ENH: ELASTIX-9 Add blueprint visualization with graphviz #comment

Modules/Core/Blueprints/include/elxBlueprint.h

@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ public:
     ParameterMapType parameterMap;
   };
   
-  typedef boost::adjacency_list< boost::listS,      
-                                 boost::listS,      
+  typedef boost::adjacency_list< boost::vecS,      
+                                 boost::vecS,      
                                  boost::directedS,
                                  ComponentPropertyType,
                                  ConnectionPropertyType >             GraphType;
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ public:
   void SetComponent( ComponentIndexType, ParameterMapType parameterMap );
 
   // TODO: Let user delete component. Before we do this, we need a proper way of 
-  // checking that a vertex exist. Otherwise a call to  GetComponent() on 
+  // checking that a vertex exist. Otherwise a call to GetComponent() on 
   // a deleted vertex will result in segfault. It is not really a in issue
-  // _before_ realease since typically we use (the developers) use blueprint 
+  // _before_ release since typically we (the developers) will use blueprint 
   // interface procedurally.
   // void DeleteComponent( ComponentIndexType );
 
@@ -88,9 +88,11 @@ public:
   // Returns the outgoing connections from a component in the graph,
   // i.e. all components that reads data from given component
   OutputIteratorPairType GetOutputIterator( const ComponentIndexType index ) {
-    return boost::out_edges(index, this->m_Graph);
+    return boost::out_edges( index, this->m_Graph );
   }
 
+  void WriteBlueprint( const std::string filename );
+
 private:
   
   ConnectionIndexType GetConnectionIndex( ComponentIndexType upsteam, ComponentIndexType downstream );

Modules/Core/Blueprints/src/elxBlueprint.cxx

-#ifndef __Blueprint_hxx
-#define __Blueprint_hxx
+#ifndef __Blueprint_cxx
+#define __Blueprint_cxx
 
-#include <boost/graph/graphviz.hpp>
+#include "boost/graph/graphviz.hpp"
 
 #include "elxBlueprint.h"
 
@@ -147,14 +147,14 @@ Blueprint
   return boost::edge( upstream, downstream, this->m_Graph).first;
 }
 
-// void 
-// Blueprint
-// ::PrintGraph( void )
-// {
-//   // TODO: Link to graphviz library
-//   boost::write_graphviz(std::cout, this->m_Graph);
-// }
+void 
+Blueprint
+::WriteBlueprint( const std::string filename ) 
+{
+  std::ofstream dotfile( filename.c_str() );
+  boost::write_graphviz( dotfile, this->m_Graph );
+}
 
 } // namespace elx 
 
-#endif // __Blueprint_hxx
+#endif // __Blueprint_cxx
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Modules/Core/elxModuleCore.cmake

@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ set( ${MODULE}_SOURCE_FILES
 
 set( ${MODULE}_LIBRARIES 
   ${MODULE}
-)
+)
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Testing/Unit/elxBluePrintTest.cxx

@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ TEST_F( BlueprintTest, SetComponent )
   EXPECT_EQ( parameterMap["ComponentName"], parameterMapTest["ComponentName"] );
 }
 
-// TODO: The final line segfaults since at this point GetComponent has no way
-// of checking that the index actually exist. See explanation in elxBlueprint.h
+// TODO: The final line segfaults because GetComponent does not check that the index actually
+// actually exist. How can we do that? See also explanation in elxBlueprint.h
 // TEST_F( BlueprintTest, DeleteComponent ) 
 // {
 //   BlueprintPointerType blueprint = Blueprint::New();
@@ -155,4 +155,20 @@ TEST_F( BlueprintTest, DeleteConnection )
   EXPECT_FALSE( blueprint->ConnectionExists( index0, index1 ) );
 }
 
+TEST_F( BlueprintTest, WriteBlueprint ) 
+{
+  BlueprintPointerType blueprint = Blueprint::New();
+
+  ComponentIndexType index0 = blueprint->AddComponent();
+  ComponentIndexType index1 = blueprint->AddComponent();
+  ComponentIndexType index2 = blueprint->AddComponent();
+  ComponentIndexType index3 = blueprint->AddComponent();
+
+  blueprint->AddConnection( index0, index1 );
+  blueprint->AddConnection( index0, index2 );
+  blueprint->AddConnection( index2, index3 );
+
+  EXPECT_NO_THROW( blueprint->WriteBlueprint( "blueprint.dot" ) );
+}
+
 } // namespace elx