confluence graphviz bug

[Sundeep Bhatia]

The following code produces an extra node that is unconnected ...

digraph kafka {
  node [shape=rect, style=filled, fillcolor=lightyellow, fontname=Verdana, fontsize=9, arrowsize=0.8 label="producer"];
  producer1 producer2 producer3;
  node [label=consumer];
  consumer1 comsumer2 consumer3;
  kafka [label="kafka cluster"];
  edge [label=" topic ", fontsize="8"];
  producer1 -> kafka; producer2 -> kafka; producer3 -> kafka;
  edge [label=" msg "];
  kafka -> consumer1; kafka -> consumer2; kafka -> consumer3; 
}

The image I was trying to reproduce using GraphViz is the one at:

http://kafka.apache.org/images/producer_consumer.png

All I am adding to that image is some extra formatting and edge labels ... but I get an extra node with label "consumer" unconnected to the rest of the graph.

[Sundeep Bhatia · Accepted solution]

The following works ...

digraph G {
  node [shape=rect, fontsize=9, arrowsize=0.8]
  kafka [label="kafka cluster"]
  producer1 [label=producer] producer2 [label=producer] producer3 [label=producer]
  consumer1 [label=consumer] consumer2 [label=consumer] consumer3 [label=consumer]
  edge [label=" topic" fontsize=8]
  producer1 -> kafka; producer2 -> kafka; producer3 -> kafka;
  edge [label=" msg"]
  kafka -> consumer1; kafka -> consumer2; kafka -> consumer3;
}

So looks like you have to specify he labels for all nodes explicitly or it creates a phantom node

[Bob Swift OSS (Bob Swift Atlassian Apps)]

Or

node [shape=rect, style=filled, fillcolor=lightyellow, fontname=Verdana, fontsize=9, arrowsize=0.8 label="producer"];
producer1 producer2 producer3;

consumer1 [label="consumer"];
consumer2 [label="consumer"];
consumer3 [label="consumer"];

kafka [label="kafka cluster"];
edge [label=" topic ", fontsize="8"];
producer1 -> kafka; producer2 -> kafka; producer3 -> kafka;

edge [label=" msg "];
kafka -> consumer1; kafka -> consumer2; kafka -> consumer3;