Module: Webby::Helpers::GraphvizHelper

Defined in:
lib/webby/helpers/graphviz_helper.rb

Class Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.error_check(file) ⇒ Object

call-seq:

GraphvizHelper.error_check( file )

Check the temporary error file to see if it contains any error messages from the graphviz program. If it is not empty, then read the contents and log an error message and raise an exception.



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# File 'lib/webby/helpers/graphviz_helper.rb', line 14

def self.error_check( file )
  if ::File.size(file.path) != 0
    msg = "\n" << ::File.read(file.path).strip
    raise ::Webby::Error, msg
  end
end

Instance Method Details

#graphviz(*args, &block) ⇒ Object

The graphviz method processes DOT scripts in a webpage and replaces them with generated image files. The page sections to be processed are given as blocks of text to the graphviz method.

Options can be passed to the Graphviz program using attributes in the graphviz method.

<% graphviz( :path => "images", :type => "gif", cmd => "dot" ) do %>
digraph graph_1 {
  graph [URL="default.html"]
  a [URL="a.html"]
  b [URL="b.html"]
  c [URL="c.html"]
  a -> b -> c
  a -> c
}
<% end %>

If the DOT script contains URL or href attributes on any of the nodes or edges, then an image map will be generated and the image will be “clikcable” in the webpage. If URL or href attributes do not appear in the DOT script, then a regular image will be inserted into the webpage.

The image is inserted into the page using an HTML <img /> tag. A corresponding <map>…</map> element will be inserted if needed.

The supported Graphviz options are the following:

:path     : where generated images will be stored
            [default is "/"]
:type     : the type of image to generate (png, jpeg, gif)
            [default is png]
:cmd      : the Graphviz command to use when generating images
            (dot, neato, twopi, circo, fdp) [default is dot]

the following options are passed as-is to the generated <img /> tag
:style    : CSS styles to apply to the <img />
:class    : CSS class to apply to the <img />
:id       : HTML identifier
:alt      : alternate text for the <img />



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# File 'lib/webby/helpers/graphviz_helper.rb', line 62

def graphviz( *args, &block )
  opts = args.last.instance_of?(Hash) ? args.pop : {}

  text = capture_erb(&block)
  return if text.empty?

  # create a temporary file for holding any error messages
  # from the graphviz program
  err = Tempfile.new('graphviz_err')
  err.close

  defaults = ::Webby.site.graphviz
  path = opts.getopt(:path, defaults[:path])
  cmd  = opts.getopt(:cmd, defaults[:cmd])
  type = opts.getopt(:type, defaults[:type])

  # pull the name of the graph|digraph out of the DOT script
  name = text.match(%r/\A\s*(?:strict\s+)?(?:di)?graph\s+([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*)\s+\{/o)[1]

  # see if the user includes any URL or href attributes
  # if so, then we need to create an imagemap
  usemap = text.match(%r/(?:URL|href)\s*=/o) != nil

  # generate the image filename based on the path, graph name, and type
  # of image to generate
  image_fn = path.nil? ? name.dup : ::File.join(path, name)
  image_fn = ::File.join('', image_fn) << '.' << type

  # create the HTML img tag
  out = "<img src=\"#{image_fn}\""

  %w[class style id alt].each do |atr|
    val = opts.getopt(atr)
    next if val.nil?
    out << " %s=\"%s\"" % [atr, val]
  end

  out << " usemap=\"\##{name}\"" if usemap
  out << " />\n"

  # generate the image map if needed
  if usemap
    IO.popen("#{cmd} -Tcmapx 2> #{err.path}", 'r+') do |io|
      io.write text
      io.close_write
      out << io.read
    end
    GraphvizHelper.error_check(err)
  end

  # generate the image using graphviz -- but first ensure that the
  # path exists
  out_dir = ::Webby.site.output_dir
  out_file = ::File.join(out_dir, image_fn)
  FileUtils.mkpath(::File.join(out_dir, path)) unless path.nil?
  cmd = "#{cmd} -T#{type} -o #{out_file} 2> #{err.path}"

  IO.popen(cmd, 'w') {|io| io.write text}
  GraphvizHelper.error_check(err)

  # put some guards around the output (specifically for textile)
  out = _guard(out)

  concat_erb(out, block.binding)
  return
end