Package gda.device.epicsdevice

Interface IFindableEpicsDevice

All Superinterfaces:

Configurable, IEpicsDevice

All Known Implementing Classes:

DummyXmapEpicsDevice, FindableEpicsDevice

public interface IFindableEpicsDevice
extends IEpicsDevice, Configurable

Extend IEpicsDevice to add the additional functions in FindableEpicsDevice

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface gda.device.epicsdevice.IEpicsDevice

defPutTimeOutInSec

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getRecordPV(String mcaName)	Get the PV associated with a given element
Object	getValue(ReturnType returnType, String record, String field)	Get the value of an Epics record, specifying the return type required
String	getValueAsString(String record, String field)	Get the value of an Epics record as a string
void	setValue(Object type, String record, String field, Object val, double putTimeout)	Set the value of an Epics record, specifying the type
void	setValue(String record, String field, Object val)	Set the value of an Epics record, using a default timeout.
void	setValueNoWait(String record, String field, Object val)	Set the value of an Epics record, without waiting for the put to complete

Methods inherited from interface gda.factory.Configurable

configure, isConfigureAtStartup, isConfigured, reconfigure

Methods inherited from interface gda.device.epicsdevice.IEpicsDevice

closeUnUsedChannels, createEpicsChannel, createEpicsChannel, dispose

Method Details

setValue

void setValue(Object type,
 String record,
 String field,
 Object val,
 double putTimeout)
       throws DeviceException

Set the value of an Epics record, specifying the type

Parameters:

type - Type of the value: note that null may be the only valid value in some implementations

record - Epics record to set

field - Field within the record (can be empty string)

val - Value to set

putTimeout - Timeout on the call in seconds

Throws:

DeviceException

setValue

void setValue(String record,
 String field,
 Object val)
       throws DeviceException

Set the value of an Epics record, using a default timeout.

Parameters:

record - Epics record to set

field - Field within the record (can be empty string)

val - Value to set

Throws:

DeviceException

setValueNoWait

void setValueNoWait(String record,
 String field,
 Object val)
             throws DeviceException

Set the value of an Epics record, without waiting for the put to complete

Parameters:

record - Epics record to set

field - Field within the record (can be empty string)

val - Value to set

Throws:

DeviceException

getValue

Object getValue(ReturnType returnType,
 String record,
 String field)
         throws DeviceException

Get the value of an Epics record, specifying the return type required

Parameters:

returnType - One of the permitted values of ReturnType

record - Epics record to get

field - Field within the record (can be empty string)

Returns:

Value of the Epics record

Throws:

DeviceException

getValueAsString

String getValueAsString(String record,
 String field)
                 throws DeviceException

Get the value of an Epics record as a string

Parameters:

record - Epics record to get

field - Field within the record (can be empty string)

Returns:

Value of the Epics record as a string

Throws:

DeviceException

getRecordPV

String getRecordPV(String mcaName)

Get the PV associated with a given element

Parameters:

mcaName - Name of the element

Returns:

Corresponding PV