Interface LocoNetInterface

  • All Known Implementing Classes:
    IBLnPacketizer, LnOverTcpPacketizer, LnPacketizer, LnPacketizerStrict, LnPr2Packetizer, LnStreamPortPacketizer, LnTrafficController, LnTrafficRouter, LocoNetThrottledTransmitter, UhlenbrockPacketizer, Z21LnStreamPortPacketizer

    public interface LocoNetInterface
    LocoNetInterface defines the general connection to a LocoNet layout.

    Use this interface to send messages to a LocoNet layout. Classes implementing the LocoNetListener interface can register here to receive incoming LocoNet messages as events.

    The jmri.jrmix.loconet.LnTrafficController provides the first implementation of this interface.

    How do you locate an implemenation of this interface? That's an interesting question. This is inherently LocoNet specific, so it would be inappropriate to put it in the jmri.InterfaceManager. And Java interfaces can't have static members, so we can't provide an implementation() member. For now, we use a static implementation member in the LnTrafficManager implementation to locate _any_ implementation; this clearly needs to be improved.

    LocoNetListener implementations registering for traffic updates cannot assume that messages will be returned in any particular thread. See the LocoNetListener doc for more background.

    See Also:
    LocoNetListener, LnTrafficController
    • Field Detail

      • SLOTINFO

        static final int SLOTINFO
        Mask value to request notification of messages effecting slot status, including the programming slot
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      • TURNOUTS

        static final int TURNOUTS
        Mask value to request notification of messages indicating changes in turnout status
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      • SENSORS

        static final int SENSORS
        Mask value to request notification of messages indicating changes in sensor status
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      • POWER

        static final int POWER
        Mask value to request notification of messages associated with layout power
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    • Method Detail

      • addLocoNetListener

        void addLocoNetListener​(int mask,
                                LocoNetListener listener)
        Request notification of things happening on the LocoNet.

        The same listener can register multiple times with different masks. (Multiple registrations with a single mask value are equivalent to a single registration) Mask values are defined as class constants. Note that these are bit masks, and should be OR'd, not added, if multiple values are desired.

        The event notification contains the received message as source, not this object, so that we can notify of an incoming message to multiple places and then move on.

        Parameters:
        mask - The OR of the key values of messages to be reported (to reduce traffic, provide for listeners interested in different things)
        listener - Object to be notified of new messages as they arrive.
      • status

        boolean status()
        Check whether an implementation is operational. Returns true if operational.
        Returns:
        true if implementation is operational.