Source code for pm4py.visualization.heuristics_net.visualizer
'''
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'''
import shutil
import tempfile
from enum import Enum
from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
from graphviz import Digraph
from pm4py.visualization.common import gview
from pm4py.visualization.common import save as gsave
from pm4py.visualization.common.gview import serialize, serialize_dot
from pm4py.objects.heuristics_net.obj import HeuristicsNet
from pm4py.util import constants, exec_utils, vis_utils
from pm4py.visualization.heuristics_net.variants import pydotplus_vis
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class Variants(Enum):
PYDOTPLUS = pydotplus_vis
DEFAULT_VARIANT = Variants.PYDOTPLUS
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def apply(
heu_net: HeuristicsNet,
parameters: Optional[Dict[Any, Any]] = None,
variant=DEFAULT_VARIANT,
) -> str:
"""
Gets a representation of an Heuristics Net
Parameters
-------------
heu_net
Heuristics net
parameters
Possible parameters of the algorithm, including:
- Parameters.FORMAT
variant
Variant of the algorithm to use:
- Variants.PYDOTPLUS
Returns
------------
gviz
Representation of the Heuristics Net
"""
return exec_utils.get_variant(variant).apply(
heu_net, parameters=parameters
)
def view(figure):
"""
View on the screen a figure that has been rendered
Parameters
----------
figure
figure
"""
if constants.DEFAULT_ENABLE_VISUALIZATIONS_VIEW:
try:
filename = figure.name
figure = filename
except AttributeError:
# continue without problems, a proper path has been provided
pass
if constants.DEFAULT_GVIZ_VIEW == "matplotlib_view":
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import matplotlib.image as mpimg
img = mpimg.imread(figure)
plt.axis("off")
plt.tight_layout(pad=0, w_pad=0, h_pad=0)
plt.imshow(img)
plt.show()
return
if vis_utils.check_visualization_inside_jupyter():
vis_utils.view_image_in_jupyter(figure)
else:
vis_utils.open_opsystem_image_viewer(figure)
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def save(gviz: Digraph, output_file_path: str, parameters=None):
"""
Save the diagram
Parameters
-----------
gviz
GraphViz diagram
output_file_path
Path where the GraphViz output should be saved
"""
gsave.save(gviz, output_file_path, parameters=parameters)
return ""
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def view(gviz: Digraph, parameters=None):
"""
View the diagram
Parameters
-----------
gviz
GraphViz diagram
"""
return gview.view(gviz, parameters=parameters)
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def matplotlib_view(gviz: Digraph, parameters=None):
"""
Views the diagram using Matplotlib
Parameters
---------------
gviz
Graphviz
"""
return gview.matplotlib_view(gviz, parameters=parameters)