NibeHeatPumpConnector.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.nibeheatpump.protocol;

import org.openhab.binding.nibeheatpump.internal.NibeHeatPumpException;

/**
 * Base class for Nibe heat pump communication.
 *
 * @author Pauli Anttila
 * @since 1.3.0
 */
public abstract class NibeHeatPumpConnector {

    /**
     * Procedure for connect to heat pump.
     * 
     * @throws NibeHeatPumpException
     */
    public abstract void connect() throws NibeHeatPumpException;

    /**
     * Procedure for disconnect from heat pump.
     * 
     * @throws NibeHeatPumpException
     */
    public abstract void disconnect() throws NibeHeatPumpException;

    /**
     * Procedure for receiving datagram from heat pump.
     * 
     * @throws NibeHeatPumpException
     */
    public abstract byte[] receiveDatagram() throws NibeHeatPumpException;

}