C4PlantUML exporter: Stereotypes shown about export HOT 8 CLOSED

Removing the whole styles {} block also preserves the behavior.

from export.

I think I spotted it:

        properties {
            #plantuml.includes https://raw.githubusercontent.com/plantuml/plantuml-stdlib/master/tupadr3/font-awesome-5/users.puml
            #c4plantuml.tags true
            #c4plantuml.legend false
            plantuml.sequenceDiagram true
        }

Commenting and uncommenting c4plantuml.legend false makes the difference between showing or not the stereotype.

from export.

It's the call to SHOW_LEGEND() in the PlantUML that's causing the stereotypes to appear or not. These two examples both render differently:

@startuml
!include https://raw.githubusercontent.com/plantuml-stdlib/C4-PlantUML/master/C4.puml
!include https://raw.githubusercontent.com/plantuml-stdlib/C4-PlantUML/master/C4_Context.puml

System(SoftwareSystem, "Software System")

SHOW_LEGEND()
@enduml

@startuml
!include https://raw.githubusercontent.com/plantuml-stdlib/C4-PlantUML/master/C4.puml
!include https://raw.githubusercontent.com/plantuml-stdlib/C4-PlantUML/master/C4_Context.puml

System(SoftwareSystem, "Software System")

@enduml

You'll need to ask the C4-PlantUML team why this happens ... I suspect it's because you generally want the legend or the stereotypes, but not both, and not neither.

from export.

Why not adding HIDE_STEREOTYPES() when c4plantuml.legend is false then?

from export.

Anyways I can ask to confirm.

from export.

I found this plantuml-stdlib/C4-PlantUML#37 which could be related.

from export.

@simonbrowndotje they confirmed, I think structurizr should just add the HIDE_STEREOTYPES() call as I suggested above, since your hypothesis was correct.

from export.

Didn't test it yet but fix should look like:

--- a/src/main/java/com/structurizr/export/plantuml/C4PlantUMLExporter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/structurizr/export/plantuml/C4PlantUMLExporter.java
@@ -165,10 +165,13 @@ public class C4PlantUMLExporter extends AbstractPlantUMLExporter {

     @Override
     protected void writeFooter(View view, IndentingWriter writer) {
+        writer.writeLine();
         if (includeLegend(view)) {
-            writer.writeLine();
             writer.writeLine("SHOW_LEGEND()");
         }
+        else {
+            writer.writeLine("HIDE_STEREOTYPE()");
+        }

         super.writeFooter(view, writer);
     }

from export.