===== The <switchPort> Element =====
==== Definition and Usage ====

The [[switchport|<switchPort>]] element defines a mapping to a subset of the
[[switch|<switch>]] element's components.  All references to an internal switch
component must be made through a [[switchport|<switchPort>]] element or, by default,
to the [[switch|<switch>]] element without specifying any [[switchport|<switchPort>]]. In
this last case, it is considered as if the reference is made to a default
[[switchport|<switchPort>]] that contains mapping elements to each child object of the
switch and referring to their whole content anchors.

==== Syntax ====
^ Element ^ Attributes ^ Content ^ Parent ^
| [[switchport|<switchPort>]] | __//id//__ | [[mapping|<mapping>]]+ | [[switch|<switch>]] |
==== Attributes ====

^ Name ^ Value ^ Description ^
| //id// | It may receive any string value that begins with a letter or an underscore and that only contains letters, digits, <".">, and <"_">. | The //id// attribute uniquely identifies the element within a document. |