chain components

Question

I'd like to be able to write

[A component] -> [B component] -> [C component] -> [D component]

instead of

[A component] -> [B component]
[B component] -> [C component]
[C component] -> [D component]

benefits:

• more natural
• more concise
• simpler when one want to rename intermediate components
• easier to insert new component in the chain

Answer 1

Third requirement can be met by using aliases

@startuml
[A component] as A
[B component] as B
[C component] as C
A -> B
B -> C
@enduml

Comments

The feature I propose is exactly to avoid to have to do that.

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Hello G.

Thanks, but the requested feature of @setop will be to define links between components on only one line, as:

@startuml
[A component] as A
[B component] as B
[C component] as C

A -> B -> C

@enduml

Regards,
Th.

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D2 has it, called "chained connections"

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Mermaid also:

• https://mermaid.js.org/syntax/flowchart.html#chaining-of-links