Connections

Mechanical connectors, used to connect flexible or rigid pipes.

Connector architecture

A connector is a component of the software architecture that enables linking of components by modeling the interaction rules between them. Unlike building blocks, connectors do not need to be compiled. Definition: A connector is an implementation of a component operation, which is a six-tuple. where ID is the identifier of the joiner; Role is the set of interaction points between the joiner and the component, Role=. where ID is the identifier of Role; Action is the set of Role activities, each consisting of links (predicates) in time; Event is the set of events generated by Role; and LConstrains is the set of constraints for Role. The purpose of describing Role separately from the other attributes of the linker is to highlight the polymorphic nature of the linker, i.e., a linker can be connected to multiple components at the same time.