plotAlternativesAssignments

alternatives (optional)

The alternatives to be plotted. All are plotted if not provided.

The input value should be a valid XMCDA document whose main tag is <alternatives>.

categories (optional)

The categories to be plotted. All are plotted if not provided.

The input value should be a valid XMCDA document whose main tag is <categories>.

categoriesSets (optional)

The categories sets assignable. Mandatory if alternatives are assigned to categoriesSets.

The input value should be a valid XMCDA document whose main tag is <categoriesSets>.

alternativesAssignments

The alternatives ssignments to be plotted.

The input value should be a valid XMCDA document whose main tag is <alternativesAssignments>.

categoriesValues (optional)

The categories values ranking provided categories. Mandatory if alternatives are assigned to categoriesIntervals.

Used to order categories in plot. Only read if categories are supplied.

The input value should be a valid XMCDA document whose main tag is <categoriesValues>.

parameters (optional)

Parameters of the method

The input value should be a valid XMCDA document whose main tag is <programParameters>. It must have the following form:

<programParameters>
    <programParameter id="color" name="Color">
        <values>
            <value>
                <label>%1</label>
            </value>
        </values>
    </programParameter>
    <programParameter id="shape" name="Shape">
        <values>
            <value>
                <label>%2</label>
            </value>
        </values>
    </programParameter>
    <programParameter id="image_file_extension" name="Image file extension">
        <values>
            <value>
                <label>%3</label>
            </value>
        </values>
    </programParameter>
    <programParameter id="layout" name="Layout">
        <values>
            <value>
                <label>%4</label>
            </value>
        </values>
    </programParameter>
    <programParameter id="show_values" name="Show values">
        <values>
            <value>
                <boolean>%5</boolean>
            </value>
        </values>
    </programParameter>
    <programParameter id="naming_conventions" name="Naming conventions">
        <values>
            <value>
                <label>%6</label>
            </value>
        </values>
    </programParameter>
</programParameters>

where:

• %1 is a parameter named “Color”. It can have the following values:

  • black: Black
  • white: White
  • red: Red
  • green: Green
  • blue: Blue
  • magenta: Magenta
  • yellow: Yellow
  • cyan: Cyan
  • orange: Orange
  • pink: Pink
  • brown: Brown
  • gray: Gray

  The default value is black.

• %2 is a parameter named “Shape”. It can have the following values:

  • box: Rectangle
  • circle: Circle
  • diamond: Diamond
  • ellipse: Ellipse
  • oval: Oval
  • polygon: Polygon
  • triangle: Triangle

  The default value is oval.

• %3 is a parameter named “Image file extension”. It can have the following values:

  • bmp: .bmp (Windows Bitmap Format)
  • dia: .dia (DIA Format)
  • fig: .fig (FIG graphics format)
  • gif: .gif (Graphics Interchange Format)
  • hpgl: .hpgl (Hewlett Packard Graphic Language 2)
  • ico: .ico (Icon Image File Format)
  • jpg: .jpg (Joint Photographic Experts Group)
  • jpe: .jpe (Joint Photographic Experts Group)
  • pdf: .pdf (Portable Document Format)
  • png: .png (Portable Network Graphics)
  • ps: .ps (PostScript)
  • ps2: .ps2 (PostScript for PDF)
  • svg: .svg (Scalable Vector Graphics)
  • svgz: .svgz (Compressed Scalable Vector Graphics)
  • tif: .tif (Tagged Image File Format)

  The default value is png.

• %4 is a parameter named “Layout”. It can have the following values:

  • line: Line
  • column: Column
  • grid: Grid

  The default value is line.

• %5 is a parameter named “Show values”. This is a boolean. The default value is false.

• %6 is a parameter named “Naming conventions”. It can have the following values:

  • id: Only ids are shown
  • name: Only names are shown (disambiguated by appending the ids, if needed)
  • name (id): Names and ids are shown in that order
  • id (name): Ids and names are shown in that order

  The default value is name.

glob:alternativesAssignments.{bmp,dia,fig,gif,hpgl,ico,jpg,jpe,pdf,png,ps,ps2,svg,svgz,tif}

Image containing all selected alternatives assignments plots. Format corresponds to the one given in parameters (default is .png).

The returned value is a XMCDA document whose main tag is <None>.

alternativesAssignments.dot

Generated graphviz dot script that made the image. Given to enable users to later customize the appearance of the plots.

The returned value is a XMCDA document whose main tag is <None>.

messages

Status messages.

The returned value is a XMCDA document whose main tag is <programExecutionResult>.