org.wcb.autohome.factories
Class FactoryUtilities

java.lang.Object
  org.wcb.autohome.factories.FactoryUtilities

All Implemented Interfaces:

X10DeviceConstants

public class FactoryUtilities

extends java.lang.Object

implements X10DeviceConstants

Project: Alice X10 Home Automation Filename: $Id: FactoryUtilities.java,v 1.3 2004/02/25 21:38:36 wbogaardt Exp $ Abstract: This class is a consolidation of methods that have been commonly called throught the application rather than keeping reimplementing the same function over and over.

Version:

1.0

Author:

wbogaardt

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.wcb.autohome.interfaces.X10DeviceConstants

APPLIANCE_MODULE_OFF, APPLIANCE_MODULE_ON, BAUD, BAUD_RATE_ARRAY, BRIGHT_ACTION, BROWSER, CM11A_TRANSMITTER, CM17A_TRANSMITTER, CONNECT_ON_START, COUNTRY, DATA_BIT, DATA_BITS_ARRAY, DEVICE_ARRAY, DIM_ACTION, EMAIL_AUTHORIZE, EMAIL_FREQUENCY, EMAIL_FROM, EMAIL_PASSWORD, EMAIL_SMTP, EMAIL_TO, EMAIL_USERNAME, FALSE, HOUSE_CODES_ARRAY, INTERFACE_TYPE, LAMP_MODULE_OFF, LAMP_MODULE_ON, LANGUAGE, LAST_FILE, LOCALHOST, LOOK_AND_FEEL, MAC, METAL, MOTIF, OFF_ACTION, ON_ACTION, PARITY, PARITY_ARRAY, RECOVER_CM11A, RMI_HOST, SEPARATOR, SERIAL_PORT, SPEECH_ENGINE, STOP_BIT, STOP_BITS_ARRAY, TEST_TRANSMITTER, TIMER_EVENT, TRIGGER_EVENT, TRUE, USER_HOME, WINDOWS

Constructor Summary

FactoryUtilities()

Method Summary

static int	getDeviceCode(java.lang.String val) Takes a String representation of something like A1 and parses the integer from the string.
static char	getHouseCode(java.lang.String val) Takes a string and returns the first character in that string as a char value.
static int	getIntValue(java.lang.String value) Gets the integer value from a string

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

FactoryUtilities

public FactoryUtilities()

Method Detail

getHouseCode

public static char getHouseCode(java.lang.String val)

Takes a string and returns the first character in that string as a char value.

Parameters:

val - the String to get the house code from

Returns:

The character of the first position in the string (Defaults to 'A');

getDeviceCode

public static int getDeviceCode(java.lang.String val)

Takes a String representation of something like A1 and parses the integer from the string. If the entered integers are greater than 16 then 16 is returned;

Parameters:

val - the String value to get the device code from.

Returns:

the device code defaults to 1 or 16.

getIntValue

public static int getIntValue(java.lang.String value)

Gets the integer value from a string

Parameters:

value - The string to get the integer from

Returns:

The int otherwise a default value of 1