Connector

Specifies a link that enables communication between two or more instances. This link may be an instance of anassociation, or it may represent the possibility of the instances being able to communicate because their identitiesare known by virtue of being passed in as parameters, held in variables or slots, or because the communicatinginstances are the same instance.

The link may be realized by something as simple as a pointer or by something ascomplex as a network connection. In contrast to associations, which specify links between any instance of theassociated classifiers, connectors specify links between instances playing the connected parts only.

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Name: The value can be anything.
The name of the item.
Keywords: The value can be anything.
A keyword is a lightweight variant of a stereotype to extend the semantics of a model element. As opposite of stereotypes, keywords does not have do be defined in a profile.

If several keywords are given, they should be separated by commas.
Stereotypes: The value can be anything.
A stereotype defines how a model element may be extended, and enables the use of platform or domain specific terminology or notation in place of, or in addition to, the ones used for the extended metaclass.

Stereotypes should be given in the format 'profile::stererotype'. Stereotypes should be separated by commas.
Documentation: The value can be anything.
A textual description of the element.
Type: The value shall be empty or a Association or Communication Path or Extension.
An optional association that specifies the link corresponding to this connector.
Visibility: The value shall be a valid literal from the enumeration Visibility Kind.
Determines where the item appears within different Namespaces within the overall model, and its accessibility.
Leaf: The value shall be non-empty.
Indicates whether it is possible to further specialize an item. If the value is true, then it is not possible to further specialize the item.
Static: The value can be anything.
Specifies whether this feature characterizes individual instances classified by the classifier (false) or the classifier itself (true).
Connector Kind: The value shall be a valid literal from the enumeration Connector Kind.
Indicates the kind of connector.
A delegation connector is a connector that links the external contract of a component (as specified by its ports) tothe internal realization of that behavior by the component's parts. It represents the forwarding of signals (operationrequests and events): a signal that arrives at a port that has a delegation connector to a part or to another port willbe passed on to that target for handling.
An assembly connector is a connector between two components that defines that one component provides the services thatanother component requires. An assembly connector is a connector that is defined from a required interface or port to aprovided interface or port.

Connector 3

Connector 3

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