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<h1>Visual Library 2.0 - Documentation</h1>
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<h2>Index</h2>
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<li><a href="#Index">Index</a>
<li><a href="#Abstract">Abstract</a>
<li><a href="#Installation">Installation</a>
<li><a href="#Documentation">Documentation</a>
<li><a href="#ChangeIntegration">Change Integration</a>
<li><a href="examples.html">Examples</a>
<li><a href="#BugsAndEnhancements">Bugs and Enhancements</a>
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<a name="Abstract">
<h2>Abstract</h2>
<p>This is a documentation for the <strong>Visual Library 2.0 API</strong>. The library is a successor of the Graph Library 1.0. Its provides general-purpose (not graph-oriented only) visualization.
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<strong>WWW:</strong> http://graph.netbeans.org<br>
<strong>CVS:</strong> :pserver:anoncvs@cvs.netbeans.org:/cvs checkout graph<br>
<strong>Issues:</strong> NetBeans Issuezilla - graph
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<h2>Installation</h2>
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The library become a part of the NetBeans Platform.
You can <a href="http://www.netbeans.info/downloads/dev.php">download a build of NetBeans Platform</a> and the library should be there.
To setup your project, it is enough to set a dependency on <strong>org.netbeans.api.visual</strong> module.
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If you want to compile your library yourself, see <a href="setup.html">setup</a> document.
The source code of Visual Library API is located at <strong>graph/lib</strong> directory.
For running examples execute <strong>ant</strong> in <strong>graph/examples</strong> directory.
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<h2>Documentation</h2>
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Since the library become a part of the NetBeans Platform, you can see javadoc and documentation listed at <a href="https://netbeans.org/download/dev/javadoc/">NetBeans API list</a>.
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For javadoc, see the <a href="http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/javadoc/org-netbeans-api-visual/index.html">Visual Library API Javadoc</a>.
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For documentation, see the <a href="http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/javadoc/org-netbeans-api-visual/org/netbeans/api/visual/widget/doc-files/documentation.html">Visual Library API Documentation</a>.
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<h2>Change Integration</h2>
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Since the library is a part of a stable release (since NetBeans 6.0), it is considered as stable. Therefore there integration of new features or changes has to follow <a href="graph/change-integration.html">Change Integration Process</a>.
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<h2>Bugs and Enhancements</h2>
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The <a href="http://graph.netbeans.org/issues/buglist.cgi?Submit+query=Submit+query&component=graph&issue_status=NEW&issue_status=STARTED&issue_status=REOPENED&email1=&emailtype1=exact&emailassigned_to1=1&email2=&emailtype2=exact&emailreporter2=1&issueidtype=include&issue_id=&changedin=&votes=&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=Now&chfieldvalue=&short_desc=&short_desc_type=substring&long_desc=&long_desc_type=substring&issue_file_loc=&issue_file_loc_type=substring&status_whiteboard=&status_whiteboard_type=substring&keywords=&keywords_type=anytokens&field0-0-0=noop&type0-0-0=noop&value0-0-0=&cmdtype=doit&order=Issue+Number">list of currently known issues</a> is tracked by Issuezilla.
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If you find a <strong>bug</strong>, please, enter an issue on <strong>graph</strong> module into Issuezilla. Click <a href="http://graph.netbeans.org/issues/enter_bug.cgi?component=graph&issue_type=DEFECT&version=2.0&subcomponent=code">here</a> to get there directly.
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If you have a request for an <strong>enhancement</strong>, please, enter an issue on <strong>graph</strong> module into Issuezilla. Click <a href="http://graph.netbeans.org/issues/enter_bug.cgi?component=graph&issue_type=ENHANCEMENT&version=2.0&subcomponent=api">here</a> to get there directly.
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If you have any comments, suggestions, or missing feature or documentation, please, send an email to <a href="mailto:users@graph.netbeans.org">users@graph.netbeans.org</a>.
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