Graphing Libraries for Java? · Slashdot Mirror

Posted by Cliff on Friday March 11, 2005 @10:02AM from the caffienated-lines-arcs-and-arrows dept.

Node and Edge asks: "Many interesting problem domains involve some form of graph-based or graph-like information: network activity visualizations; social software; workflow management; P2P software development; and version control with branching, just to name a few. It is notoriously difficult for people to visualize a graph structure - unless it happens to be a strictly hierarchical tree-like structure, such as what we know from file-system explorers. Now, with all of that said, what graph libraries can you recommend? The following criteria apply, though they're not absolute: Java or Java bindings; simple to use for simple applications; and polished, extensible UI components. I'm familiar with JGraph, JUNG, Prefuse, OpenJGraph, Tigris GEF, Eclipse GEF, Graphviz, but have not had a chance to evaluate them all. Have you used any of these extensively? If so, can you provide any constructive advice? If not, can you recommend something else, ?"

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Graph vs. Graphing by xocp · 2005-03-11 11:00 · Score: 5, Insightful

I think there are two issue here: a data structure called by the name "graph" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graph_(data_structur e)), and a means to visualize these structures.

A library could address one or both of these topics. The title of this article is therefore somewhat misleading (i.e. just focusing on the graphical display of a graph).