NAME

       Graph::Reader::Dot - class for reading a Graph instance from Dot format

SYNOPSIS

           use Graph::Reader::Dot;
           use Graph;

           $reader = Graph::Reader::Dot->new();
           $graph = $reader->read_graph('mygraph.dot');

DESCRIPTION

       Graph::Reader::Dot is a class for reading in a directed graph in the file format used by the dot tool
       (part of the AT+T graphviz package).

       Graph::Reader::Dot is a subclass of Graph::Reader, which defines the generic interface for Graph reader
       classes.

METHODS AND CONFIGURATION

   "new()"
       Constructor - generate a new reader instance.

           $reader = Graph::Reader::Dot->new();

       This doesn't take any arguments.

   "read_graph()"
       Read a graph from a file:

           $graph = $reader->read_graph( $file );

       The $file argument can be either a filename or a filehandle of a previously opened file.

   $Graph::Reader::Dot::UseNodeAttr
       Controls, if implicit node attributes given by the dot directive "node[]" will be merged into (new)
       nodes.  Setting it to 0 or "undef" (default) will not disable this feature.  Setting it to any other
       value will enable this feature.

   $Graph::Reader::Dot::UseEdgeAttr
       Controls, if implicit edge attributes given by the dot directive "edge[]" will be merged into edges.
       Setting it to 0 or "undef" (default) will not disable this feature.  Setting it to any other value will
       enable this feature.

RESTRICTIONS

       •   Default (graph) attributes in subgraphs (i.e. inside "{}") are not processed.

       •   Sub nodes as used by dot's "record" node shape are supported.

       •   Undirected graphs will be treated as directed graphs.  This means that the "--" edge operator works
           as the "->" edge operator.

       •   Be aware that you are loosing scope information on writing back the graph.

       •   Multiple "node[]" or "edge[]" statements in the same scope are not correctly supported.

SEE ALSO

       http://www.graphviz.org/
           The home page for the AT+T graphviz toolkit that includes the dot tool.

       Graph::Reader
           The base class for Graph::Reader::Dot.

       Graph::Writer::Dot
           Used to serialise a Graph instance in Dot format.

       Graph
           Jarkko Hietaniemi's classes for representing directed graphs.

       Parse::Yapp
           Another base class for Graph::Reader::Dot.  The Parse::Yapp module comes with the following copyright
           notice:

           The Parse::Yapp module and its related modules and shell scripts are copyright (c) 1998-1999 Francois
           Desarmenien, France. All rights reserved.

           You may use and distribute them under the terms of either the GNU General Public License or the
           Artistic License, as specified in the Perl README file.

           If you use the "standalone parser" option so people don't need to install Parse::Yapp on their
           systems in order to run you software, this copyright noticed should be included in your software
           copyright too, and the copyright notice in the embedded driver should be left untouched.

AUTHOR

       Mark A. Hillebrand <mah@wjpserver.cs.uni-sb.de>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2001 by Mark A. Hillebrand.  All rights reserved.

       This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl
       itself.