Provider (Pi4J :: LIBRARY :: Java Library (CORE) 2.1.0 API)

All Superinterfaces:

Describable, Extension<PROVIDER_TYPE>, Identity, Lifecycle<PROVIDER_TYPE>

All Known Subinterfaces:

AnalogInputProvider, AnalogOutputProvider, AnalogProvider<PROVIDER_TYPE,ANALOG_TYPE,CONFIG_TYPE>, DigitalInputProvider, DigitalOutputProvider, DigitalProvider<PROVIDER_TYPE,DIGITAL_TYPE,CONFIG_TYPE>, com.pi4j.io.gpio.GpioProvider<PROVIDER_TYPE,IO_TYPE,CONFIG_TYPE>, I2CProvider, PwmProvider, SerialProvider, SpiProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

AnalogInputProviderBase, AnalogOutputProviderBase, AnalogProviderBase, DigitalInputProviderBase, DigitalOutputProviderBase, DigitalProviderBase, com.pi4j.io.gpio.GpioProviderBase, I2CProviderBase, ProviderBase, PwmProviderBase, SerialProviderBase, SpiProviderBase
```
public interface Provider<PROVIDER_TYPE extends Provider,IO_TYPE extends IO,CONFIG_TYPE extends Config>
extends Extension<PROVIDER_TYPE>
```
Provider interface.

Version:

$Id: $Id

Author:

Robert Savage (http://www.savagehomeautomation.com)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Context`	`context()`
`IO_TYPE`	`create(CONFIG_TYPE config)`	create.
`default IO_TYPE`	`create(String id)`
`default Descriptor`	`describe()`	describe.
`default IOType`	`getType()`	getType.
`default boolean`	`isType(IOType type)`	isType.
`default IOType`	`type()`	type.

Methods inherited from interface com.pi4j.common.Identity
description, getDescription, getId, getMetadata, getName, id, metadata, name

Methods inherited from interface com.pi4j.common.Lifecycle
initialize, shutdown

- Method Detail
  - context
```
Context context()
```
  - create
```
IO_TYPE create(CONFIG_TYPE config)
```
    create.
    
    Parameters:
    
    config - a CONFIG_TYPE object.
    
    Returns:
    
    a IO_TYPE object.
  - type
```
default IOType type()
```
    type.
    
    Returns:
    
    a IOType object.
  - getType
```
default IOType getType()
```
    getType.
    
    Returns:
    
    a IOType object.
  - isType
```
default boolean isType(IOType type)
```
    isType.
    
    Parameters:
    
    type - a IOType object.
    
    Returns:
    
    a boolean.
  - describe
```
default Descriptor describe()
```
    describe.
    
    Specified by:
    
    describe in interface Describable
    
    Specified by:
    
    describe in interface Extension<PROVIDER_TYPE extends Provider>
    
    Specified by:
    
    describe in interface Identity
    
    Returns:
    
    a Descriptor object.
  - create
```
default IO_TYPE create(String id)
```