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Sequence Diagram

A Sequence diagram is an interaction diagram that shows how processes operate with one another and in what order.

Syntax


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Alice->>John: Hello John, how are you?
John-->>Alice: Great!
Alice-)John: See you later!

Participants

participant Alice
participant Bob
Alice->>Bob: Hi Bob
Bob->>Alice: Hi Alice

Actors

actor Alice
actor Bob
Alice->>Bob: Hi Bob
Bob->>Alice: Hi Alice

Aliases

participant A as Alice
participant J as John
A->>J: Hello John, how are you?
J->>A: Great!

Activations

Alice->>John: Hello John, how are you?
activate John
John-->>Alice: Great!
deactivate John

Notes

participant John
Note right of John: Text in note
Alice->John: Hello John, how are you?
Note over Alice,John: A typical interaction

Loops

Alice->John: Hello John, how are you?
loop Every minute
John-->Alice: Great!
end

Parallel

par Alice to Bob
Alice->>Bob: Hello guys!
and Alice to John
Alice->>John: Hello guys!
end
Bob-->>Alice: Hi Alice!
John-->>Alice: Hi Alice!
par Alice to Bob
Alice->>Bob: Go help John
and Alice to John
Alice->>John: I want this done today
par John to Charlie
John->>Charlie: Can we do this today?
and John to Diana
John->>Diana: Can you help us today?
end
end

Background Highlighting

participant Alice
participant John

rect rgb(191, 223, 255)
note right of Alice: Alice calls John.
Alice->>+John: Hello John, how are you?
rect rgb(200, 150, 255)
Alice->>+John: John, can you hear me?
John-->>-Alice: Hi Alice, I can hear you!
end
John-->>-Alice: I feel great!
end
Alice ->>+ John: Did you want to go to the game tonight?
John -->>- Alice: Yeah! See you there.
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