null) {
                        menu = new JPopupMenu();
                }
                menu.add(myMenuItem);
        }
}

The method addNodeContentMenuItems() takes two arguments, NodeView and JPopupMenu. The JPopupMenu will be the one show up when user right-click on the NodeView on canvas. The sample code above will add a new menu item “MyNodeMenuItem” in the popupMenu. The MyNodeAction class, which implements ActionListener, will be the class performs the action after the menu item is clicked. The NodeView parameter to the listener will provide the reference to the Node via NodeView.getNode() method and take whatever action desired.

The following two lines will register the listener with the current view,

MyNodeContextMenuListener l = new MyNodeContextMenuListener();
Cytoscape.getCurrentNetworkView().addNodeContextMenuListener(l);

The sample works for NodeView, case for the EdgeView is very similar.

Attribute browser is a Cytoscape core plugin, it also provides interface to add new menu item to the conextMenu (since Cytoscape 2.6).

import browser.AttributeBrowserPlugin;
…

JMenuItem menuItem = new JMenuItem("MyMenuItem_browser");
menuItem.addActionListener(actionListener);
AttributeBrowserPlugin.addMenuItem(browser.DataObjectType.NODES, menuItem);

Note that there are three browser panels for NODE, EDGE and NETWORK, we should explicitly specify which browser a menuItem will be added. In the sample code above, a menu item is added to contextMenu of the node browser.

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How to save/restore plugin states?

All Cytoscape plugin extends CytoscapePlugin class, which implements PropertychangeListener. In order to save/restore plugin properties (globally), the plugin need to overwrite the method “onCytoscapeExit()” for property saving and some code in plugin constructor for restore.

/**
* Save global state to "tutorial21.props"
*/
public void onCytoscapeExit() {}

// restore state
public void restoreInitState() {
        File global_prop_file = CytoscapeInit.getConfigFile("tutorial21.props");
}

If plugin need to save states in Session, overwrite the following two methods.

public void saveSessionStateFiles(List<File> pFileList) {}
public void restoreSessionState(List<File> pStateFileList) {}

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How to use Cytoscape task monitor to show the progress of my job?

If a task will take a long time to finish, it is better to use Cytoscape task manager to run it in a separate thread and show its progress to the user. With the Task manager, it is possible to cancel the task, and the window won’t freeze.

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To create a VisualStyle for a network view, an easy way is to use VisualStyleBuilder. The following code snippet will create a VisualStyle with name “myVisualStyle”. After the visualStyle is created, it will appear in the comboBox of VizMapper main panel.



{{{

// Create a visual style "myVisualStyle"

String styleName = "myVisualStyle";

VisualStyleBuilder graphStyle = new VisualStyleBuilder(styleName, false);

graphStyle.setNodeSizeLocked(false);



// set some visual property for two nodes

graphStyle.addProperty(node1.getIdentifier(), VisualPropertyType.NODE_WIDTH, "30");

graphStyle.addProperty(node1.getIdentifier(), VisualPropertyType.NODE_FILL_COLOR, "#E1E1E1");

graphStyle.addProperty(node1.getIdentifier(), VisualPropertyType.NODE_SHAPE, NodeShape.DIAMOND.getShapeName());

graphStyle.addProperty(node2.getIdentifier(), VisualPropertyType.NODE_WIDTH, "80");

graphStyle.addProperty(node2.getIdentifier(), VisualPropertyType.NODE_FILL_COLOR, "#0000E1");

        graphStyle.addProperty(node2.getIdentifier(), VisualPropertyType.NODE_SHAPE, NodeShape.TRIANGLE.getShapeName());



// Create the visual style

graphStyle.buildStyle();



// Set the background color for this visual style

GlobalAppearanceCalculator gac = Cytoscape.getVisualMappingManager().getVisualStyle().getGlobalAppearanceCalculator();

gac.setDefaultBackgroundColor(Color.red);



// Refresh the view

Cytoscape.getCurrentNetworkView().redrawGraph(false, true);

 }}}

Download a sample plugin, [http://chianti.ucsd.edu/svn/csplugins/trunk/ucsd/pwang/wikizip/tutorial14.tar Here].



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To create a VisualStyle for a network view, an easy way is to use VisualStyleBuilder. The following code snippet will create a VisualStyle with name “Example Visual Style”.



{{{

#!java

      public static final String vsName = "Example Visual Style";

        VisualStyle createVisualStyle(CyNetwork network) {



                NodeAppearanceCalculator nodeAppCalc = new NodeAppearanceCalculator();

                EdgeAppearanceCalculator edgeAppCalc = new EdgeAppearanceCalculator();

                GlobalAppearanceCalculator globalAppCalc = new GlobalAppearanceCalculator();





                // Passthrough Mapping - set node label

                //PassThroughMapping pm = new PassThroughMapping(new String(), "attr2");

                PassThroughMapping pm = new PassThroughMapping(new String(), "attr2asdf");

                Calculator nlc = new BasicCalculator("Example Node Label Calculator",

                                                     pm, VisualPropertyType.NODE_LABEL);

                nodeAppCalc.setCalculator(nlc);





                // Discrete Mapping - set node shapes

                DiscreteMapping disMapping = new DiscreteMapping(NodeShape.RECT,

                                                                 ObjectMapping.NODE_MAPPING);

                disMapping.setControllingAttributeName("attr1", network, false);

                disMapping.putMapValue(new Integer(1), NodeShape.DIAMOND);

                disMapping.putMapValue(new Integer(2), NodeShape.ELLIPSE);

                disMapping.putMapValue(new Integer(3), NodeShape.TRIANGLE);



                Calculator shapeCalculator = new BasicCalculator("Example Node Shape Calculator",

                                                                  disMapping,

                                                                                                                  VisualPropertyType.NODE_SHAPE);

                nodeAppCalc.setCalculator(shapeCalculator);





                // Continuous Mapping - set node color

                ContinuousMapping continuousMapping = new ContinuousMapping(Color.WHITE,

                                                            ObjectMapping.NODE_MAPPING);

                continuousMapping.setControllingAttributeName("attr3", network, false);



        Interpolator numToColor = new LinearNumberToColorInterpolator();

        continuousMapping.setInterpolator(numToColor);



                Color underColor = Color.GRAY;

                Color minColor = Color.RED;

                Color midColor = Color.WHITE;

                Color maxColor = Color.GREEN;

                Color overColor = Color.BLUE;



                // Create boundary conditions                  less than,   equals,  greater than

                BoundaryRangeValues bv0 = new BoundaryRangeValues(underColor, minColor, minColor);

                BoundaryRangeValues bv1 = new BoundaryRangeValues(midColor, midColor, midColor);

                BoundaryRangeValues bv2 = new BoundaryRangeValues(maxColor, maxColor, overColor);



        // Set the attribute point values associated with the boundary values

                continuousMapping.addPoint(0.0, bv0);

                continuousMapping.addPoint(1.0, bv1);

                continuousMapping.addPoint(2.0, bv2);



                Calculator nodeColorCalculator = new BasicCalculator("Example Node Color Calc",

                                                                continuousMapping,

                                                                                                         VisualPropertyType.NODE_FILL_COLOR);

                nodeAppCalc.setCalculator(nodeColorCalculator);





                // Discrete Mapping - Set edge target arrow shape

                DiscreteMapping arrowMapping = new DiscreteMapping(ArrowShape.NONE,

                                                                   ObjectMapping.EDGE_MAPPING);

                arrowMapping.setControllingAttributeName("interaction", network, false);

                arrowMapping.putMapValue("pp", ArrowShape.ARROW);

                arrowMapping.putMapValue("pd", ArrowShape.CIRCLE);



                Calculator edgeArrowCalculator = new BasicCalculator("Example Edge Arrow Shape Calculator",

                                              arrowMapping, VisualPropertyType.EDGE_TGTARROW_SHAPE);

                edgeAppCalc.setCalculator(edgeArrowCalculator);





                // Create the visual style

                VisualStyle visualStyle = new VisualStyle(vsName, nodeAppCalc, edgeAppCalc, globalAppCalc);



                return visualStyle;

        }





}}}

The following snippet of code shows how to use the above createVisualStyle(network) method. After the visualStyle is created, it will appear in the comboBox of VizMapper main panel.



{{{

#!java

                // get the network and view

                CyNetwork network = Cytoscape.getCurrentNetwork();

                CyNetworkView networkView = Cytoscape.getCurrentNetworkView();



                // get the VisualMappingManager and CalculatorCatalog

                VisualMappingManager manager = Cytoscape.getVisualMappingManager();

                CalculatorCatalog catalog = manager.getCalculatorCatalog();



                // check to see if a visual style with this name already exists

                VisualStyle vs = catalog.getVisualStyle(vsName);

                if (vs == null) {

                        // if not, create it and add it to the catalog

                        vs = createVisualStyle(network);

                        catalog.addVisualStyle(vs);

                }



                networkView.setVisualStyle(vs.getName()); // not strictly necessary



                // actually apply the visual style

                manager.setVisualStyle(vs);

                networkView.redrawGraph(true,true);



}}}

Download a sample plugin, [[http://chianti.ucsd.edu/svn/csplugins/trunk/ucsd/pwang/wikizip/tutorial14.zip|Here]].



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Download a sample plugin, [http://chianti.ucsd.edu/svn/csplugins/trunk/ucsd/pwang/wikizip/tutorial15.tar Here].



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+BasicCalculator myCalculator = new BasicCalculator("My degree calcualtor", cm, VisualPropertyType.NODE_FILL_COLOR);



}}}

Download a sample plugin, [[http://chianti.ucsd.edu/svn/csplugins/trunk/ucsd/pwang/wikizip/tutorial15.zip|Here]].



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 Cytoscape supported import/export of visual properties file. They can be found at File --> Import --> Vizmap Property File and File--> Export --> Vizmap Property File. To load a vizmap property file programmatically, we can reuse most of the code in the Cytoscape core class “cytoscape.actions.ImportVizmapAction”.
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Download a sample plugin, [http://chianti.ucsd.edu/svn/csplugins/trunk/ucsd/pwang/wikizip/tutorial17.tar Here].





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== How to customize node graphics? ==







Download a sample plugin, [http://chianti.ucsd.edu/svn/csplugins/trunk/ucsd/pwang/wikizip/tutorial18.tar Here].



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Download a sample plugin, [[http://chianti.ucsd.edu/svn/csplugins/trunk/ucsd/pwang/wikizip/tutorial17.zip|Here]].



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+A class of CyGroupViewer must implement the CyGroupViewer interface and it should register with the CyGroupManager.



{{{

#!java

MyGroupViewer myView = new MyGroupViewer();

// Register with CyGroup

CyGroupManager.registerGroupViewer(myView);



}}}

Download a sample plugin, [[http://chianti.ucsd.edu/svn/csplugins/trunk/ucsf/scooter/sampleGroupViewer|Here]].



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       myMenuItem.addActionListener(new MyNodeAction(nodeView));        if (menu == null) {

   menu = new JPopupMenu();

  }

  menu.add(myMenuItem);   } 

}

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+        public void addNodeContextMenuItems(NodeView nodeView, JPopupMenu menu)

        {

                JMenuItem myMenuItem = new JMenuItem("MyNodeMenuItem");



                myMenuItem.addActionListener(new MyNodeAction(nodeView));

                if (menu == null) {

                        menu = new JPopupMenu();

                }

                menu.add(myMenuItem);

        }

}



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-Download a sample plugin, [http://chianti.ucsd.edu/svn/csplugins/trunk/ucsd/pwang/wikizip/tutorial20.tar Here].



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+Download a sample plugin, [[http://chianti.ucsd.edu/svn/csplugins/trunk/ucsd/pwang/wikizip/tutorial20.zip|Here]].



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}



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Download a sample plugin, [http://chianti.ucsd.edu/svn/csplugins/trunk/ucsd/pwang/wikizip/tutorial21.tar Here].



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Download a sample plugin, [[http://chianti.ucsd.edu/svn/csplugins/trunk/ucsd/pwang/wikizip/tutorial21.zip|Here]].



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Download a sample plugin, [http://chianti.ucsd.edu/svn/csplugins/trunk/ucsd/pwang/wikizip/tutorial22.tar Here].
+If a task will take a long time to finish, it is better to use Cytoscape task manager to run it in a separate thread and show its progress to the user. With the Task manager, it is possible to cancel the task, and the window won’t freeze.



Download a sample plugin, [[http://chianti.ucsd.edu/svn/csplugins/trunk/ucsd/pwang/wikizip/tutorial22.zip|Here]].

Diff for "plugin_developer_tutorial"

Cytoscape Plugin Developer's Tutorial

How to add a tabbed Panel to Control panel?

How to add an image icon (menu item) to the toolbar?

How to create a submenu?

How to create, modify, and destroy a network, nodes, and edges?

How to create, modify, and destroy a network view?

How to determine which nodes are currently selected on a network?

How to handle events from a network (and discuss each event type)?

How to change the background color of a view?

How to zoom a network view?

How to load attribute data?

How to remove attributes?

How to use a web service client?

How to write a web service client?

How to use the VizMapper programmatically?

How to apply a continuous color gradient to nodes according to their degree?

How to load a visual properties file?

How to write a layout algorithm?

How to write a Group Viewer?

How to add components to the node view, edge view, and attribute browser context menus?

How to save/restore plugin states?

How to use Cytoscape task monitor to show the progress of my job?