Re: IP networking Shapes (multi text field shapes)

[Lars Clausen <lars raeder dk>]

On Thu, 2005-09-01 at 17:16 +0200, Sascha Ziemann wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am searching for a tool that is useful IP network drawings.  Most
> objects in IP networks have more than one interface.  For each
> interface one has to specify the Interface name and the IP address.
> So I need a shape with more than one text field.
>
> Example:
> >      external
> >    ====+===================
> >        |
> >        | 192.168.1.1
> >    +---|------------------+    management
> >    |  eth0                |   ==+=========
> >    |                      |     |
> >    |  Packet Filter   eth2------+
> >    |    pfext1            | 172.16.1.1
> >    |                      |
> >    |  eth1                |
> >    +---|------------------+
> >        | 10.1.1.1
> >        |
> >    ====+===================
> >      internal
>
> This is a shape with one main text field in the middle and two text
> fields per anchor.  Additionaly I need to specify the positions of the
> interface text fields.

That cannot be done with .shape files currently, but would require C
coding.  Having text fields with handles is not difficult, having an
arbitrary number of them is a bit trickier.

This sounds like it has some features in common with the AADL plugin
that Pierre DUQUESNE <Pierre DUQUESNE etu upmc fr> is working on.

An alternative version would be to hae the filter be one shape and each
interface (anchor) be a shape that gets attached to that.  Depends on
what your requirements are.

-Lars

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Lars Clausen <lars raeder dk>