TableNode.setConnectionStyle Method

Sets a value indicating whether links should connect to the rows of this table or to the table as an integral entity.

Namespace: com.mindfusion.diagramming
Package: com.mindfusion.diagramming

 Syntax

Java

public void setConnectionStyle (
    TableConnectionStyle value
)

 Parameters

value

A member of the TableConnectionStyle enumeration.

 Remarks

There are three possible ways to relate tables to other nodes. This property specifies how users are allowed to create such relations:

• Rows - relation ends are the rows of a table. A link connected to the table is connected to a particular row. This mode is convenient for database diagrams.
• Table - relations target the table as a whole entity, and not any particular row. This mode is convenient for class diagrams.
• Both - a mixed mode where links can target either a row of the table or the table itself.

Programmatically, links can be connected to a table in any way, regardless of the ConnectionStyle. ConnectionStyle value is considered only when end-users draw links to or from a table. To link to a table as an entity and not to a specific row, pass -1 as row argument of the createDiagramLink method.