com.hp.device

Interface DeviceIdentity

All Superinterfaces:

Facet

All Known Subinterfaces:

DeviceIdentityHandler

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultDeviceIdentity, DefaultDeviceIdentityHandler, ManualDeviceIdentityHandler

public interface DeviceIdentity
extends Facet

A generic Facet that provides read-only information about a device's identity.

Author:

Simon Hunt

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getContact() Returns the contact for this device.
String	getDescription() Returns the description of this device.
String	getDriverFirmwareVersion() Returns the firmware version of the device driver (which is distinct from the version reported by the device via getFirmwareVersion()).
String	getFamily() Returns the product family of the device.
String	getFirmwareVersion() Returns the firmware version of the device.
IpAddress	getIpAddress() Get the IP address of the device.
String	getLocation() Returns the location of this device.
String	getModelNumber() Returns the model number of the device.
String	getName() Returns the name of this device.
String	getProductNumber() Returns the product number of the device.
String	getSerialNumber() Returns the serial number of the device.
String	getUniqueId() Gets the globally unique device ID generated via DeviceIdentityHandler.generateUniqueId().
String	getVendor() Returns the name of the vendor of the device.

Methods inherited from interface com.hp.device.Facet

getContext, getTypeName

Method Detail

getUniqueId

String getUniqueId()

Gets the globally unique device ID generated via DeviceIdentityHandler.generateUniqueId().

Returns:

globally unique device id; maybe null if the device is in the process of being classified during discovery

getVendor

String getVendor()

Returns the name of the vendor of the device.

Returns:

the vendor name

getFamily

String getFamily()

Returns the product family of the device.

Returns:

the product family

getProductNumber

String getProductNumber()

Returns the product number of the device.

Returns:

the product number

getModelNumber

String getModelNumber()

Returns the model number of the device.

Returns:

the model number

getSerialNumber

String getSerialNumber()

Returns the serial number of the device.

Returns:

the serial number

getDriverFirmwareVersion

String getDriverFirmwareVersion()

Returns the firmware version of the device driver (which is distinct from the version reported by the device via getFirmwareVersion()). Usually these will be the same, but there may be cases where a firmware version is reported by the device for which we don't have a device driver. In these cases the driver with the closest matching firmware version will be used.

Returns:

the driver firmware version.

getFirmwareVersion

String getFirmwareVersion()

Returns the firmware version of the device. Note that this method may return null if the firmware version has not yet been identified.

Returns:

the firmware version.

getName

String getName()

Returns the name of this device.

Returns:

the name

getDescription

String getDescription()

Returns the description of this device.

Returns:

the description

getLocation

String getLocation()

Returns the location of this device.

Returns:

the location

getContact

String getContact()

Returns the contact for this device.

Returns:

the contact

getIpAddress

IpAddress getIpAddress()

Get the IP address of the device.

Returns:

device IP address