ObjectBrowser

The ObjectBrowser WebWidget offers the possibility to graphically display and edit objects or classes of the ClassiX architecture and their relations as a network. Since the WebWidget was designed as general as possible, the InstantView developer can freely design its semantic functionality. The possibilities of the ObjectBrowser range from the visual modelling of the database to the graphical editing of individual business processes and are thus subject to almost no limits.

This message should be sent as the first message to the ObjectBrowser widget to ensure a correct graphical display. It passes a Settings object to the Web widget as CX_JSON_OBJECT.

Newer settings messages only overwrite the previous settings of older settings messages that exist in the message. All other properties from the older Settings messages are retained.

Is fired when the user clicks on a node, collection node or edge.

parameters: JSON string with the attributes:

• type: A string from the set {'node', 'edge', 'collection'} that indicates what was clicked.
• nodeID: the identifier of the node(node object) in case of a clicked node or the identifier of the corresponding main node in case of a clicked collection node.
• name: the name of the collection object as string in case of a clicked collection node or the name of the edge in case of a clicked edge.
• from, to in addition to name to identify a clicked edge. See the Edge object.

A CX_JSON_ARRAY that lists the relative paths of all icons to be displayed in the ObjectBrowser. The array contains elements of the type CX_JSON_OBJECT in form of an icon object.

The initial value for the random number generator, which is responsible for the alignment of the node positioning. If set to false (default value), a random number is automatically selected. As a result, the orientation of the graph (the positions of the nodes relative to the screen) may differ each time the graph is reloaded.

If you want to have a constant orientation, you should specify a number for this option, which you select by trying out different numbers depending on the graph.

A unique identifier for this context menu definition. The IDs"node","edge","collection" and"background" are reserved for general definitions. Nodes that do not want to use a special context menu definition automatically get the definition with the ID "node", if it exists. The same applies to edges or collection nodes with the ID "edge" or "collection".

A special feature of the background context menu is that it consists of two parts, a fixed part that the InstantView developer cannot change and a part that corresponds to the context menu definition. The two parts are merged automatically.

The icon symbol as a string (for example: "fa-edit") of the desired icon from FontAwesome 4.7

The name of any message that is sent to (the WebWidget) in ClassiX Core as a message. The return parameters depend on the type of the clicked object:

knots: The ID of the node as string.

edges: JSON string with the attributes from, to and name to identify the edge. See the Edge object for details.

Collection node: JSON string with the attributes nodeID (the identifier of the main node (node object) as string or number) and name (the name of the collection object as string).

Background: no parameter.

Since a node can represent an object that has collections with a large number of elements or has M1 or MN relations to many other nodes, there is a need for a small intermediate node that acts as an interface and filters and displays the large number of connections as required. In the picture above these interfaces are shown as small orange database symbols.

This array describes such collections of a node by elements of the Collection object.

The width of the node frame in pixels. By default the node has no frame. If other properties like borderColor or backgroundColor give the node a frame without a width defined by the developer, the node gets the border width 1.

Highlighted nodes always have a node frame of 4px width.

The background colour of the node in any colour format accepted in HTML as a string. By default, the node has a transparent background colour without a frame. If other properties such as borderWidth or borderColor give the node a background without a developer-defined colour, the background will be the colour: rgb(210, 229, 255).

The icon symbol as Unicode string of the desired icon from FontAwesome 4.7.

Note: The four-digit hexadecimal Unicode number of an icon can be found on his page right next to the icon name.

A unique name for the edge. The uniqueness can only be maintained within the boundaries of the node from which the edge originates. I.e. two nodes may each have an outgoing edge with the same name attribute, while a node may not have two outgoing edges with the same name.

Deprecated: If this attribute matches the name of a collection of the output node and fromCollection is not specified, the edge will start from the collection symbol of the output node. Please always use fromCollection, as this functionality will not be supported in the future.

Determines at which ends of the connecting line between two nodes A (from) and B (to) arrows should be drawn. By default this property has the value "to" A->B.

Possible variations are: