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+name: GenerateImagesFromSrc
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: 
+    - '**'
+    paths: 
+    - 'src/plantuml/**'
+    - 'src/drawio/**'
+
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      
+      # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so your job can access it
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      # Installs Java distribution for running the plantUML jar
+      - name: Install Java
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with:
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+          java-version: '11'
+          check-latest: true
+      
+      # Install graphviz for plantuml     
+      - name: Setup Graphviz
+        uses: ts-graphviz/setup-graphviz@v1
+      
+      # Download plantUML jar 
+      - name: Download plantuml file
+        run: |
+          wget -O plantuml.jar "https://github.com/plantuml/plantuml/releases/download/v1.2023.10/plantuml-1.2023.10.jar" 
+                                
+      # Runs a single command using the runners shell
+      - name: Generate images
+        run: |
+          imagedir=images/diagrams
+          mkdir -p $imagedir
+          rm -rf images/diagrams/*
+          for fullname in $(find src/plantuml/ -type f -name '*.puml')
+          do
+              echo "Fullname: ${fullname}"
+              base=$(basename "${fullname}" .puml)
+              dir=$(dirname $fullname)
+              echo "Basename: ${base}"
+              outdir=$(dirname $fullname | sed s+src/plantuml+${imagedir}+)
+              echo "Outdir: ${outdir}"
+              mkdir -p $outdir
+              plantoutdir="${PWD}/${outdir}"
+              echo "PlantOutdir: ${plantoutdir}"
+              
+              # PlantUML arguments:
+              # -v for verbose output (Debugging)
+              # -checkmetadata checks whether the target png/svg has the same source
+              # and if there are no changes, doesn't regenerate the image file
+              # -o sets the output folder for the png/svg files
+              plantargs="-v -checkmetadata -o ${plantoutdir} ${fullname}"
+              
+              # separate calls are needed, because only one file type can be set
+              # per call
+              java -jar plantuml.jar -tpng ${plantargs} 
+              java -jar plantuml.jar -tsvg ${plantargs}
+
+              # method with pipes
+              #cat "${fullname}" | java -jar plantuml.jar -p -tpng -checkmetadata  > "${outdir}/${base}.png"
+              #cat "${fullname}" | java -jar plantuml.jar -p -tsvg -checkmetadata  > "${outdir}/${base}.svg"
+          done
+          tree ./images
+      
+      # creates png files from draw io image files
+      - name: Export drawio files as png
+        uses: rlespinasse/drawio-export-action@v2
+        with:
+          path: ./src/drawio/ 
+          output: .
+          format: png
+          action-mode: all
+
+      # creates svg files from draw io image files
+      - name: Export drawio files 
+        uses: rlespinasse/drawio-export-action@v2
+        with:
+          path: ./src/drawio/ 
+          output: .
+          format: svg
+          action-mode: all
+
+      # copies the created png & svg files to the images/diagrams folder and deletes the drawio files
+      - name: Copy draw io
+        run: |
+          imagedir=images/diagrams
+          cp -RT ./src/drawio $imagedir
+          find $imagedir -name '*.drawio' -exec rm -rv {} \;
+          tree ./images
+      
+      # add and commit the new generated files
+      - name: Add & Commit
+        uses: EndBug/add-and-commit@v9
+        with:
+          add: 'images/diagrams/'