PlantUML: Short cut syntaxes for participant creation, activation, deactivation, destruction

Following table summarizes the short cut syntaxes for participant creation, activation, deactivation, destruction.

 

Short cut	Description
++	Activate the target lifeline, you can optionally specify the #color
--	Deactivate the source
**	Create an instance of the target
!!	Destroy an instance of the target

 

shortCuts.txt

@startuml

title Job Scheduler

client -> sys1 ++ #lightgreen: Submit the task

sys1 -> sys2 ++ #lightgreen: Submit the subtask t1 to sys2

sys1 -> sys3 ** #lightgreen: Submit the subtask t2 to sys3

sys2 -> sys4 ++ #lightgreen: Submit the subtask t1.1 to sys4
sys2 <- sys4 !!: Share the t1.1 task result

sys1 <- sys3 -- : Share the t2 task result

sys1 -> client: Share the task result

@enduml

 

Above snippet generates below diagram.

 

 

  

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