Changelog

Version (Next)

• added model navigation functions for state machines
• added generic model navigation functions
• added organization model predicates
• added :capability, :process, :artifact, requirement and decision nodes
• added :role-in and :implements relations
• fixed relative link functions in markdown api
• fixed organization structure views
• enhanced doc templates
• added best practices to usage docs
• added links to example model repositories

Version 0.31.0

• added an option to set a namespace prefix for the internal scope
  • lets you combine models from different sources/projects
  • overrides the :external key in the model and views
• views with :external set to true are not rendered
• fixed model-api calls for organization navigation
• added relative link functions to markdown api
• enhanced documentation templates
• added a deps.edn file
• updated dependencies
• added best practices to doc topics

Version 0.30.0

• added a organization model with
  • nodes :organization and :org-unit
  • relations :responsible-for and :collaborates-with
• added relation type :step to be used in dynamic views instead of plain :rel
• added a :model-view that contains all selected elements
• added graphviz template for :model-view as an example for customizable rendering
• added :system-structure-view, :deployment-structure-view and organization-structure-view for organigrams
• added plantuml templates for :system-structure-view, :deployment-structure-view and organization-structure-view
• enhanced rendering of abstract methods and static fields/methods in :code-view for PlantUML
• refactored the handling of contained element hierarchies
  • synthetic :ids are generated for children missing an id (e.g. fields or methods in classes)
  • syntethic :contained-in relations are created to represent hierarches graph (replaces :contains relations)
  • :contained-in relations can also be used in models to replace :ct
  • the children function is used to navigate down the hierarchy in the model graph instead of the :ct key
• added criteria for sets of namespace prefixes on elements and relations
• enhanced model navigation functions to handle ids and refs as input
• added fallback on name or id when rendering view titles
• added template-api, graphviz-api and markdown-api to use in templates
• enhanced model-api and view-api
• moved single-line function from model-api to template-api
• added analytics functions
• added and enhanced documentation templates
• refactored template handling
• refactored model loading, check spec on file level
• enhanced model warnings
• fixed some docstrings on architecture relation navigation functions
• fixed typos in example models
• simplified logical data model
• updated data model and spec
• updated documentation

Version 0.29.1

• fixed rendering of :index which triggered an NPE in PlantUML

Version 0.29.0

• added link generation for PlantUML UML diagrams
• added :index attribute for relations/refs in dynamic views
• rendered :index attribute in PlantUML C4 dynamic views
• added context to error reporting for view generation errors
• added single-line function to model-api
• enhanced model api for deployment models
• enhanced documentation templates
• fixed model predicates in model-api
• updated spec
• updated documentation
• added dynamic-view for testing

Version 0.28.0

• added :link attribute to be used on refs in views
  • value can be a URL or a keyword as key to a property containing a URL
  • see discussion
• added link generation for PlantUML C4 diagrams
• fixed direction of requests navigation functions
• fixed direction of pub/sub navigation functions
• fixed relation type for sends navigation functions
• print parsed template on error when :debug true is set in gen config for template
• updated documentation

Version 0.27.0

• added architecture model navigation functions
• added set of supported directions to spec
• enhanced documentation templates and generation config
• updated use case model
• updated documentation

Version 0.26.0

• attention renamed :class-view to :code-view for generalization
  • :class-view is still supported but will be removed in the future
• renamed class model to code model for generalization
• added a --select-view-references CRITERIA command line argument
• added :per-namespace artifact generation
• added :synthetic? selection criterium
• added :maturities selection criterium
• changed default direction for :include relations in plantuml rendering of use case views
• changed keys in model-info result map to more meaningful names
• updated overarch architecture model and diagrams

Version 0.25.0

• refactored and enhanced analytics functions
• added selection criteria for :doc and :maturity
• added a --select-views CRITERIA command line argument
• added :name, :desc and :doc as optional view attributes
• updated overarch data model and spec
• updated usage docs and data model diagrams

Version 0.24.0

• added template based artifact generation for views
• added a view API functions
• optimized template parsing
• added and enhanced documentation templates
• added :doc and :maturity attributes for nodes and relations

Version 0.23.0

• enhanced model api for architecture models
• fixed :to-namespace-prefix selection criterium

Version 0.22.0

• added more model navigation functions for architecture, use case and class models
• enhanced model API, added resolve-view and use-case navigation
• enhanced architecture documentation template
• expose clojure.set with alias set for :combsci templates
• expose clojure.string with alias str for :combsci templates
• updated :combsci engine exception handling, print errors but don't fail

Version 0.21.0

• added default directions for relations in plantuml use case rendering
• added model navigation functions
• enhanced model API
• added an architecture documentation example template
• updated overarch use case model
• restructured and enhanced usage docs

Version 0.20.0

• render multi line names and descriptions as single line for plantuml and graphviz
• added added :id-as-name option in template generation context
• added option to include diagrams in generated markdown view (the diagram should reside in the same directory)
• added model API functions

Version 0.19.0

• commandline updates
  • attention changed short option for template dir from -t to -T for consistency with other arguments
  • added the possibility to explicitly set boolean options to false, which default to true
  • added an option to disable render format specific subdirs
• updated templating, added SCI as a generation environment for comb templates
  • using :combsci as the default :engine
• added model API for use in templates (work in progress, not stable yet)
• added generic support for plantuml skinparams
• added selection criterium :desc, support regular expressions for :desc and :name
• enhanced model navigation functions
• updated and enhanced example views
• added a new, more complex example model named big-bank
• updated usage docs

Version 0.18.0

• enhanced dependent-node functions to handle model references
• added default directions for some architecture relations in plantuml c4 diagrams
• added selection criteria
• fixed id->parent mapping for refs
• removed leiningen dev profile

Version 0.17.0

• enhanced content handling for views
  • criteria based content selection via :selection key in view spec
  • :include spec should work for all views, include relations or related nodes automatically
  • directly referenced elements have precedence over selection/inclusion for adding/overriding of keys in references
• added deployed-to relation to deployment model to decouple architecture and deployment models
  • no need to reference containers as content of deployment nodes (that is deprecated now)
  • see Banking Deployment Model
• added selection criteria
• added and enhanced domain model functions
• added and enhanced clojure project templates
• added overarch specific templates
• updated overarch data-model and documentation
• updated dependencies and added antq for dependency checks
• fixed typo in element hierarchy affecting deployment models

Version 0.16.0

• attention changed export folder structure for views
• changed id generation of plantuml views to make the plantuml output location more reasonable
• added rendering of cardinalities for fields in UML class diagrams
• enhanced enum modelling and rendering in UML class diagrams
• enhanced method modelling, added parameters
• extracted criteria predicates to named functions
• added selection criteria
• updated overarch data-model and documentation

Version 0.15.1

• fixed handling of generation-config option
• removed debug output

Version 0.15.0

• added generation of artifacts via templates
  • integrated comb template engine
• added selection criteria
• added specs for criteria
• added analytics functions
• added accessors in model-repository
• added hierarchy related functions for ancestor/descendant nodes
• enhanced model-info output
• refactored view rendering rules
• updated tests
• updated documentation

Version 0.14.0

• added selection of model elements by criteria
• added options for element/reference selection in CLI
• added :tags key to model nodes and relations
  • can be used in element selection
• added check for unmatched relation namespaces
• updated graphviz rendering to use style="filled" on nodes
• updated tests
• updated documentation

Version 0.13.0

• added semantic relation types in concept model (:is-a, :has)
• added containers from architecture model to allowed actors in use case model
• added rendering of element subtype in markdown (e.g Database Container)
• added an explicit example of a concept model and view
• fixed rendering of :tech attribute for systems in C4 diagrams
• restructured overarch models
• updated documentation

Version 0.12.0

• enhanched dispatch hierarchy for views
  • fixes missing dispatch values in renderers

Version 0.11.0

• added include specifications to graphviz and markdown renderers
• updated overarch and test models
• updated documentation
• fixed rendering of references in markdown
• fixed referrer-id->relations lookup creation for nodes

Version 0.10.0

• added support for new semantic relation types in architecture and deployment models
  • additional architecture relations
    • :request, :response, :publish, :subscribe, :send, :dataflow
  • additional deployment relation
    • :link
• added reporting for unresolvable references in relations
• added support for references in markdown rendering
  • configurable per view via spec
• added support for themes to make consistent styling easier
• removed rendering of ids as transition names in statemachines
• separated domain model from external data representation
  • domain model can be navigated relationally and hierarchically
• separated rendering from file output
• added/refactored model accessor functions
• added/refactored element predicates and type sets
• refactored and enhanced model spec and checks
  • use expound for spec error reporting (not ideal)
• refactored and enhanced tests
• refactored and enhanced example models
• updated documentation

Version 0.9.0

• added model warnings for inconsistencies
• added reporting for unresolvable references in views
• added support for skinparams nodesep and ranksep for plantuml
• enhanced model analytics functions
• enhanced model information
• refactored reference resolution
• refactored and enhanced hierarchical model traversal
• fixed arity exception in structurizr export

Version 0.8.0

• support for loading models from multiple locations by specifying a model path
• (WIP) adding include specification for views
• refactored codebase to clean architecture for better maintainablity/extensibility
• added a namespace for each kind of view for view specific logic
• added separate namespaces for plantuml UML and C4 rendering
• added tests for model and view logic
• added analytics namespace for model analytics
• extracted spec namespace
• added compilation tests for each namespace

Version 0.7.0

• make file watches work on Macs by using beholder instead of hawk
• added direction rendering to relations in class and state machine views
• enhanced example models

Version 0.6.0

• refactored exports, distinguish between
  • exports of model data (to JSON, structurizr)
  • rendering of views (e.g. to PlantUML)
• changed command line options to reflect the refactoring
• added render-format 'all' to generate all formats in one go
• updated usage and design documentation and diagrams

Version 0.5.0

• fixed and enhanced class view rendering
• enhanced example models

Version 0.4.0

• added concept view for concept maps
• added graphviz export for concept view
• updated logical data model to incorporate enhancements
• enhanced example models
• updated and enhanced usage documentation
• updated design document

Version 0.3.0

• added first markdown export
• added concept model elements
• added glossary view (textual view)
• added logical data model for overarch
• enhanced documentation and examples

Version 0.2.0

• added sprite includes for :sprite entries
• added support for UML use case, state and class views/diagrams
• enhanced documentation

Version 0.1.0

• initial import
• data format specification
• data loading
• support for views
  • system landscape
  • system context
  • container
  • component
  • deployment
  • dynamic
• command line interface
  • exports to json, plantuml and structurizr
  • file system watch for exports on changes
  • print sprite mappings
  • infos about the loaded model
• json export
  • based on the individual EDN files
• plantuml export
  • styling support
  • sprite support
• structurizr export experimental
  • export structurizr workspace with model and views