This is a Gradle plugin that is generating a Project or Architecture description. The description is generating using Freemarker templates.

The templates are Markdown based. They have to have '.md.ftl' suffix, so that plugin can process them.

Diagraming is supported using PlantUml component.

It is a Gradle model that is supplied to Freemarker template engine, so all project properties, embedded or extended, are available for templates.

The directory containing templates and output directory are configurable.

In your build.gradle file, add following plugin:

apply plugin: com.biformatic.archtools.ArchDescription

By default, Templates are located in $rootDir/templates and output is in $buildDir/description. Both of these can be configured:

    apply plugin: com.biformatic.archtools.ArchDescription
    // as example, this is java based project
    apply plugin: java

    documentation {
        templateDir = 'source-description'
        outputDir   = 'output-description'    
    }

This plugin adds documentation task to the project, which initiates the process of generating the Project or Architecture description. In short, ./gradlew documentation will invoke this task.

As a result, in outputDir you will gave Markdown files generated.

    documentation {
        templateDir = 'source-description'
        outputDir   = 'output-description'    
        genHtml     = true
    }

By setting genHtml to true, this plugin will do another pass and convert Markdown files to Html. The plugin uses Strapdown.js component for such conversion.

Go to example directory directory to check out how to use.