/*
* Copyright (C) 2012, Katy Hilgenberg.
* Special acknowledgments to: Knowledge & Data Engineering Group, University of Kassel (http://www.kde.cs.uni-kassel.de).
* Contact: sdcf@cs.uni-kassel.de
*
* This file is part of the SDCFramework (Sensor Data Collection Framework) project.
*
* The SDCFramework is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* The SDCFramework is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
* along with the SDCFramework. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
package de.unikassel.android.sdcframework.devices.facade;
import java.util.Collection;
import android.content.Context;
/**
* Interface for a composition of sensor devices.
*
* @author Katy Hilgenberg
*
*/
public interface SensorDeviceComposite extends SensorDevice
{
/**
* Getter for the sub devices
*
* @return the devices
*/
public abstract Collection< SensorDevice > getDevices();
/**
* To add a device to the composite type
*
* @param device
* the device to add
* @return true if successful, false otherwise
*/
public abstract boolean addSensorDevice( SensorDevice device );
/**
* To remove a device from the composite type
*
* @param device
* the device to remove
* @param context
* the application context
*/
public abstract void removeSensorDevice( VisitableDevice device,
Context context );
/**
* To get a specific device
*
* @param identifier
* the device identifier
* @return the device with the given identifier or null
*/
public abstract VisitableDevice getSensorDevice( String identifier );
}