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Reference
Group
Name
Example
Diagram
Associations
16
association
[a] - [b]
association
[a] -> [b]
association
[a] <-> [b]
dependency
[a] --> [b]
dependency
[a] <--> [b]
generalization
[a] -:> [b]
implementation
[a] --:> [b]
composition
[a] +- [b]
composition
[a] +-> [b]
aggregation
[a] o- [b]
aggregation
[a] o-> [b]
ball and socket
[a] -o) [b]
ball and socket
[a] o<-) [b]
ball and socket
[a] ->o [b]
note
[a] -- [b]
hidden
[a] -/- [b]
Class diagrams
6
class
[class]
abstract
[<abstract> abstract]
instance
[<instance> instance]
reference
[<reference> reference]
package
[<package> package|
components
]
frame
[<frame> frame|
contents
]
Component diagrams
2
socket
[component] - [<socket> socket]
lollipop
[<lollipop> lollipop] - [component]
Flow charts
9
start
[<start> start]
end
[<end> end]
state
[<state> state]
choice
[<choice> choice]
sync
[<sync> sync]
input
[<input> input]
sender
[<sender> sender]
receiver
[<receiver> receiver]
transceiver
[<transceiver> transceiver]
Use cases
2
actor
[<actor> actor]
usecase
[<usecase> usecase]
Miscalleneous
6
note
[<note> note]
label
[<label> label]
hidden
[<hidden> hidden]
database
[<database> database]
pipe
[<pipe> pipe]
table
[<table> table| a | 5 || b | 7]
Comments
Comments are supported at the start of a line.
//[commented]
[not //commented]
Directives
#import: filename
#arrowSize: 1
#bendSize: 0.3
#direction: down | right
#gutter: 5
#edgeMargin: 0
#gravity: 1
#edges: hard | rounded
#background: transparent
#fill: #eee8d5; #fdf6e3
#fillArrows: false
#font: Calibri
#fontSize: 12
#leading: 1.25
#lineWidth: 3
#padding: 8
#spacing: 40
#stroke: #33322E
#title: filename
#zoom: 1
#acyclicer: greedy
#ranker: network-simplex | tight-tree | longest-path
Custom classifier styles
A directive that starts with "." define a classifier style. The style is written as a space separated list of modifiers and key/value pairs.
#.box: fill=#8f8 dashed
#.blob: visual=ellipse title=bold
[<box> GreenBox]
[<blob> Blobby]
GreenBoxBlobby
Modifiers
dashed
Key/value pairs
fill=(any css color)
stroke=(any css color)
align=center
align=left
direction=right
direction=down
visual=actor
visual=class
visual=database
visual=ellipse
visual=end
visual=frame
visual=hidden
visual=input
visual=none
visual=note
visual=package
visual=pipe
visual=receiver
visual=rhomb
visual=roundrect
visual=sender
visual=start
visual=sync
visual=table
visual=transceiver
Style title and text body
title=left,italic,bold
body=center,italic,bold
Text modifiers
bold
center
italic
left
underline
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