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<title>Adding a port to a service</title>
<shortdesc>A port defines an individual endpoint by specifying a single address
for a binding. The port contains a 'binding' attribute that references a binding
and an address element that provides a specification for the endpoint.</shortdesc>
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<context><p>Services are used to group sets of related ports together. Ports
within a service have the following relationship:</p><ul>
<li>None of the ports communicate with each other (for example, the output
of one port is not the input of another).</li>
<li>If a service has several ports that share a port type, but employ different
bindings or addresses, the ports are alternatives. Each port provides semantically
equivalent behavior (within the transport and message format limitations imposed
by each binding).</li>
<li>You can determine a service's port types by examining its ports. Using
this information a user can determine if a given machine supports all the
operations needed to complete a given task.</li>
</ul><p>To add a port to a service, follow these steps:</p></context>
<steps>
<step><cmd>In the Graph view, right-click the service you want to add a port
to, then click <b>Add Child > Port.</b></cmd></step>
<step><cmd>Type the name of the port in the dialog.</cmd><info>Click <b>Finish</b>.
The name of the port should provide it with a unique name amongst all the
ports defined within the service.</info></step>
<step><cmd>A <b>Binding</b> defines the message format and protocol details
for operations and messages defined by a particular port type.</cmd><info>You
can either create a new binding for your port, re-use an existing one, or
import one. Refer to the related tasks for more details.</info></step>
<step><cmd>Type any information about the port you want the user to read in
the <b>Documentation</b> field.</cmd></step>
</steps>
<result><p> <b>Tip</b>: You can also create a port using the Outline view
by right-clicking your service under the <b>Services</b> folder and clicking
<b>Add Child > Port</b>. Your port (regardless of which view you create it
in) will appear in both the Graph view and the Outline view.</p></result>
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<related-links>
<linklist><title>Related concepts</title>
<link href="../concepts/cwsdled.dita" scope="local"></link>
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