com.ardic.android.iotignite.interfaces

Interface IThing

All Known Implementing Classes:

Thing

public interface IThing

The IThing interface is for the Thing that may be an IoT sensor or an actuator. A Thing can be an actual or a virtual sensor. To create and register Things, application must be authenticated and the related Node must be registered before.

See Also:

Node, ThingListener, ThingType, ThingData, ThingDataType, ThingConfiguration, ThingManager

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
android.hardware.Sensor	getAndroidBuiltInSensor() Get the wrapped Sensor.
boolean	getIsActuator() Gets Thing's state which actuator or not.
java.lang.String	getNodeID() Return NodeId thing belongs to
ThingCategory	getThingCategory() Get category of Thing .
ThingConfiguration	getThingConfiguration() Gets Thing's configuration.
android.content.Context	getThingContext()
ThingData	getThingData() Last data of Thing object.
java.lang.String	getThingID() Get Thing's specified ID
ThingListener	getThingListener() Return thing's listener object.
java.lang.String	getThingName() Get Thing's human readable name.
ThingType	getThingType() Get specified type of ThingType .
java.lang.String	getUniqueID() Get Thing's unique ID
boolean	isConnected() Get last connection info of Thing.
boolean	isRegistered() Checks Thing object is registered or not.
boolean	register() Register Thing to assigned Node.
boolean	sendData(ThingData data) Send ThingData to cloud.
void	setConnected(boolean connected, java.lang.String description) Set connection state of Thing.
void	setIsActuator(boolean isActuator) Sets Thing object can/can't receive action message.
void	setThingCategory(ThingCategory thingCategory) Set category of Thing to ThingCategory.BUILTIN or ThingCategory.EXTERNAL.
void	setThingConfiguration(ThingConfiguration config) Sets ThingConfiguration of your Thing.
void	setThingContext(android.content.Context context) Sets Context of Thing.
void	setThingData(ThingData thingData) Set or update Thing
void	setThingID(java.lang.String thingID) Set Thing's ID.
void	setThingListener(ThingListener listener) Sets ThingListener for actuator and ThingConfiguration callbacks.
void	setThingName(java.lang.String thingName) Set human readable name to specified Thing.
void	setThingType(ThingType thingType) Set specific ThingType for Thing object.
void	setUniqueID(java.lang.String uniqueID) Set Thing's uniqueID.
boolean	unregister() Unregister Thing to assigned Node.

Method Detail

getThingID

java.lang.String getThingID()

Get Thing's specified ID

Returns:

thingID

setThingID

void setThingID(java.lang.String thingID)

Set Thing's ID. Every node must has unique things.

Parameters:

thingID - thingID of Thing

getUniqueID

java.lang.String getUniqueID()

Get Thing's unique ID

Returns:

uniqueID of Thing

setUniqueID

void setUniqueID(java.lang.String uniqueID)

Set Thing's uniqueID. Every node must has unique Id.

Parameters:

uniqueID - uniqueID of Thing

getThingName

java.lang.String getThingName()

Get Thing's human readable name.

Returns:

thingName

setThingName

void setThingName(java.lang.String thingName)

Set human readable name to specified Thing.

Parameters:

thingName - name of the thing

getThingData

ThingData getThingData()

Last data of Thing object.

Returns:

ThingData : Last assigned data. Data could be null.

setThingData

void setThingData(ThingData thingData)

Set or update Thing

Parameters:

thingData - : Specified ThingData of thing.

See Also:

data of the thing

getAndroidBuiltInSensor

android.hardware.Sensor getAndroidBuiltInSensor()

Get the wrapped Sensor. If you're not using built-in Sensor you can ignore this function. NOTE: If you are not using Android Sensor this function returns NULL.

Returns:

Sensor: Android Sensor object.

See Also:

ThingData

getThingType

ThingType getThingType()

Get specified type of ThingType .

Returns:

ThingType object. You can use getThingType() to use String data of ThingType object.

See Also:

Sensor

setThingType

void setThingType(ThingType thingType)

Set specific ThingType for Thing object.

Parameters:

thingType - type of the Thing

See Also:

ThingType

getThingCategory

ThingCategory getThingCategory()

Get category of Thing . It has two categories :

ThingCategory.BUILTIN ThingCategory.EXTERNAL

Returns:

ThingCategory object.

See Also:

ThingCategory

setThingCategory

void setThingCategory(ThingCategory thingCategory)

Set category of Thing to ThingCategory.BUILTIN

or ThingCategory.EXTERNAL.