ItemBuilder (gephi 0.9.3 API)

```
public interface ItemBuilder
```
Builds and returns new Item instances.
Items are the visual elements representing the graph and are built by item builders from the graph object.
An item builder should build only a single type of items. Items are defined by a type Item.getType(), which needs to be the same as the value returned by getType(). In other words if this builder is building Node.Item items, it should return Node.Item as a type.
Item builders are singleton services and implementations need to add the following annotation to be recognized by the system:
@ServiceProvider(service=ItemBuilder.class)

Author:

Yudi Xue, Mathieu Bastian

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

static String EDGE_BUILDER

static String EDGE_LABEL_BUILDER

static String NODE_BUILDER

static String NODE_LABEL_BUILDER

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Item[]`	`getItems(Graph graph)`	Build items from the `graph`.
`String`	`getType()`	Returns the type of this builder.

- Field Detail
  - NODE_BUILDER
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static final String NODE_BUILDER
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  - NODE_LABEL_BUILDER
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static final String NODE_LABEL_BUILDER
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  - EDGE_BUILDER
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static final String EDGE_BUILDER
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  - EDGE_LABEL_BUILDER
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static final String EDGE_LABEL_BUILDER
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- Method Detail
  - getItems
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Item[] getItems(Graph graph)
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    Build items from the graph.
    
    Parameters:
    
    graph - the graph to build items from
    
    Returns:
    
    an array of new items, from the same type returned by getType()
  - getType
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String getType()
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    Returns the type of this builder.
    The type should always match the type of Item the builder is building. For instance if the builder is building Item.Node type, this method should return Item.Node.
    
    Returns:
    
    the builder item type.