CompositeActor container = (CompositeActor) getComponent()
.getContainer();
ptolemy.codegen.c.actor.TypedCompositeActor containerHelper = (ptolemy.codegen.c.actor.TypedCompositeActor) _getHelper(container);
// Find the port number for the given output port.
Iterator containerPorts = container.portList().iterator();
int portNumber = 0;
while (containerPorts.hasNext()) {
if (containerPorts.next() == outputPort) {
break;
}