A System Composer architecture represents a system of components and how they interface with each other structurally and behaviorally. You can represent specific architectures using alternate views.
Different types of architectures describe different aspects of systems:
Functional architecture describes the flow of
data in a system.
Logical architecture describes the intended
operation of a system.
Physical architecture describes the platform
or hardware in a system.
A component is a nontrivial, nearly-independent, and replaceable part of a system that
fulfills a clear function in the context of an architecture. A component defines
an architecture element, such as a function, a system, hardware, software, or
other conceptual entity. A component can also be a subsystem or
subfunction.
Represented as a block, a component is a part of an architecture model that can be separated
into reusable artifacts.
A port is a node on a component or architecture that represents a point of interaction with its environment. A port permits the flow of information to and from other components or systems.
There are different types of ports:
Component ports are interaction points on the
component to other components.
Architecture ports are ports on the boundary
of the system, whether the boundary is within a component or the
overall architecture model.
Connectors are lines that provide connections between ports. Connectors describe how information flows between components or architectures.
A connector allows two components to interact without defining the nature of the interaction. Set an interface on a port to define how the components interact.
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