Figure 9-7 happens to use unstereotyped ports on a general block distributed to users, and stereotyped ports on its specializations for implementation, but the modelers might have not used stereotypes at all, if they did not care whether the model met ...

Icon class
icon_class
fas fa-quote-left
icon_class_computed
fas fa-quote-left
Related content
It is NOT true in SysML1.6+ that you "should" always use a SysML FullPort or a SysML ProxyPort instead of a "standard" Port, and it's not even always a good idea (and the spec states this very clearly in multiple places)!
Figure 9-7: Usage example of proxy and full ports
Source
OMG Systems Modeling Language (SysML) 1.6
Copyright information
About Object Management Group copyright in text extracts quoted from OMG specifications for educational purposes
Snippet kind
INFO
UML keywords
Port
SysML keywords
FullPort
"standard" Port
ProxyPort
Modelers can apply stereotypes for proxy and full ports at any stage of model development, or not all if the stereotype constraints are not needed.
Full quote
Figure 9-7 happens to use unstereotyped ports on a general block distributed to users, and stereotyped ports on its specializations for implementation, but the modelers might have not used stereotypes at all, if they did not care whether the model met those constraints (such as no behaviors on proxy ports, or no internal binding connectors to full ports).
Next snippet
Unstereotyped ports do not commit to whether they are proxy or full, and do not prevent or dictate future application of the stereotypes, except for ports that violate constraints of the stereotypes.
Related snippets
SysML identifies two [EDIT:ADDITIONAL] usage patterns for ports, one where ports act as proxies for their owning blocks or its internal parts (proxy ports), and another where ports specify separate elements of the system (full ports).
Ports that are not specified as proxy or full are simply called “ports.”
Modelers can choose between proxy or full ports at any time in the development lifecycle, or not at all, depending on their methodology.
Modelers have the option of applying stereotypes for proxy and full ports to indicate whether ports are specifying features of their owners and internal parts (proxy), or for themselves separately (full). This is a concern when defining ports, rather ...
Related snippets (backlinks)
For example, if the port types on the general block in Figure 9-7 had behaviors defined, then the proxy specialization would be invalid. If the general ports had binding connectors to internal parts, then the full specialization would be invalid.
Unstereotyped ports have the basic functionality of stereotyped ones, including flow properties and nested ports, so they can be used as long as the modeler is not concerned with the distinction between proxy and full, and the constraints they impose.
If the general ports had both behaviors and internal binding connectors, then both specializations would be invalid.
Visit also
Visit also (backlinks)