Chapter 6. yFiles FLEX Java Server API

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yFiles FLEX Java Server API Packages
Roundtrip Support Classes
Class AbstractGraphRoundtripSupport
Class GraphRoundtripSupport
Class Graph2DRoundtripSupport
Servlets
Class LoadGraphServlet
Class SaveGraphServlet
Class DownloadServlet
Manipulating yFiles FLEX GraphML Style Data
Shared Data
Label Layout
Integrated Labeling
Manipulating Labels on the Server

The yFiles FLEX distribution contains a Java server API that facilitates communication with the yFiles FLEX client and provides classes for easily deserializing, modifying, and serializing graph instances displayed in a yFiles FLEX application.

Note that this document only covers the yFiles FLEX server API. The server API in return uses the yFiles Java API and the yFiles GraphML extension API. Comprehensive documentation for the yFiles Java API is contained in the yFiles Java distribution and also available online:

For download and documentation of the yFiles Java GraphML extension, please see the GraphML extension home page.

yFiles FLEX Java Server API Packages

Package com.yworks.yfiles.server.graphml.support provides various utility classes for graph (de)serialization and modification using yFiles Java. Package com.yworks.yfiles.server.graphml.servlet offers ready-to-use servlets for common tasks in a diagramming web application.