Features/new builders and themes

docs/images/container-diagram-for-internet-banking-system-c4container.puml

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ System_Ext(MailSystem, "E-mail system", "The internal Microsoft Exchange e-mail
 
 System_Boundary(c1, "Internet Banking") {
     Container(Corporate.Finance.Limits.Service.ServiceBus, "WebApp", "Web Application:C#, WebApi", "Delivers the static content and the Internet banking SPA")
-    Container(Spa, "SPA", "Spa:JavaScript, Angular", "Provides all the Internet banking functionality to customers via their web browser")
+    Container(Spa, "Spa", "Spa:JavaScript, Angular", "Delivers the static content and the Internet banking SPA")
     Container(MobileApp, "MobileApp", "Mobile:C#, Xamarin", "Provides a limited subset of the Internet banking functionality to customers via their mobile device")
     ContainerDb(Database, "SqlDatabase", "Database:SQL Database", "Stores user registration information, hashed auth credentials, access logs, etc.")
     ContainerQueue(Queue, "RabbitMQ", "Queue:RabbitMQ", "Stores user registration information, hashed auth credentials, access logs, etc.")

docs/images/internet-banking-system-api-application-c4component.puml

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ LAYOUT_LEFT_RIGHT()
 
 title Internet Banking System API Application
 
-Container(Spa, "SPA", "Spa:JavaScript, Angular", "Provides all the Internet banking functionality to customers via their web browser")
 Container(MobileApp, "MobileApp", "Mobile:C#, Xamarin", "Provides a limited subset of the Internet banking functionality to customers via their mobile device")
 ContainerDb(Database, "SqlDatabase", "Database:SQL Database", "Stores user registration information, hashed auth credentials, access logs, etc.")
 System_Ext(Mainframe, "Mainframe Banking System", "Stores all of the core banking information about customers, accounts, transactions, etc.")

samples/ModelDiagrams/Diagrams/ComponentDiagramSample.cs

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 using C4Sharp.Diagrams;
 using C4Sharp.Diagrams.Builders;
 using C4Sharp.Elements;
+using C4Sharp.Elements.Containers;
 using C4Sharp.Elements.Relationships;
+using static C4Sharp.Elements.Relationships.Boundary;
 using static ModelDiagrams.Structures.Systems;
 using static ModelDiagrams.Structures.Containers;
 using static ModelDiagrams.Structures.Components;
@@ -15,11 +17,10 @@ public class ComponentDiagramSample : ComponentDiagram
 
     protected override IEnumerable<Structure> Structures => new Structure[]
     {
-        Spa,
         MobileApp,
         SqlDatabase,
         Mainframe,
-        Boundary("c1", "API Application",
+        Bound("c1", "API Application",
             Sign,
             Accounts,
             Security,
@@ -34,8 +35,8 @@ public class ComponentDiagramSample : ComponentDiagram
         Security > SqlDatabase | ("Read & write to", "JDBC"),
         MainframeFacade > Mainframe | ("Uses", "XML/HTTPS"),
 
-        Spa > Sign | ("Uses", "JSON/HTTPS"),
-        Spa > Accounts | ("Uses", "JSON/HTTPS"),
+        SpaApp > Sign | ("Uses", "JSON/HTTPS"),
+        SpaApp > Accounts | ("Uses", "JSON/HTTPS"),
         MobileApp > Sign | ("Uses", "JSON/HTTPS"),
         MobileApp > Accounts | ("Uses", "JSON/HTTPS")
     };

samples/ModelDiagrams/Diagrams/ContainerDiagramSample.cs

@@ -1,25 +1,36 @@
 using C4Sharp.Diagrams.Builders;
 using C4Sharp.Elements;
 using C4Sharp.Elements.Relationships;
-
+using ModelDiagrams.Structures;
+using static C4Sharp.Elements.ContainerType;
 using static ModelDiagrams.Structures.Systems;
 using static ModelDiagrams.Structures.Containers;
 using static ModelDiagrams.Structures.People;
 
 namespace ModelDiagrams.Diagrams;
 
-public class ContainerDiagramSample: ContainerDiagram
+public class ContainerDiagramSample : ContainerDiagram
 {
     protected override string Title => "Container diagram for Internet Banking System";
 
     protected override IEnumerable<Structure> Structures => new Structure[]
     {
-        Customer,
-        BankingSystem,
-        MailSystem,
-        Boundary("c1", "Internet Banking",
-            WebApp,
-            Spa,
+        Person.None | Boundary.External 
+                    | ("customer", "Personal Banking Customer", "A customer of the bank, with personal bank accounts."),
+
+        SoftwareSystem.None | ("BankingSystem", "Internet Banking System", 
+            "Allows customers to view information about their bank accounts, and make payments."),
+
+        SoftwareSystem.None | Boundary.External 
+                            | ("MailSystem", "E-mail system", "The internal Microsoft Exchange e-mail system."),
+
+        Bound("c1", "Internet Banking",
+            Container.None | (WebApplication, "Corporate.Finance.Limits.Service.ServiceBus", "WebApp", "C#, WebApi", 
+                "Delivers the static content and the Internet banking SPA"),
+
+            Container.None | (Spa, "Spa", "Spa", "JavaScript, Angular", 
+                "Delivers the static content and the Internet banking SPA"),
+
             MobileApp,
             SqlDatabase,
             RabbitMq,
@@ -30,11 +41,11 @@ public class ContainerDiagramSample: ContainerDiagram
     protected override IEnumerable<Relationship> Relationships => new[]
     {
         Customer > WebApp | ("Uses", "HTTPS"),
-        Customer > Spa | ("Uses", "HTTPS"),
+        Customer > Containers.SpaApp | ("Uses", "HTTPS"),
         Customer > MobileApp | "Uses",
 
-        WebApp > Spa | "Delivers" | Position.Neighbor,
-        Spa > BackendApi | ("Uses", "async, JSON/HTTPS"),
+        WebApp > Containers.SpaApp | "Delivers" | Position.Neighbor,
+        Containers.SpaApp > BackendApi | ("Uses", "async, JSON/HTTPS"),
         MobileApp > BackendApi | ("Uses", "async, JSON/HTTPS"),
         SqlDatabase < BackendApi | ("Uses", "async, JSON/HTTPS") | Position.Neighbor,
         RabbitMq < BackendApi | ("Uses", "async, JSON"),

samples/ModelDiagrams/Diagrams/DeploymentDiagramSample.cs

@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@ public class DeploymentDiagramSample: DeploymentDiagram
             Nodes.Ubuntu("bigbankdb02", "bigbank-db02", Nodes.OracleNode("oracle2", Containers.OracleDatabase["Data Reader"])),
             Nodes.Ubuntu("bb2", "bigbank-web***\tx4", Nodes.ApacheTomCat("apache2", Containers.WebApp))),
         Nodes.Ios("ios", Containers.MobileApp),
-        Nodes.PersonalComputer("computer", Nodes.Browser("browser", Containers.Spa))
+        Nodes.PersonalComputer("computer", Nodes.Browser("browser", Containers.SpaApp))
     };
 
     protected override IEnumerable<Relationship> Relationships => new[]
     {
         Containers.MobileApp > Containers.BackendApi | ("Makes API calls to", "json/HTTPS"),
-        Containers.Spa > Containers.BackendApi | ("Makes API calls to", "json/HTTPS"),
-        Containers.WebApp > Containers.Spa | "Delivers to the customer's web browser"| Position.Up,
+        Containers.SpaApp > Containers.BackendApi | ("Makes API calls to", "json/HTTPS"),
+        Containers.WebApp > Containers.SpaApp | "Delivers to the customer's web browser"| Position.Up,
         Containers.BackendApi > Containers.OracleDatabase[1] | ("Writes to", "JDBC"),
         Containers.BackendApi < Containers.OracleDatabase["Data Reader"] | ("Reads from", "JDBC"),
         Containers.OracleDatabase[1] > Containers.OracleDatabase["Data Reader"] | ("Replicates data to", "JDBC") | Position.Right,

samples/ModelDiagrams/Diagrams/EnterpriseDiagramSample.cs

@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ public class EnterpriseDiagramSample: ContextDiagram
     protected override IEnumerable<Structure> Structures => new Structure[]
     {
         Customer,
-        Boundary("enterprise.boundary", "Domain A",
+        Bound("enterprise.boundary", "Domain A",
             BankingSystem,
-            Boundary("enterprise.boundary.1", "Domain Internal Users", InternalCustomer),
-            Boundary("enterprise.boundary.2", "Domain Managers", Manager)
+            Bound("enterprise.boundary.1", "Domain Internal Users", InternalCustomer),
+            Bound("enterprise.boundary.2", "Domain Managers", Manager)
         ),
         Mainframe,
         MailSystem

samples/ModelDiagrams/Diagrams/SequenceDiagramSample.cs

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ public class SequenceDiagramSample : SequenceDiagram
         new Container("cA", "Single-Page Application", ContainerType.None, "JavaScript and Angular",
             "Provides all of the Internet banking functionality to customers via their web browser."),
 
-        Boundary("b", "Api Application",
+        Bound("b", "Api Application",
             new("cB", "Sign In Controller", ComponentType.None, "Spring MVC Rest Controller",
                 "Allows users to sign in to the Internet Banking System."),
             new("cC", "Security Component", ComponentType.None, "Spring Bean",

samples/ModelDiagrams/Structures/Containers.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+using C4Sharp.Elements;
 using C4Sharp.Elements.Containers;
+using C4Sharp.Elements.Relationships;
 
 namespace ModelDiagrams.Structures;
 
@@ -11,7 +13,7 @@ public static class Containers
         Technology: "C#, WebApi"
     );
 
-    public static ClientSideWebApp Spa => new (
+    public static ClientSideWebApp SpaApp => new (
         Alias: "Spa",
         Label: "SPA",
         Technology: "JavaScript, Angular",

src/C4Sharp/Diagrams/Builders/ComponentDiagram.cs

@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ public abstract class ComponentDiagram: DiagramBuilder
     protected override string Title { get; } = "Component Diagram";
     protected override DiagramType DiagramType { get; } = DiagramType.Component;
 
-    protected ContainerBoundary Boundary(string tag, string name, params Component[] components) 
+    protected ContainerBoundary Bound(string tag, string name, params Component[] components) 
         => new(tag, name, components);
 }

src/C4Sharp/Diagrams/Builders/ContainerDiagram.cs

@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ public abstract class ContainerDiagram: DiagramBuilder
     protected override string Title { get; } = "Container Diagram";
     protected override DiagramType DiagramType { get; } = DiagramType.Container;
 
-    protected SoftwareSystemBoundary Boundary(string tag, string name, params Container[] components) 
+    protected SoftwareSystemBoundary Bound(string tag, string name, params Container[] components) 
         => new(tag, name, components);
 }

src/C4Sharp/Diagrams/Builders/ContextDiagram.cs

@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ public abstract class ContextDiagram: DiagramBuilder
     protected override string Title { get; } = "Context Diagram";
     protected override DiagramType DiagramType { get; } = DiagramType.Component;
 
-    protected EnterpriseBoundary Boundary(string alias, string label, params Structure[] structures) =>
+    protected EnterpriseBoundary Bound(string alias, string label, params Structure[] structures) =>
         new(alias, label, structures);
 }

src/C4Sharp/Diagrams/Builders/SequenceDiagram.cs

@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ public abstract class SequenceDiagram: DiagramBuilder
     protected override string Title { get; } = "Sequence Diagram";
     protected override DiagramType DiagramType { get; } = DiagramType.Sequence;
 
-    protected SequenceContainerBoundary Boundary(string alias, string label, params Component[] structures) =>
+    protected SequenceContainerBoundary Bound(string alias, string label, params Component[] structures) =>
         new(alias, label, structures);
 }

src/C4Sharp/Diagrams/DiagramBuilder.cs

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ public abstract partial class DiagramBuilder : IDiagramBuilder
     protected abstract IEnumerable<Structure> Structures { get; }
     protected abstract IEnumerable<Relationship> Relationships { get; }
 
-    public Diagram Build(IDiagramTheme? theme)
+    public Diagram Build(IDiagramTheme? theme = null)
     {
         _structures.AddRange(Structures);
 

src/C4Sharp/Elements/Component.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using C4Sharp.Commons.Extensions;
+using C4Sharp.Elements.Relationships;
 
 namespace C4Sharp.Elements;
 
@@ -12,18 +13,13 @@ namespace C4Sharp.Elements;
 /// space. In the C4 model, components are not separately deployable units.
 /// <see href="https://c4model.com/"/>
 /// </summary>
-public record Component : Structure
+public record Component(string Alias, string Label) : Structure(Alias, Label)
 {
     public string? Technology { get; init; }
+    public ComponentType ComponentType { get; init; } = ComponentType.None;
+    public static Component None => new("none", "None");
 
-    public ComponentType ComponentType { get; init; }
-
-    public Component(string alias, string label): base(alias, label)
-    {
-        ComponentType = ComponentType.None;
-    }
-
-    public Component(StructureIdentity alias, string label): base(alias, label)
+    public Component(StructureIdentity alias, string label): this(alias.Value, label)
     {
         ComponentType = ComponentType.None;
     }    
@@ -47,7 +43,14 @@ public Component(string alias, string label, string technology, string descripti
     public Component(string alias, string label, ComponentType componentType, string technology, string description): this(alias, label, technology, description)
     {
         ComponentType = componentType;
-    }    
+    } 
+
+    public static Component operator |(Component a, Boundary boundary) => a with{ Boundary = boundary};
+    public static Component operator |(Component a, ComponentType b) => a with{ ComponentType = b };
+    public static Component operator |(Component a, (string alias, string label) b) => new (b.alias, b.label);
+    public static Component operator |(Component a, (string alias, string label, string technology) b) => new Component(b.alias, b.label, b.technology);
+    public static Component operator |(Component a, (string alias, string label, string technology , string description) b) => new (b.alias, b.label, b.technology, b.description);    
+
 }
 
 public record Component<T> : Component

src/C4Sharp/Elements/Container.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using C4Sharp.Commons.Extensions;
+using C4Sharp.Elements.Relationships;
 
 namespace C4Sharp.Elements;
 
@@ -21,6 +22,8 @@ public record Container : Structure
     public string? Technology { get; init; }
     public Container this[int index] => GetInstance(index.ToString());
     public Container this[string instanceName] => GetInstance(instanceName);
+
+    public static Container None => new("None", "None", ContainerType.None, "None");
 
     public Container(string alias, string label) 
         : base(alias, label)
@@ -44,11 +47,22 @@ public Container(string alias, string label, ContainerType type, string? technol
         Description = description ?? string.Empty;
     }
 
+    public Container(string alias, string label, ContainerType type, string? technology, string? description, Boundary? boundary)
+        : this(alias, label, type, technology, description)
+    {
+        Boundary = boundary ?? Boundary.Internal;
+    }    
+
     public Container(string alias, string label, ContainerType type, string? technology, string? description, IEnumerable<string> tags)
         : this(alias, label, type, technology, description)
     {
         Tags = tags;
     }    
+
+    public static Container operator |(Container a, Boundary boundary) => a with{ Boundary = boundary};
+    public static Container operator |(Container a, (ContainerType type, string alias, string label) b) => new (b.alias, b.label);
+    public static Container operator |(Container a, (ContainerType type, string alias, string label, string? technology) b) => new (b.alias, b.label, b.type, b.technology);
+    public static Container operator |(Container a, (ContainerType type, string alias, string label,string? technology , string? description) b) => new (b.alias, b.label, b.type, b.technology, b.description);        
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Get or Create a instance of current container

src/C4Sharp/Elements/Containers/Queue.cs

@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
+using C4Sharp.Elements.Relationships;
+
 namespace C4Sharp.Elements.Containers;
 
-public record Queue(string Alias, string Label, string Technology, string? Description = null)
-    : Container(Alias, Label, ContainerType.Queue, Technology, Description);
-
+public record Queue(
+    string Alias,
+    string Label,
+    string Technology,
+    string? Description = null,
+    Boundary Boundary = Boundary.Internal)
+    : Container(Alias, Label, ContainerType.Queue, Technology, Description, Boundary);
+
 public record Queue<T>(string Technology, string? Description = null) 
     : Container<T>(ContainerType.Queue, Technology, Description);       

src/C4Sharp/Elements/Person.cs

@@ -6,12 +6,10 @@ namespace C4Sharp.Elements;
 /// A person represents one of the human users of your software system (e.g. actors, roles, personas, etc)
 /// <see href="https://c4model.com/"/>
 /// </summary>
-public sealed record Person : Structure
+public sealed record Person(string Alias, string Label) : Structure(Alias, Label)
 {
-    public Person(string alias, string label) : base(alias, label)
-    {
-    }
-
+    public static Person None => new("none", "None");
+
     public Person(string alias, string label, string description) : this(alias, label)
     {
         Description = description;
@@ -22,4 +20,8 @@ public Person(string alias, string label, string description, Boundary boundary)
         Description = description;
         Boundary = boundary;
     }
+
+    public static Person operator |(Person a, Boundary boundary) => a with{ Boundary = boundary };
+    public static Person operator |(Person a, (string alias, string label) b) => new (b.alias, b.label);
+    public static Person operator |(Person a, (string alias, string label, string description) b) => new (b.alias, b.label, b.description);
 }

src/C4Sharp/Elements/SoftwareSystem.cs

@@ -9,12 +9,10 @@ namespace C4Sharp.Elements;
 /// a single software development team.
 /// <see href="https://c4model.com/"/>
 /// </summary>
-public sealed record SoftwareSystem : Structure
+public sealed record SoftwareSystem(string Alias, string Label) : Structure(Alias, Label)
 {
-    public SoftwareSystem(string alias, string label) : base(alias, label)
-    {
-    }
-
+    public static SoftwareSystem None => new("none", "None");
+
     public SoftwareSystem(string alias, string label, string description) : this(alias, label)
     {
         Description = description;
@@ -24,5 +22,10 @@ public SoftwareSystem(string alias, string label, string description, Boundary b
     {
         Description = description;
         Boundary = boundary;
-    }    
+    }  
+
+    public static SoftwareSystem operator |(SoftwareSystem a, Boundary boundary) => a with{ Boundary = boundary};
+    public static SoftwareSystem operator |(SoftwareSystem a, (string alias, string label) b) => new (b.alias, b.label);
+    public static SoftwareSystem operator |(SoftwareSystem a, (string alias, string label, string description) b) => new (b.alias, b.label, b.description);
+
 }