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Interface HardwareDescriptor<D extends Device>

public interface HardwareDescriptor<D extends Device>

Descriptive information of the hardware of a Device. When all devices sharing the same descriptor are unregistered, informations may be unavailable. An HardwareDescriptor is identified by a set of properties.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	getName() Returns the name of this descriptor.
java.lang.String	getProperty(java.lang.String propertyName) Returns the value of the given property.
java.lang.String[]	getPropertyNames() Returns a snapshot of available properties names for this descriptor.
java.lang.String[]	getPropertyValues() Returns a snapshot of available properties values for this descriptor.

Method Detail

getName

java.lang.String getName()

Returns the name of this descriptor.

Returns:

the name of the descriptor, Device.UNKNOWN_NAME if its name is unavailable.

getProperty

java.lang.String getProperty(java.lang.String propertyName)

Returns the value of the given property.

Parameters:

propertyName - the property name

Returns:

null if the property is unknown or is unavailable.

getPropertyNames

java.lang.String[] getPropertyNames()

Returns a snapshot of available properties names for this descriptor. Subsequent calls to getProperty(String) with properties returned by this method are not ensured to return a non null value.

Returns:

an empty array if the properties are unavailable

getPropertyValues

java.lang.String[] getPropertyValues()

Returns a snapshot of available properties values for this descriptor.

Returns:

an empty array if the properties are unavailable