12. The processor-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the SWF shape definition includes a second plurality of directed edges having a second path style in common, and further comprising converting the SWF shape definition into a second vector graphics path definition corresponding to the second path style, the method comprising: iv) creating a second path style graph representation corresponding to the second path style, based on mapping the second plurality of directed edges of the SWF shape definition having the second path style in common to a second plurality of vertices and undirected edges, and generating and storing connectivity information relating to the second plurality of vertices and undirected edges, the second path style graph representation including second path style information and a second graph representation; v) creating a second vector graphics path by traversing undirected edges of a graph represented by the second graph representation and by removing an undirected edge, after the undirected edge has been traversed, from each edge set to which the traversed edge belongs; and vi) creating the second vector graphics path definition including the second vector graphics path and the second path style information.
12. The processor-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the SWF shape definition includes a second plurality of directed edges having a second path style in common, and further comprising converting the SWF shape definition into a second vector graphics path definition corresponding to the second path style, the method comprising: iv) creating a second path style graph representation corresponding to the second path style, based on mapping the second plurality of directed edges of the SWF shape definition having the second path style in common to a second plurality of vertices and undirected edges, and generating and storing connectivity information relating to the second plurality of vertices and undirected edges, the second path style graph representation including second path style information and a second graph representation; v) creating a second vector graphics path by traversing undirected edges of a graph represented by the second graph representation and by removing an undirected edge, after the undirected edge has been traversed, from each edge set to which the traversed edge belongs; and vi) creating the second vector graphics path definition including the second vector graphics path and the second path style information. 13. The processor-implemented method of claim 12 further comprising: creating, for each path style, a path style hash based on an associated stored path style index, and mapping the path style index to the path style graph representation using the path style hash.