puml vs. iuml

Question

Dear PlantUML Community,

after searching for a while, i haven't found an explenation, what the difference is between puml and iuml files. Can someone give me a good explenation?

Regards, Chrsitian

Answer 1

Hello C., and all,

It is more a distinction of principle and usage, rather than a real difference:

• `.puml` is generally use for plantuml source file;
• rather `.iuml` is  is generally use for inclusion file with the preprocessing command `!include`.

See also doc here:

• https://plantuml.com/en/preprocessing#393335a6fd28a804

See also seacrh on `.iuml` here:

• https://forum.plantuml.net/search?q=iuml

If that can help,
Regards,
Th.

Comments

See also (for the list of extension):

• https://github.com/plantuml/plantuml/issues/1015