GraphView (gephi 0.9.3 API)

```
public interface GraphView
```
View on the graph.
Each graph can have views and use these views to obtain subgraphs. A view is a filter on the main graph structure where some nodes and/or edges are missing.
The graph model has a main view, which is always 100% of nodes and edges. Users can then create views and modify them by enabling/disabling elements. Views can only have elements which are in the model. As a consequence, if a element is removed from the graph it's also removed from all the views. By default, the view is empty.
The main benefits of views is the ability to obtain a Subgraph object from it. Users can call the GraphModel.getGraph(org.gephi.graph.api.GraphView) method and obtain a subgraph backed by the view. Update operations such as add or remove on this graph are in-fact modifying the view rather than the model. Indeed, adding a node to a view is enabling this node in the view. Similarly for removal.
Views can apply on nodes only, edges only or both. This is configured when the view is created. Nodes-only view let the system automatically control the set of edges. Enabling a node in the view will automatically enable all it's edges if the opposite nodes are also in the view.

See Also:

GraphModel

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`GraphModel`	`getGraphModel()`	Gets the graph model this view belongs to.
`Interval`	`getTimeInterval()`	Gets the time interval for this view.
`boolean`	`isDestroyed()`	Returns true if this view has been destroyed.
`boolean`	`isEdgeView()`	Returns true if this view supports edge filtering.
`boolean`	`isMainView()`	Returns true if this view is the main view.
`boolean`	`isNodeView()`	Returns true if this view supports node filtering.

- Method Detail
  - getGraphModel
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GraphModel getGraphModel()
```
    Gets the graph model this view belongs to.
    
    Returns:
    
    the graph model
  - isMainView
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boolean isMainView()
```
    Returns true if this view is the main view.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if main view, false otherwise
  - isNodeView
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boolean isNodeView()
```
    Returns true if this view supports node filtering.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if node view, false otherwise
  - isEdgeView
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boolean isEdgeView()
```
    Returns true if this view supports edge filtering.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if edge view, false otherwise
  - getTimeInterval
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Interval getTimeInterval()
```
    Gets the time interval for this view.
    If no interval is set, it returns a [-inf, +inf] interval.
    
    Returns:
    
    the time interval, or [-inf, +inf] if not set
  - isDestroyed
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boolean isDestroyed()
```
    Returns true if this view has been destroyed.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if destroyed, false otherwise