What is @types/dagre?
@types/dagre provides TypeScript type definitions for the dagre library, which is used for graph layout. Dagre helps in arranging nodes and edges in a directed graph, making it easier to visualize complex relationships.
What are @types/dagre's main functionalities?
Graph Creation
This feature allows you to create a new graph, add nodes, and define edges between them. The code sample demonstrates how to initialize a graph, set default properties, and add nodes and edges.
const dagre = require('dagre');
const g = new dagre.graphlib.Graph();
g.setGraph({});
g.setDefaultEdgeLabel(() => ({}));
g.setNode('a', { label: 'Node A', width: 50, height: 50 });
g.setNode('b', { label: 'Node B', width: 50, height: 50 });
g.setEdge('a', 'b');
Graph Layout
This feature allows you to compute the layout of the graph. The code sample shows how to use the `layout` function to calculate the positions of the nodes.
const dagre = require('dagre');
const g = new dagre.graphlib.Graph();
g.setGraph({});
g.setDefaultEdgeLabel(() => ({}));
g.setNode('a', { label: 'Node A', width: 50, height: 50 });
g.setNode('b', { label: 'Node B', width: 50, height: 50 });
g.setEdge('a', 'b');
dagre.layout(g);
console.log(g.node('a')); // { label: 'Node A', width: 50, height: 50, x: 25, y: 25 }
console.log(g.node('b')); // { label: 'Node B', width: 50, height: 50, x: 75, y: 75 }
Custom Node and Edge Attributes
This feature allows you to add custom attributes to nodes and edges. The code sample demonstrates how to set and retrieve custom attributes for nodes and edges.
const dagre = require('dagre');
const g = new dagre.graphlib.Graph();
g.setGraph({});
g.setDefaultEdgeLabel(() => ({}));
g.setNode('a', { label: 'Node A', width: 50, height: 50, customAttr: 'customValue' });
g.setNode('b', { label: 'Node B', width: 50, height: 50 });
g.setEdge('a', 'b', { customEdgeAttr: 'edgeValue' });
dagre.layout(g);
console.log(g.node('a').customAttr); // 'customValue'
console.log(g.edge('a', 'b').customEdgeAttr); // 'edgeValue'
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