Port

Description

Ports define the interaction between a classifier and its environment. Interfaces controlling this interaction can be depicted using the Interface element. Any connector to a Port must provide the required interface, if defined. Ports can appear on a contained Part, a Class, or the boundary of a Composite element.

A Port is a typed structural feature or property of its containing classifier. Ports are typically created in Class diagrams, Object diagrams and Composite Structure diagrams.

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• Add a Port to an Element
• Inherited and Redefined Ports
• Properties Window - Property, Redefined/Subsetted
• Composite Structure Diagram

OMG UML Specification:

The OMG Unified Modeling Language specification, (v2.5.1, p. 230) states:

A Port is a property of an EncapsulatedClassifier that specifies a distinct interaction point between that EncapsulatedClassifier and its environment or between the (behavior of the) EncapsulatedClassifier and its internal parts. Ports are connected to Properties of the EncapsulatedClassifier by Connectors through which requests can be made to invoke BehavioralFeatures. A Port may specify the services an EncapsulatedClassifier provides (offers) to its environment as well as the services that an EncapsulatedClassifier expects (requires) of its environment. A Port may have an associated ProtocolStateMachine.