can i create a floating note in component diagram?

Question

I would like to have a better way to place a comment inside a component in a component diagram.

Though this works:

component a [

This component has a

long comment on several lines

]

This does not:

component a as a [

This component has a

long comment on several lines

]

This also works (somehow)

component a as a {

note left of a: test

}

However, I'd expect an ability to do it in a simpler way, like

note inside of a: test

or

floating note inside of a: test

and put that line outside of the component's {} definition

Answer 1

You can do something like this:

http://www.plantuml.com/plantuml/uml/7Kv12eD03Bpd5S47L7gLiDW-eAT-ODLKBUj6DhiMAVrxep2GoSmmJAlPfroM0BqigqIE6IjVeLVq-0M8albu7bT0V4wpugdOfU9yKA6wEBEeSzHBaDGasNsuXy9E8Yfld7oW-lJEeBgFf46fLeTXZgmctkA0-IWtJAAP1-nsf7aP6vMIUdv96ldoNaS7RDbZ0_oWDMxJ_m00

Comments

i want to define it out outside the component's {} definition