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The connection to the water heater is compatible because it accepts any kind of water, including distilled.

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Figure 9-15: Usage example of item flows in internal block diagrams
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OMG Systems Modeling Language (SysML) 1.6
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ItemFlow
Item flows can also be more general than the actual flow, as shown by the connector on the right. The water distiller produces distilled water, but the item flow is for any kind of fluid.
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The connection to the water heater is compatible because it accepts any kind of water, including distilled.
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The item flow does not require the heater to accept any kind of fluid, because the source of flow is still producing water, regardless of the generality of the item flow.
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Item flows in internal block diagrams specify flows local to a block.
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