NAME Alien::PlantUML - Find or build PlantUML diagram generator SYNOPSIS Command line tool: use Alien::PlantUML; use Env qw( @PATH ); unshift @PATH, Alien::PlantUML->bin_dir; DESCRIPTION This distribution provides PlantUML so that it can be used by other Perl distributions that are on CPAN. It does this by first trying to detect an existing install of PlantUML on your system. If found it will use that. If it cannot be found, the source code will be downloaded from the internet and it will be installed in a private share location for the use of other modules. CLASS METHODS jar_file Returns the path to the JAR file for PlantUML: system(qw(java), '-jar', Alien::PlantUML->jar_file, '-version'); SEE ALSO PlantUML PlantUML homepage Alien Documentation on the Alien concept itself. Alien::Base The base class for this Alien. Alien::Build::Manual::AlienUser Detailed manual for users of Alien classes.