sequence diagram nested lifeline for internal call

Question

I tried to do a nested lifeline for an internal call using this code, but it doesn't look right. How can I get the arrowhead of the internal call to point to the start of the nested lifeline? - like this - http://www.uml-diagrams.org/notation/sequence-execution-spec-self.png

Thanks!

@startuml

participant myclass
activate myclass
myclass -> class2: test()
myclass -> myclass: call1()
activate myclass
deactivate myclass
myclass -> class2: test()
deactivate myclass

@enduml

Answer 1

You can slightly change your example like this:

participant myclass
activate myclass
myclass -> class2: test()
myclass -> myclass: call1()
activate myclass
myclass -> class2: test()
deactivate myclass

 

Comments

Can the arrowhead for call1() be pointing at where the lifeline activation starts? Like how it is for a message to another class. For self-call, the arrow points to somewhere along the lifeline rectangle, near the top.

Unfortunately, our approver is rejecting our sequence diagram because of this. He wants the self-call arrow to be pointing at the start of the lifeline.
Would appreciate if you could let me know whether plantuml can do this.
Thanks!

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This should be fixed in the following beta:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/13064071/plantuml.jar

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Thank you so much!!!