The Engine Manager contains four tabs:
Add Single Engine
Engines (or visualisations or tests) can be added by entering a class name and a menu name which is used for the menu entry in the correspendending fields.Add DirectoryRemoving is possible in the Connection or Overview tab.
- Enter class name(including the package name, e.g. de.tum.binfo.abd.engine.Essential) and a menu name.
The form for adding engines contains the additional choice Parameters. There might be engines that need only one parameter others need two.
- Click the Add button to add the new classes to the repository.
The path to the engines directory consists of the path to the root of the class package and the path in the package.Make ConnectionAll found engines will appear in the table below. Already existing classes will marked with a red background.
- Enter the path to the root of the package in the first text field or browse to the directory.
- Enter (browse) the package path in the second text field.
The class name column shows the package name plus the class name of the engine. The menu name column holds the names which will appear in the menu. As default, the class name (without the package name) will be entered.The type column is very important. The Bioinformatic Studio needs information about the type of the class (engine (1 or 2 parameters), visualisation, test) in order to handle it properly. Like the menu name cell, the type cell has to contain a value, otherwise you cannot import the engine.
- Change menu name to the name you want by double-click on the cell. You can also leave the as it is.
After entering all information you have to import the engines in the Bioinformatic Studio
- Click on the cell in column Type. and the selected the proper type
A right-click on a table row will open a popup menu where table entries can be removed.
- To import only selected classes, click the Import Selected button. To import all classes the Import All button will add them all without selection.
In this section, you can determin which visualisations are available for a engine. All available engines are listet in a table. To create a connection, just right-click on an engine. That will open a popup menu with the menu item Connect to visualisation. There you can choose the visualisation for that engine.Overview
In this popup menu, there are also options for renaming class or menu names and removeing entries.
The overview shows you all classes which are available in the Bioinformatic Studio and the connections made before.