With Intellij 2019 there are two plugins can do this job: SequenceDiagram (currently 1.3). Go in your in Class method that you want to analyse and Tool>SequenceDiagram : ZenUML support (currently 2019.1.2)
Well, after some digging at the prompt, here’s what I get: stack = inspect.stack() the_class = stack[1][0].f_locals[“self”].__class__.__name__ the_method = stack[1][0].f_code.co_name print(“I was called by {}.{}()”.format(the_class, the_method)) # => I was called by A.a() When invoked: ➤ python test.py A.a() B.b() I was called by A.a() given the file test.py: import inspect class A: def a(self): … Read more
PlantUML. http://plantuml.sourceforge.net/sequence.html PlantUML is used to draw UML diagram, using a simple and human readable text description. The generated images can then be used without any reference to the GPL/LGPL/ASL/EPL/MIT license. It is not even necessary to stipulate that they have been generated with PlantUML, although this will be appreciate by PlantUML team. In my … Read more
There are some tricks that you can try, listed below. The layouting itself is performed by GraphViz (dot layouting iirc), and GraphViz simply does this sometimes. Graph layouting is a NP-complete problem, so algorithms usually take harsh shortcuts. Typical workarounds that I’ve seen or used include: adding hidden lines a -[hidden]- b extending the length … Read more
You can use a box enclosing the message send arrow (and whatever else is inside the same repetitive construct). See this tutorial for an example. link to larger image (archived)
Here is one diagram that may be useful, and on the left-hand side you can see the explanation: http://sdedit.sourceforge.net/multithreading/example/index.html
alt is used to describe alternative scenarios of a workflow. Only one of the options will be executed. opt is used to describe an optional step in the workflow. For example, for an online shop purchase sequence diagram you may use opt to describe how the user can add gift wrapping if she wishes. alt … Read more
If else condition, also called alternatives in UML terms can indeed be represented in sequence diagrams. Here is a link where you can find some nice resources on the subject http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rational/library/3101.html