Graph::Writer::Dot(3) write out directed graph in Dot format

SYNOPSIS


use Graph;
use Graph::Writer::Dot;
$graph = Graph->new();
# add edges and nodes to the graph
$writer = Graph::Writer::Dot->new();
$writer->write_graph($graph, 'mygraph.dot');

DESCRIPTION

Graph::Writer::Dot is a class for writing out a directed graph in the file format used by the dot tool (part of the AT+T graphviz package). The graph must be an instance of the Graph class, which is actually a set of classes developed by Jarkko Hietaniemi.

METHODS

new()

Constructor - generate a new writer instance.

  $writer = Graph::Writer::Dot->new();

This doesn't take any arguments.

write_graph()

Write a specific graph to a named file:

  $writer->write_graph($graph, $file);

The $file argument can either be a filename, or a filehandle for a previously opened file.

AUTHOR

Neil Bowers <[email protected]>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2001-2012, Neil Bowers. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2001, Canon Research Centre Europe. All rights reserved.

This script is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.