SatelBindingProvider.java

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 * 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
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 */
package org.openhab.binding.satel;

import org.openhab.core.binding.BindingProvider;
import org.openhab.core.items.Item;

/**
 * This interface is implemented by classes that can provide mapping information
 * between openHAB items and Satel module.
 *
 * @author Krzysztof Goworek
 * @since 1.7.0
 */
public interface SatelBindingProvider extends BindingProvider {

    /**
     * Returns the {@link Item} with the specified item name. Returns null if
     * the item was not found.
     *
     * @param itemName
     *            the name of the item.
     * @return the item.
     */
    Item getItem(String itemName);

    /**
     * Returns the {@link SatelBindingConfig} for the specified item name.
     * Returns null if the item was not found.
     *
     * @param itemName
     *            the name of the item.
     * @return the binding configuration for the item.
     */
    SatelBindingConfig getItemConfig(String itemName);
}