Plantuml builder

A tools to generate plantuml diagram from java sources.

This tool is an important part of the Living Documentation tool.

Using a builder pattern, the class ClassDiagramBuilder give you many way to construct and customize the diagram.

Class diagram example

This code :

String diagram = new ClassDiagramBuilder()
        .addClasses(Vehicule.class, Car.class, Driver.class, Price.class, Wheel.class, Devise.class)
        .build();

Will generate this :

@startuml

interface Vehicule

class Car {
  brand : String
  model : String
  driver : Driver
  price : Price
  wheels : Collection<Wheel>
}

class Driver {
  name : String
  cars : List<Car>
}

class Price {
  amount : BigDecimal
  devise : Devise
}

class Wheel

enum Devise {
  CHF
  EUR
  USD
}

Vehicule <|-- Car
Car "*" <-> Driver : driver
Car --> Price : price
Car --> "*" Wheel : wheels
Price --> Devise : devise

@enduml

And if you render an image from this previous text file you will get :

For more uses cases and more options see ClassDiagramBuilderTest or PlantUmlBuilderTest classes