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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> |
| <taskbody> |
| <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> |
| </taskbody> |
| <related-links> |
| <linklist><title>Related concepts</title> |
| <link href="../concepts/cwsdled.dita" scope="local"></link> |
| </linklist> |
| <linklist><title>Related tasks</title> |
| <link href="tcrtwsdl.dita" scope="local"></link> |
| <link href="tedtwsdl.dita" scope="local"></link> |
| </linklist> |
| </related-links> |
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