MaxCubeBindingProvider.java

/**
 * Copyright (c) 2010-2016 by the respective copyright holders.
 *
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
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 */
package org.openhab.binding.maxcube;

import org.openhab.binding.maxcube.internal.BindingType;
import org.openhab.core.binding.BindingProvider;

/**
 * This interface is implemented by classes that can provide mapping information
 * between openHAB items and the MAX!Cube LAN gateway items.
 *
 * Implementing classes should register themselves as a service in order to be
 * taken into account.
 *
 * @author Andreas Heil (info@aheil.de)
 * @since 1.4.0
 */
public interface MaxCubeBindingProvider extends BindingProvider {

    /**
     * @return the corresponding serial number of the given <code>itemName</code>
     */
    public String getSerialNumber(String itemName);

    /**
     * @return the binding type if specified, <code>null</code> otherwise.
     */
    public BindingType getBindingType(String itemName);
}