Can I completely remove a participant in Sequence Diagram after it has been used?

Question

So in the following example,

@startuml
A -> B : Hi B
B -> C : Hi C
create D
A -> D : Hi D
C -> D : Hi D
destroy D
B -> A : ok
B -> C : Hello
@enduml

Even after I destroy D, it still says in the diagram. Is there any feature for you to have D only till it is used and not always.

A, B and C should function normally
Only D needs to be based on the time its being referenced.

Comments

So here
http://www.plantuml.com/plantuml/uml/06tO009m7TgpOgeqGLSD7g7J8Y-NcjfyW5PLiqLbh48Mqjgr0nbP79yUlM59yMvIUAAAOws1vK6bXtmXyVfY2p115bCBIq9laz3tKWEyVgoturfu_

If we can remove D's line completely after the X. That would be great help

This feature is already there in eclipse : https://www.eclipse.org/sirius/doc/user/sequences/Sequence%20Diagrams.html#SequenceDiagramsEditors [ go to lifelines]

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I'm also looking for a way to do this. I need to be able to have an arrow go from a participant to a text box that does nothing else.

Answer 1

I also looking for solution :(

Answer 2

Hello All,

From:

• https://forum.plantuml.net/9324/end-participant-line-after-destroy
• https://forum.plantuml.net/8024/lifelines-sequence-diagram-participant-repeatedly-destroyed
• https://forum.plantuml.net/7758/how-to-destroy-a-participant

A funny workaround is to recreate, at the end, the participant and to crop the final image!
But that is only a funny workaround!

== Cut here ==
create D
C -> D
== Cut here ==

[Click to see on the online server]

If that can help,
Regards,
Th.

Comments

Hihi , yes it's funny but tooootalllyyy useless :)