Cytoscape WikiCySession.xml is the file to save current states of the Cytoscape session. The following information will be stored in the XML document:
- List of networks opened in current session.
- States of Cytopanels 1~3.
- Network Tree structure.
- Session ID
- Annotation for the session
- Selected/Hidden nodes/edges
- Plugin state
Plugin State
The last element is more complicated than others. First of all, we need to create a new signal called "SESSION_SAVE" and "SESSION_LOAD" to tell plugins that session save/load command is called. We may need to create a schema for each plugin to describe its state.