plantuml error due to a string variable containing curly brackets

[shiena]

Perhaps plantuml is causing a parsing error if the {{ }} for the sub-diagram is only on one side.

see also

• Include Salt "on activity diagram"
• Salt with minimum flowchat capabilities

double opening curly brackets only

input source

class OpeningBracket {
    string str = @"
{{
";
}

puml converted by puml-gen

@startuml
class OpeningBracket {
    str : string = @"
{{
"
}
@enduml

error in plantuml

$ plantuml OpeningBracket.puml
Error line 2 in file: OpeningBracket.puml
Some diagram description contains errors

single closing curly bracket only

input source

class ClosingBracket {
    string str = @"
}
";
}

puml converted by puml-gen

@startuml
class ClosingBracket {
    str : string = @"
}
"
}
@enduml

error in plantuml

$ plantuml ClosingBracket.puml
Error line 5 in file: ClosingBracket.puml
Some diagram description contains errors