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| <p>Definition of Terms</p> |
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| <dt>connection</dt> |
| <dd>A connection is an object from the application's model. Connections |
| link two other objects together, referred to as nodes. One node is |
| referred to as the <b>source</b>, the other the <b>target</b>. In some |
| applications, a connection may itself be a source or target node of another |
| connection. GEF assumes that nodes know, or can obtain, the |
| connections for which they are the source or target. The application |
| does not need to have collection of all connections in it.</dd> |
| <dt>source connection</dt> |
| <dd>An "outgoing" connection. The connection is leaving the |
| object being talked about, making it the source of the connection.</dd> |
| <dt>source node</dt> |
| <dd>The model object that is the source of a connection.</dd> |
| <dt>visuals</dt> |
| <dd>Objects that are visible and rendered to the user in some way. Most |
| EditParts have visuals which they manage. Examples include draw2d |
| Figures and SWT TreeItems.</dd> |
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