Attributes

Attibutes are the interface for component to use which will be utilised by renderer to generate final output.

Convention

The attribute name convention is that all dinghy internal attributes are prefixed with underscore. None underscore attribute are reserved for Infrastructure as Code data model.

Function attribute

Most attribute could be a function as well. If passed as function, it will be resolved at various stages automatically. The first parameter of function is the node object which you can navigate the tree.

Text as title

You may also put text inside component which will resolved as _title for the component.

Attributes output

The json output format contains all those core attributes you may inspect.

dinghy render --format json

📄️ Base

Used by base renderer to build the node tree

📄️ Diagrams

Diagram specific attributes

📄️ IaC

Infrastructure as Code specific attributes

Convention​

Function attribute​

Text as title​

Attributes output​

Categories​