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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 documentation
Syntax
Theme
:
default
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.
Syntax
Participants
Actors
Aliases
Activations
Notes
Loops
Parallel
Background Highlighting
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