ClassStoreDiagram

Create class diagram for your class store.

Usage

Get the diagram passing your cs

Choose a format between mermaid and graphiz dot

$diagram:=csDiagram(cs).mermaid()
$diagram:=csDiagram(cs).dot()

Get the diagram raw source

$txtSource:=$diagram.source

Get an svg

using the remote service kroki.io

kroki.io is a free service to convert diagrams to images. (It can be self hosted)

$diagram.kroki().svg

using a web page

Copy paste the diagram source into this online service

• mermaid: https://mermaid-js.github.io/mermaid-live-editor
• graphviz: https://dreampuf.github.io/GraphvizOnline/

You could also make your own converter like this example using js libraries.

Install softwares

Alternatively you can install cli tools to convert diagrams.

Result for the provide example base

WebGraph database contains some shape classes.

The result of code

cscsDiagram(cs).mermaid().source

is

classDiagram
	class Square {
	}
	class Rectangle {
	}
	class Spline {
	}
	class Ellipse {
	}
	class EntitySelection {
	}
	class Shape {
	}
	class Polygon {
	}
	class Circle {
	}
	class Entity {
	}
	class DataClass {
	}
	class _DataStore {
	}
Rectangle <|-- Square
Shape <|-- Rectangle
Shape <|-- Spline
Shape <|-- Ellipse
Object <|-- EntitySelection
Object <|-- Shape
Shape <|-- Polygon
Shape <|-- Circle
Object <|-- Entity
Object <|-- DataClass
Object <|-- _DataStore

Macro

You can find macro file here

macro_csDiagram will generate diagrams each time you create or save a class into Documentation/classDiagram.md and Documentation/classDiagram.mermaid.

Then each time you close a class or type in code run kroki, the svg will be saved into Documentation/classDiagram.svg. classDiagram.svg) example

Then you can display it in your documentation:

A .csDiagram.json file will be create into your root database folder. You can put "kroki": false if you do not want svg convertion.

Ignore classes

You could ignore some class by defining a list of ignored class name

$csDiagram:=csDiagram(cs)
$csDiagram.ignore:=New collection("Object";"MyPrivateClass")

macro

In configuration file .csDiagram.json you could also define the list of ignored class name. .csDiagram.json example

Installing

On macOS open a terminal in your database root folder.

Using latest release

Download the latest release and put it into the Components/ folder

You could do it using this command in terminal.

mkdir -p Components && curl -L https://github.com/mesopelagique/ClassStoreDiagram/releases/latest/download/ClassStoreDiagram.4DZ --output Components/ClassStoreDiagram.4dz

Using git submodule

to use source code

git submodule add https://github.com/mesopelagique/ClassStoreDiagram.git Components/ClassStoreDiagram.4dbase

to use binary

git submodule add https://github.com/mesopelagique/ClassStoreDiagram.git Components/ClassStoreDiagram

Open the project, for instance in macOS

open Components/ClassStoreDiagram/Project/ClassStoreDiagram.4DProject

Buil it to your database folder. A Components/ClassStoreDiagram.4dbase will be created with inside the ClassStoreDiagram.4dz

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