diff -r 6970128e3d71 -r 3d79b1e5bf3c eric6/Graphics/UMLGraphicsView.py
--- a/eric6/Graphics/UMLGraphicsView.py Wed May 05 17:29:41 2021 +0200
+++ b/eric6/Graphics/UMLGraphicsView.py Wed May 05 18:17:24 2021 +0200
@@ -806,3 +806,35 @@
self.scene().addItem(assoc)
return True, -1
+
+ def toDict(self):
+ """
+ Public method to collect data to be persisted.
+
+ @return dictionary containing data to be persisted
+ @rtype dict
+ """
+ items = []
+ for item in self.filteredItems(self.scene().items(), UMLItem):
+ items.append({
+ "id": item.getId(),
+ "x": item.x(),
+ "y": item.y(),
+ "type": item.getItemType(),
+ "data": item.toDict()
+ })
+
+ from .AssociationItem import AssociationItem
+ associations = [
+ assoc.toDict()
+ for assoc in self.filteredItems(self.scene().items(),
+ AssociationItem)
+ ]
+
+ data = {
+ "diagram_name": self.diagramName,
+ "items": items,
+ "associations": associations,
+ }
+
+ return data
