Extension:PlantUML

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Release status: beta
Description	Add UML diagrams in your Wiki
Author(s)	Roques A., Kersten Pieter J.
Last version	0.4
License	No license specified
Download	https://github.com/pjkersten/PlantUML
Check usage (experimental)

What can this extension do?

This extension allows to easily add UML diagrams into Wiki using a simple text description.

The following diagrams are available:

• sequence diagram,
• use case diagram,
• class diagram,
• activity diagram,
• component diagram,
• state diagram

The language is explained in this document: Language Reference Guide.pdf

Usage

Just put a PlantUML model description between the <uml></uml> tag.

Attributes

redraw

force diagram to be redrawn by deleting cached image.

Examples

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  Example 1

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  Example 2

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  Example 3

Example1

<uml>
Alice -> Bob: Authentication Request
Bob --> Alice: Authentication Response
</uml>

Example2

<uml>
skinparam usecaseBackgroundColor DarkSeaGreen
skinparam usecaseArrowColor Olive
skinparam actorBorderColor black
skinparam usecaseBorderColor DarkSlateGray
skinparam usecaseActorFontName Courier

User << Human >>
:Main Database: as MySql << Application >>
(Start) << One Shot >>
(Use the application) as (Use) << Main >>

User -> (Start)
User --> (Use)
MySql --> (Use)
</uml>

Example3

<uml>
package "Classic Collections" #DDDDDD
Object <|-- ArrayList

package net.sourceforge.plantuml
Object <|-- Demo1
Demo1 *- Demo2
</uml>

Installation

The code of the extension is available here.

• On Windows, you must set the read & execute permissions on C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe for the account the PHP web service extension is running under. PHP needs those permissions to "fork" other process.

See also

Extension:UML is doing the same thing with MetaUML.