com.connecterra.ale.reader
Interface PhysicalDevice

All Superinterfaces:

Controllable, com.connecterra.util.plugin.Plugin

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractDispatchingPollingPhysicalDevice, AbstractPhysicalDevice, AbstractPollingPhysicalDevice, AbstractPrinterPhysicalReader

public interface PhysicalDevice
extends com.connecterra.util.plugin.Plugin, Controllable

All physical devices must implement this interface. It is not generally recommended to implement this interface directly, but to extend AbstractPhysicalDevice or one of its derived classes.

Method Summary

String

getPhysicalDeviceName()

Methods inherited from interface com.connecterra.util.plugin.Plugin

initialize

Methods inherited from interface com.connecterra.util.Controllable

shutdown, terminate, waitForShutdown, waitForTermination

Method Detail

getPhysicalDeviceName

String getPhysicalDeviceName()

Returns:

the configured name of the physical device