NestBindingProvider.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.nest;

import org.openhab.core.binding.BindingProvider;

/**
 * This interface is implemented by classes that can provide mapping information between openHAB items and Nest items.
 *
 * @author John Cocula
 * @since 1.7.0
 */
public interface NestBindingProvider extends BindingProvider {

    /**
     * Queries the Nest property of the given {@code itemName}.
     * 
     * @param itemName
     *            the itemName to query
     * @return the Nest property of the Item identified by {@code itemName} if it has a Nest binding, <code>null</code>
     *         otherwise
     */
    String getProperty(String itemName);

    /**
     * Queries whether this item can be read from the Nest API, for the given {@code itemName}.
     * 
     * @param itemName
     *            the itemName to query
     * @return <code>true</code> if this property can be read from the Nest API.
     */
    boolean isInBound(String itemName);

    /**
     * Queries whether this item can be written to the Nest API, for the given {@code itemName}.
     * 
     * @param itemName
     *            the itemName to query
     * @return <code>true</code> if this property can be written to the Nest API.
     */
    boolean isOutBound(String itemName);
}