ngraph.graph
Graph) data structure for
javascript. This library belongs to a family of javascript graph packages called ngraph.Install
With npm do:npm install ngraph.graph
Or download from CDN:
<script src='https://unpkg.com/ngraph.graph@20.0.1/dist/ngraph.graph.min.js'></script>
If you download from CDN the library will be available under
createGraph
global name.Creating a graph
Create a graph with no edges and no nodes:var createGraph = require('ngraph.graph');
var g = createGraph();
Growing a graph
The graphg
can be grown in two ways. You can add one node at a time:g.addNode('hello');
g.addNode('world');
Now graph
g
contains two nodes: hello
and world
. You can also use addLink()
method to grow a graph. Calling this method with nodes which are not present in
the graph creates them:g.addLink('space', 'bar'); // now graph 'g' has two new nodes: 'space' and 'bar'
If nodes already present in the graph 'addLink()' makes them connected:
// Only a link between 'hello' and 'world' is created. No new nodes.
g.addLink('hello', 'world');
What to use as nodes and edges?
The most common and convenient choices are numbers and strings. You can associate arbitrary data with node via optional second argument ofaddNode()
method:// Node 'world' is associated with a string object 'custom data'
g.addNode('world', 'custom data');
// You can associate arbitrary objects with node:
g.addNode('server', {
status: 'on',
ip: '127.0.0.1'
});
// to get data back use `data` property of node:
var server = g.getNode('server');
console.log(server.data); // prints associated object
You can also associate arbitrary object with a link using third optional argument of
addLink()
method:// A link between nodes '1' and '2' is now associated with object 'x'
g.addLink(1, 2, x);
Enumerating nodes and links
After you created a graph one of the most common things to do is to enumerate its nodes/links to perform an operation.g.forEachNode(function(node){
console.log(node.id, node.data);
});
The function takes callback which accepts current node. Node object may contain internal information.
node.id
and node.data
represent parameters passed to
the g.addNode(id, data)
method and they are guaranteed to be present in future
versions of the library.To enumerate all links in the graph use
forEachLink()
method:g.forEachLink(function(link) {
console.dir(link);
});
To enumerate all links for a specific node use
forEachLinkedNode()
method:
g.forEachLinkedNode('hello', function(linkedNode, link){
console.log("Connected node: ", linkedNode.id, linkedNode.data);
console.dir(link); // link object itself
});
This method always enumerates both inbound and outbound links. If you want to get only outbound links, pass third optional argument:
g.forEachLinkedNode('hello',
function(linkedNode, link) { /* ... */ },
true // enumerate only outbound links
);
To get a particular node object use
getNode()
method. E.g.:var world = g.getNode('world'); // returns 'world' node
console.log(world.id, world.data);
To get a particular link object use
getLink()
method:var helloWorldLink = g.getLink('hello', 'world'); // returns a link from 'hello' to 'world'
console.log(helloWorldLink);
To remove a node or a link from a graph use
removeNode()
or removeLink()
correspondingly:g.removeNode('space');
// Removing link is a bit harder, since method requires actual link object:
g.forEachLinkedNode('hello', function(linkedNode, link){
g.removeLink(link);
});
You can also remove all nodes and links by calling
g.clear();
Listening to Events
Whenever someone changes your graph you can listen to notifications:g.on('changed', function(changes) {
console.dir(changes); // prints array of change records
});
g.add(42); // this will trigger 'changed event'
Each change record holds information:
ChangeRecord = {
changeType: add|remove|update - describes type of this change
node: - only present when this record reflects a node change, represents actual node
link: - only present when this record reflects a link change, represents actual link
}
Sometimes it is desirable to react only on bulk changes. ngraph.graph supports this via
beginUpdate()
/endUpdate()
methods:g.beginUpdate();
for(var i = 0; i < 100; ++i) {
g.addLink(i, i + 1); // no events are triggered here
}
g.endUpdate(); // this triggers all listeners of 'changed' event
If you want to stop listen to events use
off()
method:
g.off('changed', yourHandler); // no longer interested in changes from graph
For more information about events, please follow to ngraph.events
License
BSD 3-clause