Port type item (IDL code)

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Create a Port Type in the following ways:

• On a Component Definition Diagram: on the diagram's toolbar, click the

Port Type button, and then click in free space.

• Right-click the Model or a Package, point to New, point to IDL Profile, and then click Port Type.

When you create a Port Type, you are prompted to set the Port Type Kind property to either 'Subscriber' for an Extended Port (Consumer) or 'Publisher' for an Extended Port (Publisher).

You can define Port Type inheritance on a Component Definition Diagram.

A Port Type can own Clients, Services and Attributes.

The IDL Profile provides the following Port Types in the Typed template module, which resides in the IDL Profile::CCM_DDS package:

• DDS_Get - Port type kind is Subscriber

• DDS_Listen - Port type kind is Subscriber

• DDS_Read - Port type kind is Subscriber

• DDS_StateListen - Port type kind is Subscriber

• DDS_Update - Port type kind is Publisher

• DDS_Write - Port type kind is Publisher

All Port Types are shown in the

IDL Elements pane - expand the Port Type folder.

A Port Type is based on a UML Class.

The following sections provide information about how a Port Type is used in the model.

Owned By

Model (UML item)

Package (UML item)

Owns

Attribute(IDL item)

Client

Service

Shown on these diagrams

None.

IDL Profile properties

• Port Type kind - specifies whether the Port Type can be used for Extended Port (Publishers) or Extended Port (Consumers).