com.ibm.portal.devicesupport
Interface DeviceClassEquationSupport

public interface DeviceClassEquationSupport

Adds support for device class equations. Creation of equation objects and checking if something is a device equation (has OR, AND, NOT, or parenthesis). Coding example:

     if (aDeviceModel instanceof DeviceClassEquationSupport) {
         DeviceClassEquation equation = ((DeviceClassEquationSupport) aDeviceModel).createEquation(equationString);
         ...
     } else {
         // no device equation support available.
     }
 

Since:

8.5

Method Summary

DeviceClassEquation	createEquation(java.lang.String equation) Create a device equation from a string.
java.lang.Boolean	isEquation(java.lang.String equation) Check if a given string is a device equation.

Method Detail

createEquation

DeviceClassEquation createEquation(java.lang.String equation)
                                   throws DeviceClassException

Create a device equation from a string. Throws an exception if equation input is invalid.

Parameters:

equation - the device equation in string form.

Returns:

device equation object

Throws:

DeviceClassException

isEquation

java.lang.Boolean isEquation(java.lang.String equation)

Check if a given string is a device equation.

Parameters:

equation - the device equation to check.

Returns:

true if a device equation, false otherwise.