What is the purpose of skinparam IconIEMandatoryColor?

Question

My understanding of "skinparam IconIEMandatoryColor" is to change the color of the mandatory attribute in an enterprise relationship diagram as in below code:

@startuml
'https://plantuml.com/ie-diagram

skinparam IconIEMandatoryColor red

entity A {
* id_A
--
attribute_A
}

entity B {
* id_B
--
attribute_B
}

A --|{ B

@enduml

Unfortunately it is not working as the dot stays black. Am I missing something or am I having it wrong?

thx for your support, Holger

Answer 1

Hello H., and all,

Use preferentially style for that, like:

@startuml

<style>
IEMandatory {
    LineColor green
    BackgroundColor red
}
</style>

entity A {
* id_A
--
attribute_A
}

entity B {
* id_B
--
attribute_B
}

A --|{ B

@enduml

Ref.:

• https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Aplantuml%2Fplantuml+IEMandatory&type=code

Enjoy,
Regards,
Th.

Comments

Perfect, works, thx a lot.