1 throw new Error("Description for built in functions. Must not be included!"); 2 /** 3 * @fileOverview 4 * Documentation of dim namespace. 5 */ 6 7 /** 8 * @namespace 9 * 10 * Namespace for extension functions dealing with the DIM network. 11 * 12 * @author <a href="mailto:thomas.bretz@epfl.ch">Thomas Bretz</a> 13 */ 14 var dim = { }; 15 16 /** 17 * 18 * Post a message into the dim log stream. 19 * 20 * It will be logged by the datalogger, displayed on the console 21 * and in the smartfact web-gui. 22 * 23 * @param argument 24 * Any kind of argument can be given. If it is not a String, it 25 * is converted using the toString() member function. 26 * 27 * @param [. . .] 28 * Any number of additional arguments. Each argument will appear in 29 * a new line. 30 * 31 * @example 32 * dim.log("Five="+5, "--- new line ---"); 33 * 34 */ 35 dim.log = function() { /* [native code] */ } 36 37 /** 38 * 39 * Posts a message to the dim network with alarm severity. 40 * 41 * Similar to dim.log, but the message is posted to the network 42 * with alarm severity. This means that it is displayed in red 43 * and the smartfact web-gui will play an alarm sound. 44 * The alarm state will stay valid (displayed in the web-gui) until it 45 * is reset. 46 * 47 * @param argument 48 * Any kind of argument can be given. If it is not a String, it 49 * is converted using the toString() member function. 50 * 51 * @param [. . .] 52 * Any number of additional arguments. Each argument will appear as 53 * individual alarm. 54 * 55 * @example 56 * dim.alarm("Alarm for 30 seconds!"); 57 * v8.sleep(30000); 58 * dim.alarm(); 59 */ 60 dim.alarm = function() { /* [native code] */ } 61 62 /** 63 * 64 * Send a dim command to a dim client. 65 * 66 * @param {String} commandId 67 * The command id is a string and usually compiles like 68 * 'SERVER/COMMAND' 69 * 70 * @param argument 71 * Any kind of argument can be given. Arguments are internally 72 * converted into strings using toString() and processed as 73 * if they were typed on th console. 74 * 75 * @param [. . .] 76 * Any number of additional arguments. 77 * 78 * @example 79 * dim.send('DRIVE_CONTROL/TRACK_SOURCE 0.5 180 "Mrk 421"'); 80 * dim.send('DRIVE_CONTROL/TRACK_SOURCE', 0.5, 180, 'Mrk 421'); 81 * 82 * @returns 83 * A boolean value is returned whether the command was succesfully 84 * posted into the network or not. Note that true does by no means 85 * mean that the command was sucessfully received or even processed. 86 */ 87 dim.send = function() { /* [native code] */ } 88 89 /** 90 * Returns the state of the given server. 91 * 92 * @param {String} name 93 * The name of the server of which you want to get the state. 94 * 95 * @throws 96 * If number or type of arguments is wrong 97 * 98 * @returns {Object} 99 * An object with the properties 'index' {Integer} and 'name' {String} 100 * is returned if a connection to the server is established and 101 * state information have been received, 'undefined' otherwise. If 102 * the time of the last state change is available, it is stored 103 * in the 'property'. If a server disconnected, a valid object will 104 * be returned, but without any properties. 105 */ 106 dim.state = function() { /* [native code] */ } 107 108 /** 109 * Wait for the given state of a server. 110 * 111 * Note that the function is internally asynchornously checking the 112 * state, that means that theoretically, a state could be missed if 113 * it changes too fast. If this can happen callbacks have to be used. 114 * 115 * @param {String} name 116 * The name of the server of which you want to wait for a state. 117 * The name must not contain quotation marks. To wait for 118 * "not the given state", prefix the server name with an 119 * exclamation mark, e.g. "!DIM_CONTROL" 120 * 121 * @param {String,Integer} state 122 * The state you want to wait for. It can either be given as an Integer 123 * or as the corresponding short name. If given as String it must 124 * not contain quotation marks. 125 * 126 * @param {Integer} [timeout] 127 * An optional timeout. If no timeout is given or a timeout of undefined, 128 * waiting will not stop until the condition is fulfilled. A timeout 129 * of 0 is allowed and will essentially just check if the server is 130 * in this state or not. If a negative value is given, exceptions are 131 * suppressed and false is returned in case of timeout. As timeout 132 * the absolute value is used. 133 * 134 * @throws 135 * <li> If number or type of arguments is wrong 136 * <li> If no connection to the server is established or no state 137 * has been received yet. This is identical to dim.state() 138 * returning 'undefined' (only in case a positive timeout 139 * is given) 140 * 141 * @returns {Boolean} 142 * true if the state was achived within the timeout, false otherwise. 143 */ 144 dim.wait = function() { /* [native code] */ } 145 146 /** 147 * 148 * Returns a list of all known state of a given server. 149 * 150 * The returned object has all states with their index as property. 151 * Each state is returned as a String object with the property description. 152 * 153 * @param {String} [server='DIM_CONTROL'] 154 * Name of the server for which states should be listed. 155 * The states of the DIM_CONTROl server are the default. 156 * 157 * @throws 158 * If number or type of arguments is wrong 159 * 160 * @type Object[StringObject] 161 * 162 * @example 163 * var states = dim.getStates("SERVER"); 164 * console.out(JSON.stringify(states)); 165 * for (var index in states) 166 * console.out(index+"="+states[index]+": "+states[index].description); 167 */ 168 dim.getStates = function() { /* [native code] */ } 169 170 /** 171 * 172 * Returns a description for one service 173 * 174 * The returned array has objects with the properties: name, description and unit. The last 175 * two are optional. The array itself has the properties name, server, service, isCommand 176 * and optionally format. 177 * 178 * @param {String} service 179 * String specifying the name of the service to be returned. 180 * 181 * @throws 182 * If number or type of arguments is wrong 183 * 184 * @type {Description} 185 * 186 * @example 187 * var s = dim.getDescription("TNG_WEATHER/DATA"); 188 * console.out("Name="+s.name); 189 * console.out("Server="+s.server); 190 * console.out("Service="+s.service); 191 * console.out("Format="+s.format); 192 * console.out("Description="+s.name); 193 * console.out("IsCommand="+s.isCommand); 194 * console.out(JSON.stringify(s)); 195 */ 196 dim.getDescription = function() { /* [native code] */ } 197 198 /** 199 * 200 * Returns a list of all known services 201 * 202 * The returned array has objects with the properties: name, server, service, command 203 * and (optional) format. 204 * 205 * @param {String} [service='*'] 206 * String a service has to start with to be returned. The default is to return 207 * all available services. An empty string or '*' are wildcards for all 208 * services. 209 * 210 * @param {Boolean} [isCommand=undefined] 211 * If no second argument is specified, data services and commands are returned. 212 * With true, only commands, with false, only data-services are returned. 213 * 214 * @throws 215 * If number or type of arguments is wrong 216 * 217 * @type Array[Object] 218 * 219 * @example 220 * // Return all services of the FAD_CONTROL starting with E 221 * var services = dim.getServices("FAD_CONTROL/E"); 222 * console.out(JSON.stringify(services)); 223 */ 224 dim.getServices = function() { /* [native code] */ } 225 226 /** 227 * 228 * Callback in case of state changes. 229 * 230 * To install a callback in case the state of a server changes. set 231 * the corresponding property of this array to a function. The argument 232 * provided to the function is identical with the object returned 233 * by dim.state(). In addition the name of the server is added 234 * as the 'name' property and the comment sent with the state change 235 * as 'comment' property. For the code executed, the same rules apply 236 * than for a thread created with Thread.<P> 237 * 238 * If a state change is defined for a server for which no callback 239 * has been set, the special entry '*' is checked. 240 * 241 * 242 * @type Array[Function] 243 * 244 * @example 245 * dim.onchange['*'] = function(state) { console.out("State change from "+state.name+" received"); } 246 * dim.onchange['DIM_CONTROL'] = function(state) { console.out(JSON.stringify(state); } 247 * ... 248 * delete dim.onchange['DIM_CONTROL']; // to remove the callback 249 * 250 */ 251 dim.onchange = []; 252 253 254 /** 255 * DIM version number 256 * 257 * @constant 258 * @type Integer 259 */ 260 dim.version = 0; 261