Input and Output Ports
Understand how Input and Output Ports (interfaces) define the boundaries for communication between Use Cases and external layers.
What are Input & Output Ports?
In Clean Architecture, "Ports" are crucial interfaces that define how different layers communicate. They act like contracts.
Think of them as the "sockets" of your application's core logic. They specify what goes in (Input) and what comes out (Output).
Defining Input Ports
An Input Port is an interface defined by the Use Case layer. It declares the methods that an external layer (like a UI controller) can call to interact with the Use Case.
- It's the "what you can do" contract for the Use Case.
- It ensures the Use Case doesn't know about the UI or external callers.