SwegonVentilationBindingProvider.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
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
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 */
package org.openhab.binding.swegonventilation;

import org.openhab.binding.swegonventilation.internal.SwegonVentilationCommandType;
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 Swegon ventilation system items.
 *
 * @author Pauli Anttila
 * @since 1.4.0
 */
public interface SwegonVentilationBindingProvider extends BindingProvider {

    /**
     * Returns the Type of the Item identified by {@code itemName}
     * 
     * @param itemName
     *            the name of the item to find the type for
     * @return the type of the Item identified by {@code itemName}
     */
    Class<? extends Item> getItemType(String itemName);

    /**
     * Returns the command type to the given <code>itemName</code>.
     * 
     * @param itemName
     *            the item for which to find a command type.
     * 
     * @return the corresponding command type to the given <code>itemName</code>
     *         .
     */
    public SwegonVentilationCommandType getCommandType(String itemName);

}