org.jmacs
Interface IDiDriver

public interface IDiDriver

device-interface (DI) driver. Implementations are not required to be thread-safe.

Version:

$Id: IDiDriver.java 656 2006-07-05 17:12:57Z rob $

Author:

Rob Dickens

Nested Class Summary

static interface	IDiDriver.IClient wishes to be able to behave as client in some way.
static interface	IDiDriver.IContext passed to IDiDriver.IClients.

Method Summary

Serializable	executeCmd(Serializable cmd, boolean control, String diName) executes cmd.
Serializable	getStatus() samples the device's status at regular intervals.

Method Detail

executeCmd

Serializable executeCmd(Serializable cmd,
                        boolean control,
                        String diName)
                        throws DiDriverException

executes cmd.

Parameters:

control - true if client has control (as opposed to monitor-only) access

diName - fully-qualified name of the client DI, or null if called from a UI client

Throws:

DiDriverException

getStatus

Serializable getStatus()
                       throws DiDriverException

samples the device's status at regular intervals. Samples (when serialised) may not exceed the payload of a single DatagramPacket.

Throws:

DiDriverException