Question

I have some text which I will process to generate a uml sequence diagram image. I can process the text in python or perl into a format of an existing ‘text to uml’ tools but I’m trying to eliminate that extra step and give the image output directly from the python/perl script.

Are there any python or perl packages/modules I can use?

Answer 1

There are several perl modules which do this in Perl, see UML::State.

From the synopsis:

use UML::State;

my $diagram = UML::State->new(
  $node_array,
  $start_list,
  $accept_list,
  $edges
);

# You may change these defaults (doing so may even work):
$UML::State::ROW_SPACING = 75;  # all numbers are in pixels
$UML::State::LEFT_MARGIN = 20;
$UML::State::WIDTH       = 800;
$UML::State::HEIGHT      = 800;

print $diagram->draw(); 

CPAN is your friend.:)