hi, we already provide a rich-client app (see http://www.jfrog.org/sites/dep-analyzer/latest/), which does visualize the maven dependency graph. we think it would be a good way to provide this through a report plugin, too.
but we are a bit uncertain about the way what kind of integration we should choose. we thought of three alternatives: 1) include graph report as applet, where you can tweak and reorganize the graph like in the rich-client app. pros: you can use jung-framework, so vizualization gets very comfortable and you can filter and tweak the graph, this is especially interesting if you got a very big graph and want to see something through the jungle. cons: the obious problems which come along with applets (download time of jars -> will be around 5MB , incompatability with many browsers). 2) export the graph to a simple image (jpg,png) and include it inside report, where you can enlarge it pros: compatible with all browsers cons: if the graph is big, it is quite tricky to see anything, for the image is static moving vertices and filtering won't be possible. only solution could be to generate a "good default" layout whilst exporting the graph. but this is quite tricky for humble automation often cannot judge if a graph-layout is human readable. 3) embed a kind of flash/javascript graph visualization app, where moving vertices and fitlering is possible pros: flash/javascript supported by nearly all browsers, often quicker to load as applets. cons: we lose very good jung-framework for report, further more we haven't yet found a graph flash/javascript app similar capable to jung :P any favorites or other suggestions? we want to provide the most convenient solution for maven developers and architects who want to grasp dependency complexity with visualization by just looking to the report. hope we get some input by you maven-users :) thanks! -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/poll-for-%27way-of-integrating%27-dependency-analyzer-graph-report-tp14814997s177p14814997.html Sent from the Maven - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
