Add a graph view of the object structure

[gheber]

Examples attached...

[hyoklee]

@gheber Is this similar to what you have in mind?

[gheber]

More like this

[gheber]

Graphviz http://www.graphviz.org/

[gheber]

Sorry, just saw that I'd posted that already...

[hyoklee]

Can you attach the .dot file?

[hyoklee]

Do you need edge label? I think shape can tell what's group and what's dataset. Name of group / dset can be inside the node.

[hyoklee]

OK. Here's the graph view powered by Graphviz.

[gheber]

Very nice, but the labels have to be on the edges, because it's the link that's got the name, not the object.

[jreadey]

Can it expand to show all the objects in a file?

[hyoklee]

Thanks Gerd for the crystal clear explanation and reason.

[gheber]

digraph sample {

rankdir = LR;

node [shape = doublecircle];  G_48;

node [shape = rect];  D_3175 D_1644 D_195 D_879 D_2705;

node [shape = ellipse];  G_1293;

node [shape = house];  T_1489;

node [shape = plaintext, label = "somevalue"]; S_0;

G_48 -> D_195 [ label = "dset1" ];
G_48 -> G_1293 [ label = "group1" ];
G_1293 -> D_1644 [ label = "dset3" ];
G_48 -> T_1489 [ label = "type1" ];
G_48 -> D_2705 [ label = "dset3" ];
G_48 -> G_1293 [ label = "group2" ];
G_48 -> S_0 [ label = "slink1" ];
G_48 -> D_879 [ label = "dset2" ];
G_48 -> D_3175 [ label = "hdf_logo" ];

}

[hyoklee]

@jreadey That's the goal.

[gheber]

(dot file)