Port (Eoulsan 2.6.1 API)

All Known Subinterfaces:

InputPort, OutputPort

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractPort, SimpleInputPort, SimpleOutputPort
```
public interface Port
```
This interface define a port of a step.

Since:

2.0

Author:

Laurent Jourdren

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`DataFormat`	`getFormat()`	Get the data format of the port.
`Set<Step>`	`getLinkedSteps()`	Get the steps linked to this port.
`String`	`getName()`	Get the name of the port.
`boolean`	`isList()`	Test if the port requires a list as value.

- Method Detail
  - getName
```
String getName()
```
    Get the name of the port.
    
    Returns:
    
    the name of the port
  - getFormat
```
DataFormat getFormat()
```
    Get the data format of the port.
    
    Returns:
    
    a DataFormat object
  - isList
```
boolean isList()
```
    Test if the port requires a list as value.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the the port requires a list as value
  - getLinkedSteps
```
Set<Step> getLinkedSteps()
```
    Get the steps linked to this port.
    
    Returns:
    
    a step with the list of linked steps