pm4py.objects.dfg.exporter.variants.classic module#

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class pm4py.objects.dfg.exporter.variants.classic.Parameters(*values)[source]#

Bases: Enum

START_ACTIVITIES = 'start_activities'#
END_ACTIVITIES = 'end_activities'#
ENCODING = 'encoding'#
pm4py.objects.dfg.exporter.variants.classic.export_line_by_line(dfg, parameters=None)[source]#

Exports a DFG into the .dfg format - Line by line yielding

Parameters:

  • dfg – DFG

  • parameters – Parameters of the algorithm

Returns:

Lines of the .dfg file (yielded one-by-one)

Return type:

line

pm4py.objects.dfg.exporter.variants.classic.apply(dfg, output_path, parameters=None)[source]#

Exports a DFG into a .dfg file

Parameters:

  • dfg – Directly-Follows Graph

  • output_path – Output path

  • parameters –

    Parameters of the algorithm, including:

    Parameters.START_ACTIVITIES => Start activities of the DFG Parameters.END_ACTIVITIES => End activities of the DFG Parameters.ENCODING => The encoding to be used (default: utf-8)

pm4py.objects.dfg.exporter.variants.classic.export_as_string(dfg, parameters=None)[source]#

Exports a DFG as a string

Parameters:

  • dfg – Directly-Follows Graph

  • parameters –

    Parameters of the algorithm, including:

    Parameters.START_ACTIVITIES => Start activities of the DFG Parameters.END_ACTIVITIES => End activities of the DFG Parameters.ENCODING => The encoding to be used (default: utf-8)

Returns:

Binary string

Return type:

binary_string