Framework Documentation

API Documentation

The Constellation Framework API documentation includes information on the Constellation component, node layout behavior classes, node and edge renderer classes, and the graph data structure.

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Tutorials

Setting up Constellation Framework in Flex

Learn how to create your first graph visualization! This tutorial goes over the basics of getting Constellation into your app.

Using the graph data structure

An overview of the methods and classes for manipulating graph data. Learn how to add and remove nodes and edges and perform more complex operations.

Implementing a custom node renderer

A first look at creating your own node renderers. This gives you complete control over the appearance of the nodes in your visualization.

Creating a custom edge renderer

How to create your own edge renderer. Find out how to customize the appearance of the edges in your graph visualization.

Using behaviors for node layouts

Framework's node layout algorithm combines multiple behavior modules to produce the desired effect. Learn about what some of the commonly-used behaviors actually do.

Parsing Graph Data

Find out how you can interpret data from external files and use it to populate a graph with nodes and edges.

Implementing Custom Graph Parsers

Creating a custom graph parser is easy! The IGraphParser only requires one method. Look at an example in this tutorial.