What yFiles Package Distribution Do I Need?
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The different yFiles package distributions and yFiles components.
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Description
The graph visualization library yFiles comprises different functionality which is grouped into so-called components. At present, there are three components: Basic, Layout, and Viewer.
The actual Java packages that are included with either component can be seen in the detailed component listings on our website.
More important than the components are the available yFiles package distributions. At present, there are four distributions: Basic, Layout, Viewer, and Complete. The following table gives a mapping from requirements to yFiles package distribution.
| Requirements | yFiles Package Distribution |
|---|---|
| Pure structural and graph theoretic problems. | yFiles Basic |
| Automatic layout without any kind of visual presentation. | yFiles Layout |
| Some kind of visual presentation, e.g., an editor with user interaction, a canvas to show a graph, or image export of a graph. |
yFiles Viewer |
| Both, automatic layout and some kind of visual presentation. | yFiles Complete |
Actually, all four yFiles package distributions include yFiles Basic.
Categories this article belongs to:
yFiles for Java > Licensing
Applies to:
yFiles for Java 2: 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9, 2.10, 2.11, 2.12, 2.13, 2.14, 2.15, 2.16, 2.17, 2.18
Keywords:
distribution - package - Basic - Layout - Viewer - Complete - component