MorphViz

Table of Contents

• Installation
  • Build
• Command-line Interface
  • Usage
  • Examples
• Appendix
  • Create PDF from DOT-File
  • Visualize DOT-File online
• References

MorphViz converts Metamorph DSL into DOT files.

Installation

Build

Run the following command to construct a jar with dependencies.

gradlew fatJar

Produces morphviz-VERSION.jar in build/libs.

Command-line Interface

Run the client via

java -jar path/to/morphviz.jar

Usage

Usage: morphviz [-hV] -i=<inputFile> [-o=<outputFile>]
Exports Metamorph-XML into DOT format.
  -h, --help                Display this help message.
  -i, --input=<inputFile>   Input file. Use '-' for stdin.
  -o, --output=<outputFile> Output file. Use '-' for stdout. Default: stdout.
  -V, --version             Display version info.

Examples

Help

java -jar morphviz.jar -h

Convert

Converts the file rules.xml into rules.dot

java -jar morphviz.jar -i rules.xml -o rules.dot

or

java -jar morphviz.jar -i rules.xml > rules.dot

Appendix

Create PDF from DOT-File

• Install GraphViz

• Run dot -Tpdf rules.dot -o rules.pdf

  Note

  This applies also to any other target format provided by graphviz.

Visualize DOT-File online

• Open GraphvizOnline

• Copy the content of the generated DOT-File

  Note

  Graphvizonline provides various downloadable output formats.

References

• https://github.com/dreampuf/GraphvizOnline