Redacted Activity Box

Question

It would be nice to have a specific box for functionality that has been redacted. So for example if I create an activity diagram as below, in the next iteration I need to tell people that the functionality in the lightgreen box has been removed. I know that there are other ways to do this, but it seems a nice way to quickly illustrate it with a different type of box, maybe one simply with diagonal lines corner to corner.

@startuml

title Activity Flow Key

start

#lightblue:Lightblue - Start of a section;

#cyan:Cyan - Jump to another logic flow diagram;

#wheat:Wheat Resolve ..<>..<TABLE_NAME>\nschema <schema>\n<key_a> == [variable_x] **BEST**\n<key_b> == [variable_y] **EXACT**\nApply Policy;

#lightgray:Lightgray - Values have been set or stored;

#lightgreen:REDACTED;

#orange:Orange - Informational element for subsequent section\nMay be used as Trace Messages in the Application;

:<back:yellow> << back:yellow >> indicates change from previous version of diagram;

if(\nDecision\n) then (yes)

    :TRUE\nStatements;

else (no)

    :FALSE\nStatements;

    #red:Red - Specific Exit\nNo return to previous logic;

   stop

endif

if(\nDecision 2\n) then (yes)

    :TRUE\nStatements;

else (no)

    :FALSE\nStatements;

    #SlateBlue:Jump to Local A;

    note right

        Local A Jump Point

        Use jump points ONLY where PlantUML

        cannot deliver the logic required

    end note

    stop

endif

 :Case Statements;

stop        

@enduml

By the way - keep up the great work PlantUML is awesome!

Answer 1

I'm sorry, I am not sure to understand your request.

Could you post a very short example of what you are expecting, with a picture ?

Thanks!

Comments

I hope that you can see this image!

Or use the link below

https://imgur.com/a/Ht0DvVl

Im not sure how to post pictures if Im honest:)

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Did this work? Could you see the picture with the crossed out box?

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Yes, we've seen your picture.

And we understand what you are looking for. This is a good idea.

Now, we have to think about a nice syntax for this feature (ideas are welcome :-)

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Three possibilities maybe below. I concede that the one that looks like the partition command might be useful in its own right an possibly easier to implement :-

@startuml

title Redacted

start

if (Redacted?) then (yes)

    #lightgreen:<redact>REDACTED;

    #lightgreen:x:REDACTED;

else (no)

    #lightgreen:NORMAL;

endif

redacted "Redacted" {

    #lightgreen:REDACTED;

}

stop        

@enduml