Tom Sawyer Perspectives, Java Edition

Release 6.0.0

Overview

Tom Sawyer Perspectives now provides a data integrator for Neo4j graph databases with Cypher query language support. HTML5 performance has been improved through reduced data traffic.

New

Data Integration

• New data integrator for Neo4j graph databases using the Cypher query language

Drawings

• Support for drawing nodes before edges
• Support for animated edges
• New HTML5 Overview animation

Examples

• New tutorial demonstrating the Neo4j integrator

Documentation

• New, more complete API reference with better IDE integration

Improvements

Drawings

• Added dynamic tooltip loading support
• Reduced server-to-client data traffic for HTML5 views
• Improved Overview rendering with low-resolution rendering options for labels
• Improved Google Maps API JavaScript loading
• Improved packaged UIs to properly execute visual cue actions
• Improved SVG node UI support

Layout

• Improved one-line diagram layout
• Improved performance for hierarchical layout of disconnected graphs
• Enhanced layout to respect the width of edge arrowheads
• Enhanced drawing fitting for incremental layout of disconnected graphs
• Various integrated and static labeling improvements with dense drawings

Examples

• Business Process Design application utilizes toolbar button grouping

Documentation

• Improved API documentation

System Requirements

• Added support for GWT 2.6
• Dropped support for GWT 2.5

Fixes

• Microwave example updates properly in web views
• Meta-edge tooltips show properly
• Object selection and highlighting in different view types behave the same
• Editing Boolean values in web table views works with one click
• $isDrawingInOverview() function works properly when it is called from a custom drawing UI
• Tooltips do not disappear when the mouse hovers over them in HTML5 views
• onMouseDoubleClickOnObject JavaScript callback function returns the same value as the object ID in both HTML5 and Image Map views
• Configure Tool dialog box buttons such as Add Select Tool and Add Delete Tool work properly
• The frame borders of expanded nodes are visible even at low zoom levels in HTML5 views

Issues

• None