JPlantUML is a Java API to interact with PlantUML.
I knew about 3 different ways to interact with PlantUML:
- The online server
- A confluence plugin
- Installing the stuff on the local machine
Note: since writing this, I've learned there are many more ways.
I made heavy use of PlantUML while writing Integration Testing from the Trenches and at
work. However, while usage (1) is the nominal one, sometimes one has to apply a different global parameter - such as skinparam dpi 300, to all previously created text files and this is just not acceptable to do it manually for ~100 source files.
JPlantUML is a way to achieve that handily. Just put all your source files into one directory, launch the batch with the desired parameters and you're good.
JPlantUML consists of 3 modules:
jplantuml-apidefines a super simple API, based on Java 8's Function interface to be easily composablejplantuml-onlineuses the online server to generate the graphicsjplantuml-batchbuilds on the previous module to generates images from the content of a folder