Connect this port to other ports.

        After the connection has been made, a delayed reparse of the
        connections for this and the destination port will be triggered.

        @param dests A list of the destination Port objects. Must be provided.
        @param name The name of the connection. If None, a suitable default
                    will be created based on the names of the two ports.
        @param id The ID of this connection. If None, one will be generated by
               the RTC implementation.
        @param props Properties of the connection. Required values depend on
                     the type of the two ports being connected.
        @raises IncompatibleDataPortConnectionPropsError, FailedToConnectError

def connect(self, dests=[], name=None, id='', props={}):
        '''Connect this port to other ports.

        After the connection has been made, a delayed reparse of the
        connections for this and the destination port will be triggered.

        @param dests A list of the destination Port objects. Must be provided.
        @param name The name of the connection. If None, a suitable default
                    will be created based on the names of the two ports.
        @param id The ID of this connection. If None, one will be generated by
               the RTC implementation.
        @param props Properties of the connection. Required values depend on
                     the type of the two ports being connected.
        @raises IncompatibleDataPortConnectionPropsError, FailedToConnectError

        '''
        with self._mutex:
            if self.porttype == 'DataInPort' or self.porttype == 'DataOutPort':
                for prop in props:
                    if prop in self.properties:
                        if props[prop] not in [x.strip() for x in self.properties[prop].split(',')] and \
                                'any' not in self.properties[prop].lower():
                            # Invalid property selected
                            raise exceptions.IncompatibleDataPortConnectionPropsError
                    for d in dests:
                        if prop in d.properties:
                            if props[prop] not in [x.strip() for x in d.properties[prop].split(',')] and \
                                    'any' not in d.properties[prop].lower():
                                # Invalid property selected
                                raise exceptions.IncompatibleDataPortConnectionPropsError
            if not name:
                name = self.name + '_'.join([d.name for d in dests])
            props = utils.dict_to_nvlist(props)
            profile = RTC.ConnectorProfile(name, id,
                    [self._obj] + [d._obj for d in dests], props)
            return_code, profile = self._obj.connect(profile)
            if return_code != RTC.RTC_OK:
                raise exceptions.FailedToConnectError(return_code)
            self.reparse_connections()
            for d in dests:
                d.reparse_connections()