sprite from svg is not working in Version 1.2021.12

Question

java -jar plantuml.jar -encodesprite 16z elastic.svg

returns

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
        at net.sourceforge.plantuml.sprite.SpriteUtils.encodeCompressed(SpriteUtils.java:77)
        at net.sourceforge.plantuml.Run.encodeSprite(Run.java:305)
        at net.sourceforge.plantuml.Run.main(Run.java:124)

on Windows

Answer 1

Hello C.,

It seems that '-encodesprite' command works only on PNG file.

See also here:

• https://plantuml.com/en/sprite#daee74fd77c3b188

And another script here:

• https://github.com/plantuml/plantuml/pull/87
• https://github.com/plantuml/plantuml/tree/master/tools

And for SVG sprite request, see here:

• https://github.com/plantuml/plantuml/issues/629

If that can help,
Regards,
Th.

Comments

Thank you very much!