Component diagram connection rules

	Component	Interface	Port	Instance specification
Component	Dependency, Generalization, Realization, Association, Aggregation, Composition, Usage	Dependency, Association, Aggregation, Composition, Usage	Dependency, Generalization, Realization, Association, Aggregation, Composition, Usage	Dependency, Realization
Interface	Dependency, Realization, Association, Aggregation, Composition, Usage	Dependency, Generalization, Realization, Association, Aggregation, Composition, Usage	Dependency, Generalization, Realization, Association, Aggregation, Composition	Dependency, Generalization, Realization, Association, Aggregation, Composition
Port	Dependency, Realization, Association, Aggregation, Composition, Usage	Dependency, Association, Aggregation, Composition, Usage	Dependency, Realization, Association, Aggregation, Composition	Dependency, Realization
Instance specification	Dependency, Realization	Dependency, Generalization, Realization, Association, Aggregation, Composition	Dependency	Dependency, Generalization, Realization, Link

Connection rules in component diagram

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