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+PlantUML
 ========
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/plantuml/plantuml.png?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/plantuml/plantuml)
 
 Generate UML diagram from textual description
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+PlantUML is a component that allows to quickly write :
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+    * Sequence diagram,
+    * Use case diagram,
+    * Class diagram,
+    * Activity diagram,
+    * Component diagram,
+    * State diagram
+    * Object diagram
+
+To know more about PlantUML, please visit (http://plantuml.sourceforge.net/)
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