Creating Delegation Connections for Software

In a software architecture or in an application, you can create delegation connections from several starting points.

Note: With the Avionics Architect (AVARA) role, you can work with applications, partitions, and configuration tables.

This scenario describes how to create delegation connections for a software architecture. The scenario is identical for an application.

These delegation connections can be created from the context menus or from the software view.

This task shows you how to:

Create a Delegation Connection
Create a Delegation Connection from a Software Component Instance

Create a Delegation Connection

You can create a delegation connection between a software architecture and the instances that it contains.

Before you begin:

Create a software architecture. For more information, see Creating Software Architectures.
Create at least one software component with ports, and instantiate it in the software architecture.

Right-click the software architecture and select Create Delegations .

Tips: You can also right-click the Connections node in the software architecture and select Create Delegations .

The Create Delegations dialog box appears. It contains the software architecture and instances, and their ports, that you can connect to the software architecture with delegation connections.
To create delegation connections, select ports and click OK.

For each connection to be created, a delegation port is created in the software architecture if any port with the right type is already available. These ports are connected to the ports instances.

Create a Delegation Connection from a Software Component Instance

You can create a delegation connection between a software component, and its parent architecture. The scenario is presented for an atomic software component, but the behavior is the same for the other instances.

Before you begin:

Create a software architecture.
Create an atomic software component with ports and instantiate it in the software architecture.

Right-click the atomic software component in the parent architecture and select Create Delegations in Parent Architecture .
The Create Delegations in Parent Architecture dialog box appears. It contains the ports of the instances that you can connect to the parent architecture with delegation connections.
To create delegation connections, select ports and click OK.

For each connection to be created, a delegation port is created in the software architecture if any port with the right type is already available. These ports are connected to the ports instances.